Jack Armstrong #12

(July 1949)

Triple Play (Table of Contents: 1)

Famous Split-Seconds in Sports / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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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 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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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

Stan Musial (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Deadly Cargo (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bruce Elliott

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typeset

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Text story with one large illustration.

Famous Athletic Kin (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Betty Crocker Soup is Souper!; General Mills / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

108 mph on a Bike! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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Phil Berube (signed)

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Phil Berube (signed)

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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 (Table of Contents: 8)

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

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Genre

adventure

Characters

Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield

Keywords

Mexico

Desperate Mission (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

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Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

War of 1812

Indexer Notes

Last column of page four is the Statement of Ownership.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 10)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Elliott Caplin (publisher)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for September 24, 1948. No circulation figures given.

[The Hunter Murder] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

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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.

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Monark Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Take Your Pick of These Wonderful Magazines (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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