Issue: #7
Published: June 1948, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Kenneth L. Hall (executive editor)
Color: Color Cover; Color Interior Dimensions: Issues #1-8 Are 7.5" X 10.875" (taller Than Standard Comics); #9-13 Are 7.5" X 10.375" (standard Golden Age Size) Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: No indicia title.
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| Public Service Announcement (1 page) |
A Message to the Boys of America from Jack Armstrong |
| Featuring: |
Jack Armstrong |
| Synopsis: |
Jack uses an incident in the ring involving Joe Louis to promote sportsmanship. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Edd Ashe (signed) | Inks: Edd Ashe (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Joe Louis |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Case of the Silent Southpaw |
| Featuring: |
Vic Hardy's Crime Lab |
| 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. |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Vic Hardy |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Phil Rizzuto |
| Featuring: |
Wheaties; General Mills |
| Synopsis: |
Highlights of Phil Rizzuto's 1947 season as shortstop of the world champion New York Yankees. |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Characters: |
Phil Rizzuto |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Frank O'Bannon |
| Featuring: |
Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award |
| Synopsis: |
Frank O'Banon of Corydon, Ind., saves his brother from drowning. |
| Characters: |
Frank O'Banon Robert O'Banon |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Danger Trail |
| Credits: |
Script: H. M. Gill (credited) | Pencils: Edd Ashe (signed) | Inks: Edd Ashe (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Lance Ramsey |
| Cartoon (0 pages) |
Stepladder for Jump Ball |
| Synopsis: |
A referee climbs a stepladder before tossing the ball for a jump ball in basketball. |
| Credits: |
Script: Dan Rilgo ? (signed) | Pencils: Dan Rilgo ? (signed) | Inks: Dan Rilgo ? (signed) |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Advertisement (0 pages) |
Fun! |
| Featuring: |
Capitol |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (0 pages) |
Misc. Ads |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Cartoon (0 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
A referee gives some unorthodox instructions to two boxers. |
| Credits: |
Script: Dan Kilgo ? (signed) | Pencils: Dan Kilgo ? (signed) | Inks: Dan Kilgo ? (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Daydream Mike and his Wonderful Bike! |
| Synopsis: |
Mike daydreams about having a bicycle in Roman times. |
| Characters: |
Daydream Mike |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Rhino! |
| Synopsis: |
Bill Kelly and Bob Ward go to Africa to get some wild animal motion pictures and have a close call with a rhinoceros. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Bill Kelly Bob Ward Omalu |
| Advertisement (2 pages) |
Win This Bicycle! |
| Featuring: |
Safe-T Cone Co. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (12 pages) |
The Counterfeiters |
| Featuring: |
Vic Hardy; Jack Armstrong |
| 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. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Vic Hardy Jack Armstrong Chief Dale Professor Proteus |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Billy Makes Magic |
| Featuring: |
Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of His Own Misadventures |
| Synopsis: |
Billy is raising chickens and uses some of their eggs as props in his magician's act in an amateur show. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Vic Herman | Inks: Vic Herman |
| Genre: |
Humor Teen |
| Characters: |
Billy Fairfield Egbert Sneery |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Lion on the Loose |
| Featuring: |
A New Betty Fairfield Adventure |
| 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. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Sparling ? | Inks: Jack Sparling ? |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Betty Fairfield Molly Madden |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages) |
Subscription forms |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
3 Great Sport Books Every American Boy is Bustin' to Own! |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Joe Dimaggio (illustration) |
| Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
An Important Notice to Jack Armstrong Readers |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Two Swell Magazines for You! |
| Featuring: |
Parents' Magazine Press |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Sleek as the New Convertibles |
| Featuring: |
Monark Bicycles |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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