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Issue: Jack Armstrong #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1948
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Issues: #8 of 13 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Parents' Institute Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/02/1948
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Kenneth L. Hall (executive editor)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from Jack Armstrong #7.
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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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Prisoners of the Jungle

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Vic Hardy (inset)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks from comicartfans.com listing of the original art.
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List of ABC Stations Carrying Jack Armstrong Program

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): ABC Network
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. List of radio stations (call letters, town, state) carrying the Jack Armstrong Program at "5:30-6:00 local time."
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The Flaming Forest

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield; Mike Simms
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Pages: 10
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Jewelry Store Robbery

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Vic Hardy's Crime Clues
Character(s): Vic Hardy
First Line: For ten years Fred Beasley had owned and operated a successful jewelry store..
Synopsis: Fred Beasley's jewelry store is held up by three robbers. Their getaway car crashes into a tree and two are captured, but one gets away with the loot. Vic Hardy has to figure out how to track down the remaining robber.
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Disclose Notes: Panels with typeset text underneath. Solution is printed upside-down
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The Case of the Motorboat Murder

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Vic Hardy's Crime Lab
Character(s): Vic Hardy; Sergeant Sims
Synopsis: A grand jury witness in an airport land deal probe is killed in the collision of two speedboats. Vic Hardy has to find what caused and who caused the collision.
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Ruth Elinor Howell

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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award
Character(s): Ruth Elinor Howell
First Line: Girls as well as boys have the stuff from which heroes are made...
Synopsis: Ruth Elinor Howell, 13, of Marysville, Washington, saves her friend from drowning in Lake Cranberry.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Based on information from the American Red Cross."
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Hot Pilot

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 3.5
Disclose Notes: Text story with one large illustration. Concludes on Page 49 on this issue.
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Ralph Kiner

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Feature(s): Wheaties; General Mills
Character(s): Ralph Kiner
Synopsis: Profile of Ralph Kiner, who hit 51 home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947.
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Disclose Notes: Ad in sports cartoon format for Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions." General Mills, Inc.
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Prisoners of the Jungle

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield; Billy Fairfield; Betty Fairfield
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Large splash panel stretches across gutter into second page.
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Terror at Top Speed

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Betty Fairfield
Character(s): Betty Fairfield
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Pages: 5
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The Redcoats Are Coming!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daydream Mike and his Wonderful Bike; Columbia Bicycles
Character(s): Daydream Mike
Synopsis: Daydream Mike imagines he uses his bicycle on Paul Revere's ride.
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Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Columbia Bicycles. Westfield Manufacturing Co., Westfield, Mass.
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The Fighting Birds

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Billy Becomes Mayor for a Day

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of his Comical Misadventures
Character(s): Billy Fairfield; Mayor Broadbeam
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bo Braul ? (signed)
Penciller(s): Bo Braul ? (signed)
Inker(s): Bo Braul ? (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: No, this isn't the Acme Candy Store - darn it!
Synopsis: A boy gets a wrong number phone call for a candy store.
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Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: Signature is unclear.
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Bozo and the Rocket Ship

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Capitol
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Pages: 0.22
Disclose Notes: Ad for storybook album containing book and record. $2.70 from Capitol.
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Electric Light Jazz Bow Tie

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Bernard Fine Co.
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Pages: 0.11
Disclose Notes: Ad for a bow tie with a battery-powered light. $1.95 from Bernard Fine Co., New York 11, N.Y.
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Speedboat Special

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Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Shorts Champs
Character(s): Danny Foster
Synopsis: Danny Foster, of Oakland, Calif., who won the International Gold Cup Regatta at Rockaway Inlet, New York. (Beating bandleader Guy Lombardo.)
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A Priceless Treasure in Reading Pleasure

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Parents' Magazine Press
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for subscriptions to Tex Granger; Calling All Kids; Polly Pigtails; and True Comics.
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Can You Find the 7 Hidden Features?

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Monark Bicycles
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for Monark Super Deluxe model bicycle. Monark Silver King, Inc., Chicago 35, Ill.

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