Jack Armstrong
#12
(July 1949)
Parents' Magazine Press,
1947 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Parents' Institute Inc.
- Editing
- Harold Schwartz; Elliott A. Caplin (publisher); Ralph O. Ellsworth (assistant art director); Dorothea T. Filosa (assistant art director)
Issue Notes
Schwartz listed as editor in this issue's statement of ownership.
Triple Play
Famous Split-Seconds in Sports / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Bill Wambganss; Clarence Mitchell; Pete Kulduff
- Synopsis
- Bill Wambganss of the Cleveland Indians makes an unassisted triple play in the 1920 World Series.
- Keywords
- baseball; Brooklyn Dodgers; Cleveland Indians; triple play; World Series
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover and inside back cover.
Madman's Island
Jack Armstrong / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield; Bill Fairfield; General Xavier Rojas
- Synopsis
- Jack goes with his Uncle Jim and friend Billy to investigate an exiled South American dictator who is planning a war from his remote island. The dictator captures the trio and sends Jack and Billy into the jungle to be tracked by his army in a version of "The Most Dangerous Game."
- Keywords
- bees; boody-traps; dictator; fencing; jungle; South America
Deadly Cargo
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
Text story with one large illustration.
Famous Athletic Kin
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
- Characters
- Louise Suggs; Johnny Suggs; Doug Bentley; Max Bentley
- Synopsis
- Athletes who are related. Golfer Louise Suggs is the daughter of baseball player Johnny Suggs and the Bentley brothers are two of six Bentley brothers who are hockey stars.
- Keywords
- baseball; golf; hockey
Indexer Notes
Illustrations and text.
108 mph on a Bike!
Sports Champs / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
- Characters
- Alfred Letourner
- Synopsis
- Alfred Letourner's record of 108.92 mph for a mile on a bicycle. Also tips about bicycle safety.
- Keywords
- bicycles
Indexer Notes
Illustrations and text.
The Terror of Tomaso Sea
Jack Armstrong / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield
- Keywords
- Mexico
Desperate Mission
comic story / 3.67 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Keywords
- War of 1812
Indexer Notes
Last column of page four is the Statement of Ownership.
Statement of Ownership
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for September 24, 1948. No circulation figures given.
[The Hunter Murder]
Vic Hardy's Crime Clues / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Vic Hardy; Joe Randells
- Synopsis
- Vic Hardy has to decide if a man is lying when he says he accidentally shot his companion while deer hunting.
- Keywords
- deer hunting
Indexer Notes
A "solve-the-mystery" story. Panels with text underneath. Solution is printed upside-down.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Madman's Island
Jack Armstrong -
1.
Triple Play
Famous Split-Seconds in Sports -
2.
Madman's Island
Jack Armstrong -
3.
Stan Musial
Wheaties; General Mills -
4.
Deadly Cargo
-
5.
Famous Athletic Kin
-
6.
["Bobby can't come to th' phone..."]
Betty Crocker Soup is Souper!; General Mills -
7.
108 mph on a Bike!
Sports Champs -
8.
The Terror of Tomaso Sea
Jack Armstrong -
9.
Desperate Mission
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10.
Statement of Ownership
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11.
[The Hunter Murder]
Vic Hardy's Crime Clues -
12.
["Can you find the secret clues to Monark's popularity?"]
Monark Bicycles -
13.
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- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
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