Issue: #1
Published: November 1947, 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: Indicia gives George J. Hecht as President, Elliot A. Caplin as Publisher and Ralph O. Ellsworth as Art Director. Original index by Craig Delich (November 2005). "Jack Armstrong Adventure Magazine" on cover only.
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| Cover (1 page) |
Jack Armstrong Solves the Arctic Mystery |
| Featuring: |
Jack Armstrong |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Howard Larsen | Inks: Howard Larsen | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Jack Armstrong |
| Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
Meet Jack Armstrong and His Friends |
| Featuring: |
Jack Armstrong |
| Synopsis: |
Found on the inside front cover, this text/illustrated article informs readers about all the characters who appear in the Jack Armstrong feature. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Howard Larsen | Inks: Howard Larsen | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Jack Armstrong Billy Fairfield Betty Fairfield Jim Fairfield Vic Hardy Professor Proteus |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Jack Armstrong Solves the Arctic Mystery |
| Featuring: |
Jack Armstrong |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Howard Larsen | Inks: Howard Larsen |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Jack Armstrong |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Wally Butts |
| Featuring: |
Wheaties; General Mills |
| Synopsis: |
Profile of Wally Butts, football coach of the Georgia Bulldogs. |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Characters: |
Wally Butts |
| Character Profile (2 pages) |
Edgar Little Jr. |
| Featuring: |
Jack Armstrong's All-American Award |
| Synopsis: |
Text and illustrated true story of Edward Little Jr., of Handsboro, Miss., who rescued five men from an Army bomber that crashed in a bay near his home. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Edward Little, Jr. Frank Thompson |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Case of the Forgetful Forger |
| Featuring: |
Vic Hardy's Crime Lab |
| Synopsis: |
Vic discovers serial numbers were changed on some stolen bond certificates. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ed Smalle (signed) | Inks: Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Vic Hardy Chief Dale |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages) |
Subscription Coupons |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Change of Pace |
| Credits: |
Script: George D. Lipscomb (signed) | Pencils: Edd Ashe (signed) | Inks: Edd Ashe (signed) | Letters: ?; typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Slaughter's Mad Dash in the 1946 World Series |
| Featuring: |
Famous Split-Seconds in Sports |
| Synopsis: |
St. Louis Cardinals' Enos Slaughter surprisingly scores from first base on a routine single for the winning run of the 1946 World Series. |
| Credits: |
Script: Phil Berube ? | Pencils: Phil Berube ? | Inks: Phil Berube ? |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Characters: |
Enos Slaughter Harry Walker |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Simba Bwana - Lion Master |
| Synopsis: |
When a lion attacks his cattle, a young Masai boy kills it with a spear. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Sparling ? | Inks: Jack Sparling ? |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Simba Bwana [Akhu] |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Angel of Mercy With Water-Wings |
| Featuring: |
A New Betty Fairfield Adventure |
| Synopsis: |
Nurse Emma Webster and Betty rescue a child during a flood and spend the night in a make-shift first aid station in a church. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Sparling ? | Inks: Jack Sparling ? |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Betty Fairfield Emma Webster |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
List of ABC Stations Carrying Jack Armstrong Program |
| Featuring: |
ABC |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Will You Help Us? |
| Featuring: |
Parents' Magazine Press |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Hal Newhouser |
| Featuring: |
Sports Champs |
| Synopsis: |
Profile of Detroit Tigers' pitcher Hal Newhouser, who won 25 or more games in 1944, 1945, and 1946. |
| Credits: |
Script: Phil Berube (signed) | Pencils: Phil Berube (signed) | Inks: Phil Berube (signed) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Sports |
| Characters: |
Hal Newhouser |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Billy Rings the Bell |
| Featuring: |
Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of His Own Misadventures |
| Synopsis: |
Billy goes on a muscle-building program to win a prize at an amusement park, but gets a surprise the day of the contest. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Vic Herman | Inks: Vic Herman |
| Genre: |
Humor Teen |
| Characters: |
Billy Fairfield Billy's Mother Billy's Sister |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Be the Talk of the Town with a New Monark Super Deluxe |
| Featuring: |
Monark Silver King |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Fellers-Here's a Dream of a Game! |
| Featuring: |
Electric Game Co., Inc. |
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