Jack Armstrong #7

(June 1948)

A Message to the Boys of America from Jack Armstrong (Table of Contents: 1)

Jack Armstrong / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Edd Ashe (signed as EDD ASHE)

Inks

Edd Ashe (signed as EDD ASHE)

Letters

typeset

Genre

sports

Characters

Joe Louis

Synopsis

Jack uses an incident in the ring involving Joe Louis to promote sportsmanship.

Keywords

boxing; sportsmanship

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Large illustration and text.

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

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

sports

Characters

Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield

Keywords

baseball

The Case of the Silent Southpaw (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Vic Hardy

Synopsis

A getaway car overturns while fleeing a robbery. One of the crooks dies, but the other escapes with the loot. Vic Hardy has to find a way to identify the pair.

Keywords

dry cleaner; robbery; used-car dealer

Phil Rizzuto (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Frank O'Bannon (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Characters

Frank O'Banon; Robert O'Banon

Synopsis

Frank O'Banon of Corydon, Ind., saves his brother from drowning.

Keywords

Red Cross; swimming

Indexer Notes

"Based on information from the American Red Cross." O'Banon received an engraved medal and "a shut-in youngster of his choice will receive a free one-year subscription to Jack Armstrong Magazine."

Danger Trail (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2.33 pages (report information)

Script

H. M. Gill (credited)

Pencils

Edd Ashe (signed as EDD ASHE)

Inks

Edd Ashe (signed as EDD ASHE)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Lance Ramsey

Keywords

mine; payroll

Indexer Notes

Text story with one large illustration.

[Stepladder for Jump Ball] (Table of Contents: 7)

cartoon / 0.17 page (report information)

Script

Dan Rilgo ? (signed)

Pencils

Dan Rilgo ? (signed)

Inks

Dan Rilgo ? (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

sports

Synopsis

A referee climbs a stepladder before tossing the ball for a jump ball in basketball.

Keywords

basketball

Indexer Notes

Pantomime cartoon. Signature is hard to read.

Fun! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Capitol Records / advertisement / 0.167 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Electric Light Jazz Bow Tie; H. E. Harris Stamps; Roley Home Radio Mike / advertisement / 0.222 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

cartoon / 0.111 page (report information)

Script

Dan Kilgo ? (signed)

Pencils

Dan Kilgo ? (signed)

Inks

Dan Kilgo ? (signed)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now, remember, first one down is a rotten egg.

Genre

sports

Synopsis

A referee gives some unorthodox instructions to two boxers.

Keywords

boxing

Indexer Notes

Signature is hard to read.

Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Columbia Bicycles / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Rhino! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

adventure

Characters

Bill Kelly; Bob Ward; Omalu

Synopsis

Bill Kelly and Bob Ward go to Africa to get some wild animal motion pictures and have a close call with a rhinoceros.

Keywords

Africa; hyenas; lions; movies; rhinoceros

Win This Bicycle! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Safe-T Cones / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

The Counterfeiters (Table of Contents: 14)

Vic Hardy; Jack Armstrong / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Vic Hardy; Jack Armstrong; Chief Dale; Professor Proteus

Synopsis

Jack Armstrong visits Vic Hardy at his lab and learns facts about paper currency and how to detect a counterfeit bill. Then the lesson gets put to practical use when counterfeiters are found in the area and Vic and Jack have to help capture the gang.

Keywords

blind; charity drive; counterfeiting; FBI; guide dog; impersonation; machine guns; newsstand; tear gas

Indexer Notes

Story starts with a large illustration and a half-page of story in text format. Then with page two it changes into a regular comic story.

Billy Makes Magic (Table of Contents: 15)

Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of His Own Misadventures / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Vic Herman

Inks

Vic Herman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Billy Fairfield; Egbert Sneery

Synopsis

Billy is raising chickens and uses some of their eggs as props in his magician's act in an amateur show.

Keywords

chickens; eggs; juggling; magician

Lion on the Loose (Table of Contents: 16)

A New Betty Fairfield Adventure / comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jack Sparling ?

Inks

Jack Sparling ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Betty Fairfield; Molly Madden

Synopsis

Betty is friends with Molly Madden, a star trapeze artist in the circus. When a lion escapes, Betty comes up with an idea to lure him back to his cage.

Keywords

cage; circus; hamburger; lion; train; trapeze

Indexer Notes

Bottom one-sixth of pages three and four of the story are subscription forms.

[Subscription forms] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

3 Great Sport Books Every American Boy is Bustin' to Own! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Greenberg Press Sports Books / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

An Important Notice to Jack Armstrong Readers (Table of Contents: 19)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Notice that publication of Jack Armstrong is changing from monthly to bi-monthly.

Two Swell Magazines for You! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Parents' Magazine Press / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Sleek as the New Convertibles (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Monark Super Deluxe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)