Jack Armstrong #8

(August 1948)

List of ABC Stations Carrying Jack Armstrong Program (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

ABC Network / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Flaming Forest (Table of Contents: 2)

Jack Armstrong / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Genre

adventure

Characters

Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield; Mike Simms

Keywords

airplane; forest fire; Forest Service; parachute

[Jewelry Store Robbery] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

For ten years Fred Beasley had owned and operated a successful jewelry store..

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Vic Hardy

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.

Keywords

car crash; jewelry story; overcoats; robbery

Indexer Notes

Panels with typeset text underneath. Solution is printed upside-down

The Case of the Motorboat Murder (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

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.

Keywords

diving; fishing line; grand jury; motorboat

[Ruth Elinor Howell] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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Girls as well as boys have the stuff from which heroes are made...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Ruth Elinor Howell

Synopsis

Ruth Elinor Howell, 13, of Marysville, Washington, saves her friend from drowning in Lake Cranberry.

Keywords

Red Cross; swimming

Indexer Notes

"Based on information from the American Red Cross."

Hot Pilot (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script

Donovan Fitzpatrick (credited)

Pencils

Edd Ashe (signed)

Inks

Edd Ashe (signed)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Text story with one large illustration. Concludes on Page 49 on this issue.

Ralph Kiner (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Prisoners of the Jungle (Table of Contents: 8)

Jack Armstrong / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield; Billy Fairfield; Betty Fairfield

Keywords

jungle

Indexer Notes

Large splash panel stretches across gutter into second page.

Terror at Top Speed (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

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Pencils

Jack Sparling ?

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Letters

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Genre

adventure

Characters

Betty Fairfield

Keywords

movie-making; stunt

[The Redcoats Are Coming!] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Daydream Mike and his Wonderful Bike; Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Fighting Birds (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Billy Becomes Mayor for a Day (Table of Contents: 12)

Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of his Comical Misadventures / 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; teen

Characters

Billy Fairfield; Mayor Broadbeam

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 0.17 page (report information)

Script

Bo Braul ? (signed)

Pencils

Bo Braul ? (signed)

Inks

Bo Braul ? (signed)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No, this isn't the Acme Candy Store - darn it!

Genre

humor; children

Synopsis

A boy gets a wrong number phone call for a candy store.

Keywords

telephone; wrong number

Indexer Notes

Signature is unclear.

Bozo and the Rocket Ship (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Capitol / advertisement / 0.22 page (report information)

Electric Light Jazz Bow Tie (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Bernard Fine Co. / advertisement / 0.11 page (report information)

Speedboat Special (Table of Contents: 16)

Shorts Champs / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Phil Berube (signed)

Inks

Phil Berube (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Danny Foster

Synopsis

Danny Foster, of Oakland, Calif., who won the International Gold Cup Regatta at Rockaway Inlet, New York. (Beating bandleader Guy Lombardo.)

Keywords

Gold Cup Regatta; New York; Rockaway Inlet; speedboats

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

A Priceless Treasure in Reading Pleasure (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Can You Find the 7 Hidden Features? (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Monark Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)