(June 1948)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- every other month
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Parents' Institute Inc.
- Editing
- Ken Hall (executive editor)
Issue Notes
A Message to the Boys of America from Jack Armstrong
Jack Armstrong / public service announcement / 1 page
- 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
Jack Armstrong / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield
- Keywords
- baseball
The Case of the Silent Southpaw
Vic Hardy's Crime Lab / comic story / 4 pages
- 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
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Phil Rizzuto
- Synopsis
- Highlights of Phil Rizzuto's 1947 season as shortstop of the world champion New York Yankees.
- Keywords
- baseball; New York; Yankees
Indexer Notes
Illustrated ad for Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions" cereal from General Mills, Inc.
Frank O'Bannon
Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
text story / 2.33 pages
- Script
- H. M. Gill (credited)
- Pencils
- Edd Ashe (signed as
EDD ASHE) - Inks
- Edd Ashe (signed as EDD ASHE)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Text story with one large illustration.
[Stepladder for Jump Ball]
cartoon / 0.17 page
- 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!
Capitol Records / advertisement / 0.167 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for "Bozo and his Rocket Ship" record and storybook set from Capitol.
[no title indexed]
Electric Light Jazz Bow Tie; H. E. Harris Stamps; Roley Home Radio Mike / advertisement / 0.222 page
Indexer Notes
Ads for Electric Light Jazz Bow Tie for $1.95 from Bernard Fine Co., New York, N.Y.; Radio Microphone for $1.98 from Seyco Mike, Inc., New York, N.Y.; and stamp catalogue from H. E. Harris & Co., Boston, Mass.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.111 page
- 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!
Columbia Bicycles / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wonder what the old Romans would have thought...
- Characters
- Daydream Mike
- Synopsis
- Mike daydreams about having a bicycle in Roman times.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format for Columbia bicycles. Includes mail-in coupon for "bike-chief siren" and Columbia catalogue for 15 cents. Westfield Manufacturing Company, Westfield, Mass.
Rhino!
comic story / 4 pages
- 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!
Safe-T Cones / advertisement / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Centerfold ad for contest by Safe-T Cone Co., Chicago 15, Ill. (ice cream cones) with 500 prizes of Monark Super De Luxe bicycles to be given away.
The Counterfeiters
Vic Hardy; Jack Armstrong / comic story / 12 pages
- 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.
Lion on the Loose
A New Betty Fairfield Adventure / comic story / 4.67 pages
- 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]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Two one-sixth page subscription forms for Parent's Magazine Press comics. At bottom of pages three and four of the previous sequence (back-to-back).
3 Great Sport Books Every American Boy is Bustin' to Own!
Greenberg Press Sports Books / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Joe Dimaggio (illustration)
Indexer Notes
Ad for sports books: Jackie Robinson: My Own Story; Lucky to Be a Yankee by Joe DiMaggio; and Joe Louis: Picture Story of His Life. $1.00 each from Greenberg Press, New York 22, N.Y.
An Important Notice to Jack Armstrong Readers
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Notice that publication of Jack Armstrong is changing from monthly to bi-monthly.
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0.
[Mystery on the Diamond]
Jack Armstrong -
1.
A Message to the Boys of America from Jack Armstrong
Jack Armstrong -
2.
Jack Armstrong Solves the Mystery on the Diamond
Jack Armstrong -
3.
The Case of the Silent Southpaw
Vic Hardy's Crime Lab -
4.
Phil Rizzuto
Wheaties -
5.
Frank O'Bannon
Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award -
6.
Danger Trail
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7.
[Stepladder for Jump Ball]
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8.
Fun!
Capitol Records -
9.
[no title indexed]
Electric Light Jazz Bow Tie; H. E. Harris Stamps; Roley Home Radio Mike -
10.
["Now, remember, first one down is a rotten egg."]
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11.
Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!
Columbia Bicycles -
12.
Rhino!
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13.
Win This Bicycle!
Safe-T Cones -
14.
The Counterfeiters
Vic Hardy; Jack Armstrong -
15.
Billy Makes Magic
Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of His Own Misadventures -
16.
Lion on the Loose
A New Betty Fairfield Adventure -
17.
[Subscription forms]
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18.
3 Great Sport Books Every American Boy is Bustin' to Own!
Greenberg Press Sports Books -
19.
An Important Notice to Jack Armstrong Readers
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20.
Two Swell Magazines for You!
Parents' Magazine Press -
21.
Sleek as the New Convertibles
Monark Super Deluxe
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Donald Dale Milne
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