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| Publication | August 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
| Notes | Pencils and inks from comicartfans.com listing of the original art. |
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| Cover | Prisoners of the Jungle |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Jack Armstrong; Vic Hardy (inset) |
| Notes | Pencils and inks from comicartfans.com listing of the original art. |
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| Advertisement | List of ABC Stations Carrying Jack Armstrong Program (1 page) |
| Featuring | ABC Network |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. List of radio stations (call letters, town, state) carrying the Jack Armstrong Program at "5:30-6:00 local time." |
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| Comic Story | The Flaming Forest (10 pages) |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield; Mike Simms |
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| Comic Story | Jewelry Store Robbery (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Fred Beasley's jewelry store is held up by three robbers. Their getaway car crashes into a tree and two are captured, but one gets away with the loot. Vic Hardy has to figure out how to track down the remaining robber. |
| Featuring | Vic Hardy's Crime Clues |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Detective-mystery | Characters: Vic Hardy |
| Notes | Panels with typeset text underneath. Solution is printed upside-down |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Motorboat Murder (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A grand jury witness in an airport land deal probe is killed in the collision of two speedboats. Vic Hardy has to find what caused and who caused the collision. |
| Featuring | Vic Hardy's Crime Lab |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Vic Hardy; Sergeant Sims |
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| Comic Story | Ruth Elinor Howell (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ruth Elinor Howell, 13, of Marysville, Washington, saves her friend from drowning in Lake Cranberry. |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Ruth Elinor Howell |
| Notes | "Based on information from the American Red Cross." |
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| Text Story | Hot Pilot (3.5 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Text story with one large illustration. Concludes on Page 49 on this issue. |
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| Advertisement | Ralph Kiner (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Profile of Ralph Kiner, who hit 51 home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947. |
| Featuring | Wheaties; General Mills |
| Content | Characters: Ralph Kiner |
| Notes | Ad in sports cartoon format for Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions." General Mills, Inc. |
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| Comic Story | Prisoners of the Jungle (10 pages) |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield; Billy Fairfield; Betty Fairfield |
| Notes | Large splash panel stretches across gutter into second page. |
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| Comic Story | Terror at Top Speed (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Betty Fairfield |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Betty Fairfield |
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| Advertisement | The Redcoats Are Coming! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Daydream Mike imagines he uses his bicycle on Paul Revere's ride. |
| Featuring | Daydream Mike and his Wonderful Bike; Columbia Bicycles |
| Content | Characters: Daydream Mike |
| Notes | Ad in comic format for Columbia Bicycles. Westfield Manufacturing Co., Westfield, Mass. |
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| Comic Story | The Fighting Birds (4 pages) |
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| Comic Story | Billy Becomes Mayor for a Day (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of his Comical Misadventures |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Billy Fairfield; Mayor Broadbeam |
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| Synopsis | A boy gets a wrong number phone call for a candy store. |
| Credits | Script: Bo Braul? (signed) | Pencils: Bo Braul? (signed) | Inks: Bo Braul? (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
| Notes | Signature is unclear. |
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| Advertisement | Bozo and the Rocket Ship |
| Featuring | Capitol |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for storybook album containing book and record. $2.70 from Capitol. |
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| Advertisement | Electric Light Jazz Bow Tie |
| Featuring | Bernard Fine Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for a bow tie with a battery-powered light. $1.95 from Bernard Fine Co., New York 11, N.Y. |
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| Text Article | Speedboat Special (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Danny Foster, of Oakland, Calif., who won the International Gold Cup Regatta at Rockaway Inlet, New York. (Beating bandleader Guy Lombardo.) |
| Featuring | Shorts Champs |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Danny Foster |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. |
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| Publisher advertisement | A Priceless Treasure in Reading Pleasure (1 page) |
| Featuring | Parents' Magazine Press |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Promo for subscriptions to Tex Granger; Calling All Kids; Polly Pigtails; and True Comics. |
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| Advertisement | Can You Find the 7 Hidden Features? (1 page) |
| Featuring | Monark Bicycles |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for Monark Super Deluxe model bicycle. Monark Silver King, Inc., Chicago 35, Ill. |
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