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Issue: Jack Armstrong #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1948
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Issues: #6 of 13 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Parents' Institute Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Kenneth L. Hall (executive editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: Issues #1-8 are 7.5" x 10.875" (taller than standard comics); #9-13 are 7.5" x 10.375" (standard Golden Age size)
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Rider of Rattlesnake Range

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Split Seconds in Sports
First Line: The hockey season of 1946-47...
Synopsis: The New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings argue over whether a goal has been scored before time ran out at the end of a game.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Curse of the Emerald Scarab

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield; Billy Fairfield
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Home Run Twins

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sports Champs
Character(s): Ralph Kiner; Johnny Mize
Synopsis: Home run leaders Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Johnny Mize of the New York Giants
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Pages: 1
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Bobby Tatum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award
Character(s): Bobby Tatum; Norma Tatum
Synopsis: Ten-year-old Bobby Tatum of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, saves his sister after she is struck by a lightning bolt that also sets their house on fire.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Based on information from the American Red Cross." Bobby Tatum received an engraved medal and a one-year subscription to Jack Armstrong will be sent "free to a shut-in youngster chosen by Bobby."
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The Case of the Flaming Toys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Vic Hardy's Crime Lab
Character(s): Vic Hardy
Synopsis: Vic Hardy is able to prove that a fire in a plastic-toy factory is arson.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Vic Hardy's Crime Clues
Character(s): Vic Hardy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A "solve-the-mystery" story with panels and text underneath. Solution is printed upside-down.
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Explorer's Sun Watch!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties; General Mills
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Wheaties breakfast cereal, featuring premium of a plastic sun dial watch with a compass. 15 cents and one Wheaties box top. General Mills, Inc.
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The Riders of Rattlesnake Range

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Betty Fairfield; Billy Fairfield; Frank Flynn; Joe Murphy
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Pages: 12
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South of Sea Horse

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Willis Lindquist (credited)
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Inker(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 3.33
Disclose Notes: Text story with two large illustrations. Concludes on page 40 of this issue.
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Arabian Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 4
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The Best Buys in Joy, Thrills, and Fun

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Parents' Magazine Press
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Calling All Girls; Polly Pigtails; Calling All Kids; True Comics; Jack Armstrong; and Varsity magazine, with mail-in coupon.
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Popcorn Panic

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Rilge ? (signed)
Penciller(s): Dan Rilge ? (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Rilge ? (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Synopsis: A sheriff hears shots inside a saloon, but it's only cowboys making popcorn.
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story. Signature is partially illegible.
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Classified Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.14
Disclose Notes: Small ads for "Western Star Pictures" from Screen Art Pictures, Chicago, Ill., and novelties from Bernard Fine Co., New York, N.Y. (electric bow tie and drinking bird toy).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (logo)
Inker(s): ? (logo)
Colorist(s): ? (logo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mail Call
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Letters from Carl Moore; Leon Lederer; Edna Hutt; and Adney Johnson. No responses.
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Danger on the Hoof

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Betty Fairfield Adventure
Character(s): Betty Fairfield
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Jack Sparling identified as artist of this feature by Jerry Bails.
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Pop vs. Pup

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vic Herman
Inker(s): Vic Herman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of his Comical Misadventures
Character(s): Billy Fairfield; H. H. Fairfield; Mrs. Fairfield; Blackie (dog)
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Teen-Age Mystery Classics
First Line: What sinister secrets lurked in the shadows...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for a six-volume set of novels by Howard Pease; Armstrong Sperry; Thomson Burtis; August Hyiell Seaman; Graham M. Dean; and Reed Fulton. Teen-Age Mystery Classics, New York 10, N.Y. Billed at $1 per month for nine months.
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Another Big Thrill!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Butterfinger; Curtiss Candy Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad for Butterfinger candy bar. Curtiss Candy Co.

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