Jack Armstrong #1

(November 1947)

Meet Jack Armstrong and His Friends (Table of Contents: 1)

Jack Armstrong / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Larsen

Inks

Howard Larsen

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield; Betty Fairfield; Jim Fairfield; Vic Hardy; Professor Proteus

Synopsis

Found on the inside front cover, this text/illustrated article informs readers about all the characters who appear in the Jack Armstrong feature.

Indexer Notes

Art notes as for the cover.

Jack Armstrong Solves the Arctic Mystery (Table of Contents: 2)

Jack Armstrong / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Larsen

Inks

Howard Larsen

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jack Armstrong

Indexer Notes

Info by Craig Delich (November, 2005).
Howard Larsen is best to spot by his faces with large ears and noses, and bulging lips with dark shadows underneath, and big hats far back on the head seen in front view. The hero here has none of these shadows, but the other characters have.

Wally Butts (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties; General Mills / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Edgar Little Jr.] (Table of Contents: 4)

Jack Armstrong's All-American Award / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Edward Little, Jr.; Frank Thompson

Synopsis

Text and illustrated true story of Edward Little Jr., of Handsboro, Miss., who rescued five men from an Army bomber that crashed in a bay near his home.

Keywords

bomber; crash; Mississippi; Red Cross

Indexer Notes

"Based on information from the American Red Cross." Edward Little received an engraved medal "and will be asked to designate a shut-in youngster who will receive a free one-year's subscription to the Jack Armstrong Adventure Magazine."

The Case of the Forgetful Forger (Table of Contents: 5)

Vic Hardy's Crime Lab / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle (signed)

Inks

Ed Smalle (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Vic Hardy; Chief Dale

Synopsis

Vic discovers serial numbers were changed on some stolen bond certificates.

Keywords

forgery; infra-red light; microscope; Treasury bond

Indexer Notes

The bottom one-six of pages two and three in the story are mail-in coupons for subscriptions to Parents' Magazine Press comics. (back-to-back.)

[Subscription Coupons] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Jack Armstrong vs. the Man of a Million Faces (Table of Contents: 7)

Jack Armstrong / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Larsen

Inks

Howard Larsen

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jack Armstrong; Professor Proteus (villain)

Indexer Notes

Art notes as for the cover and first story.

Change of Pace (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

George D. Lipscomb (signed)

Pencils

Edd Ashe (signed)

Inks

Edd Ashe (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Text story with one large illustration.

[Slaughter's Mad Dash in the 1946 World Series] (Table of Contents: 9)

Famous Split-Seconds in Sports / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Phil Berube ?

Pencils

Phil Berube ?

Inks

Phil Berube ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

sports

Characters

Enos Slaughter; Harry Walker

Synopsis

St. Louis Cardinals' Enos Slaughter surprisingly scores from first base on a routine single for the winning run of the 1946 World Series.

Keywords

baseball; Boston Red Sox; St. Louis Cardinals; World Series

Indexer Notes

Info and credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

Simba Bwana - Lion Master (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Sparling ?

Inks

Jack Sparling ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Simba Bwana [Akhu]

Synopsis

When a lion attacks his cattle, a young Masai boy kills it with a spear.

Keywords

Africa; cattle; leopard; lion; Masai; rhinoceros; spear

Angel of Mercy With Water-Wings (Table of Contents: 11)

A New Betty Fairfield Adventure / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Sparling ?

Inks

Jack Sparling ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Betty Fairfield; Emma Webster

Synopsis

Nurse Emma Webster and Betty rescue a child during a flood and spend the night in a make-shift first aid station in a church.

Keywords

church; first-aid; flood

List of ABC Stations Carrying Jack Armstrong Program (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

ABC / advertisement / 0.8 page (report information)

Will You Help Us? (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Parents' Magazine Press / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1.2 pages (report information)

Hal Newhouser (Table of Contents: 14)

Sports Champs / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Phil Berube (signed)

Pencils

Phil Berube (signed)

Inks

Phil Berube (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Hal Newhouser

Synopsis

Profile of Detroit Tigers' pitcher Hal Newhouser, who won 25 or more games in 1944, 1945, and 1946.

Keywords

baseball; Detroit Tigers; pitcher

Indexer Notes

Illustrations and text.

Billy Rings the Bell (Table of Contents: 15)

Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of His Own Misadventures / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Vic Herman

Inks

Vic Herman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Billy Fairfield; Billy's mother; Billy's sister

Synopsis

Billy goes on a muscle-building program to win a prize at an amusement park, but gets a surprise the day of the contest.

Keywords

amusement park; weight-lifting

Indexer Notes

Framing sequence has Billy drawing the story himself, (hence the feature title), apparently to explain the difference in art styles from the rest of the issue.

Action Suspense Thrills (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Parents' Magazine Press / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Be the Talk of the Town with a New Monark Super Deluxe (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Monark Silver King / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Fellers-Here's a Dream of a Game! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Electric Game Co., Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)