Jack Armstrong #5

(March 1948)

[Last-Second Shot in NIT] (Table of Contents: 1)

Famous Split Seconds in Sports / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Ernie Calverly

Synopsis

Ernie Calverly's three-quarter court basket lifts Rhode Island to an overtime win over Bowling Green University in the National Invitational Tournament in 1946.

Keywords

basketball; Bowling Green University; college; NIT; Rhode Island

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Jack Armstrong's Fighting Chance (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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Genre

adventure; sports

Characters

Jack Armstrong; Kill Kamm

Keywords

boxing

Maurice "The Rocket" Richard (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

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Pencils

Phil Berube (signed)

Inks

Phil Berube (signed)

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Genre

sports

Characters

Maurice Richard

Synopsis

Highlights of the career of Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens hockey player.

Keywords

hockey; Montreal Canadiens; NHL

[Donald L. Smith] (Table of Contents: 4)

Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Donald L. Smith; Nancy McConnell

Synopsis

Fifteen-year-old Donald L. Smith of Coldwater, Mich., rescues eight-year-old Nancy McConnell from drowning and earns the fifth Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award.

Keywords

drowning; Red Cross; swimming

Indexer Notes

"Based on information from the American Red Cross." Smith received an engraved medal and a year's subscription to Jack Armstrong Magazine.

The Case of the Redheaded Hijacker (Table of Contents: 5)

Vic Hardy's Crime Lab / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Vic Hardy; Inspector Sheldon; Chief Dale

Synopsis

Hardy uses scientific methods to track down robbers that hijacked a truckload of furs.

Keywords

furs; microscope; truck hijacking

[Acme Gear Works Payroll Robbery] (Table of Contents: 6)

Vic Hardy's Crime Clues / text story / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Vic Hardy; Mr. Hoag; Jack Haines; Dot Wilson

Synopsis

Vic Hardy has to figure out who was the "inside man" in a payroll robbery.

Keywords

inside man; payroll robbery

Indexer Notes

A "you solve the mystery" story with the solution printed upside-down on the page. Text with five illustrations.

"Ozzie" Cowles (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Jack Armstrong Trails the Killer of Ghost Canyon (Table of Contents: 8)

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

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Genre

adventure

Characters

Jack Armstrong

Keywords

dogsled; Northwest Mounted Police; Yukon

Indexer Notes

Splash panel covers over 1.5 pages, no gutter between pages.

Slow Down to Win (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 3.167 pages (report information)

Script

Jay Worthington (credited)

Pencils

Edd Ashe (signed)

Inks

Edd Ashe (signed)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

sports

Keywords

basketball

Indexer Notes

Text story with two illustrations. Concluded on last interior page of the issue.

Action, Suspense, Thrills (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Jack Armstrong Adventure Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Rebel (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre

adventure; sports

Characters

Rebel (horse); Mike Dodson; Bill Nixon

Synopsis

A wild stallion is captured and trained to be a polo pony.

Keywords

polo

Lady of the Law (Table of Contents: 12)

Betty Fairfield / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Jack Sparling

Inks

Jack Sparling

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

adventure

Characters

Betty Fairfield; Carol Shaw; Spider Webb; Little Blackie

Synopsis

Betty meets policewoman Carol Shaw and helps her foil a jewelry store robbery.

Keywords

jewelry store; judo; policewoman

Indexer Notes

Bottom one-sixth of pages 4 and 5 of the story are mail-in coupons for subscriptions to Parents' Magazine comics.
Jack Sparling identified as artist of this feature by Jerry Bails.

Ready-y-y! Aim-- Fire! (Table of Contents: 13)

Billy Fairfield / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Vic Herman ?

Inks

Vic Herman ?

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Billy Fairfield; Mayor Broadbeam; Mrs. Broadbeam

Synopsis

Billy has misadventures in a firehouse, but saves the day at a real fire.

Keywords

fire department; fire hose; fire truck

[Eagle Scout] (Table of Contents: 14)

cartoon / 0.333 page (report information)

Script

Al Kaufman (signed)

Pencils

Al Kaufman (signed)

Inks

Al Kaufman (signed)

Colors

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Genre

humor

Synopsis

In a zoo, a Boy Scout observes an eagle wearing a scout neckerchief.

Keywords

Boy Scouts; Eagle Scout

Indexer Notes

Pantomime cartoon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Mail Call / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters with no responses. Writers are Mrs. Earl Stump; William Hatcher; Ruth Ann Towbrowsky; Beatrice Louise Walker; Delois Phillips; Carl Graf; and George G. Gordon. Illustrated logo.

The Best Buys in Joy, Thrills, and Fun (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

Sleek as the New Convertibles (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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