Issue: #4
Published: February 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
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| Comic Story (1 page) |
Dempsey-Tunney Fight |
| Featuring: |
Famous Split-Seconds in Sports |
| Synopsis: |
The Dempsey-Tunny "Long Count" fight of 1927. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Sports |
| Characters: |
Jack Dempsey Gene Tunney |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Ralph Beard |
| Featuring: |
Sports Champs |
| Synopsis: |
Profile of college basketball's "1947 Player of the Year," Phil Beard of the University of Kentucky. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Phil Berube (signed) | Inks: Phil Berube (signed) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Sports |
| Characters: |
Phil Beard |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
James W. (J.W.) Thompson |
| Featuring: |
Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award |
| Synopsis: |
J. W. Thompson saves his brother from electrocution after his kite hits a electric wire. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
James Thompson [J.W. Thompson] Duane Thompson |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Case of the Broken Headlight |
| Featuring: |
Vic Hardy's Crime Lab |
| Synopsis: |
Vic has to solve a hit-and-run case. |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Vic Hardy Chief Dale |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Three Suspects |
| Featuring: |
Vic Hardy's Crime Clues |
| Synopsis: |
Vic has to decide which of three suspects robbed a jewelry store. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Vic Hardy |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Win One of These Columbia Bikes! |
| Featuring: |
Wheaties |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (12 pages) |
Land of Leopard Men |
| Featuring: |
Jack Armstrong |
| Synopsis: |
Jack and his friends are in Africa to get motion pictures of the savage Leopard Men. When his safari leader refuses to enter the land of the Leopard Men, Jack and Billy push on. They save a pygmy from a crocodile and he leads them to large clearing which the Leopard Men use for their ritual dances. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Howard Larsen [as H. L. Larsen] (signed) | Inks: Howard Larsen [as H. L. Larsen] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Jack Armstrong Jim Fairfield Billy Fairfield Betty Fairfield Professor Proteus |
| Text Story (4 pages) |
The Team Mates |
| Synopsis: |
A high school hockey team's captain is over-shadowed when a flashy newcomer joins the team and is an immediate sensation. |
| Credits: |
Script: Charles Spain Verral (credited) | Pencils: Edd Ashe (signed) | Inks: Edd Ashe (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Characters: |
Sam Coulter French La Pointe |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Old Nubs |
| Synopsis: |
A whaling ship fails to catch "Old Nubs,' a huge sperm whale, but aren't very disappointed the whale escaped. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Captain Andy Barbados Jack |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
The Best Buys in Joy, Thrills, and Fun |
| Featuring: |
Parents' Magazine Press |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Hazardous Holiday |
| Featuring: |
A New Betty Fairfield Adventure |
| Synopsis: |
Betty goes on a skiing trip to the mountains. Her female ski instructor rescues a woman who has fallen into a crevasse during a blizzard. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Sparling ? | Inks: Jack Sparling ? |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Betty Fairfield Kate Anderson |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages) |
Subscription Coupons |
| Featuring: |
Parents' Magazine Press |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (0 pages) |
Classified Ads |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Cartoon (0 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
A man uses snowshoes in an unorthodox way. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Billy's Scavenger Hunt |
| Featuring: |
Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of His Comical Adventures |
| Synopsis: |
Billy and Daisy go on a scavenger hunt. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Vic Herman | Inks: Vic Herman |
| Genre: |
Humor Teen |
| Characters: |
Billy Fairfield Daisy Jones |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Tops in Table Tennis |
| Synopsis: |
Profile of Dick Miles, U.S. table tennis champion for 1945, 1946, and 1947. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Phil Berube | Inks: Phil Berube |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Sports |
| Characters: |
Dick Miles |
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