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| Howard Larsen‘s art really helps elevate this series to a more profound level. I’m surprised it doesn’t get talked about more often. |
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| I'm curious about this art identification. Doesn't look anything like most other work that is identified as Larsen.
Like this one - 'Slave Girl Comics 2'
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The Art on all the Jack Armstrong's is good, but most are uncredited. The art on this one is different to most of the other Jack Armstrong books, but some of the others might be Larsen. Another artist about whom there is scant information and is not in LAMBIEK.
Curious. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | November 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Larsen is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the artwork is identical to his signed or unsigned stories in many western comics like Hawk or Western Bandit Trails. |
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| Cover | Jack Armstrong Solves the Arctic Mystery |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong |
| Credits | Pencils: Howard Larsen | Inks: Howard Larsen | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack Armstrong |
| Notes | Larsen is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the artwork is identical to his signed or unsigned stories in many western comics like Hawk or Western Bandit Trails. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Meet Jack Armstrong and His Friends (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Found on the inside front cover, this text/illustrated article informs readers about all the characters who appear in the Jack Armstrong feature. |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong |
| Credits | Pencils: Howard Larsen | Inks: Howard Larsen | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield; Betty Fairfield; Jim Fairfield; Vic Hardy; Professor Proteus |
| Notes | Art notes as for the cover. |
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| Comic Story | Jack Armstrong Solves the Arctic Mystery (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong |
| Credits | Pencils: Howard Larsen | Inks: Howard Larsen |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack Armstrong |
| Notes | Info by Craig Delich (November, 2005).
Howard Larsen is best to spot by his faces with large ears and noses, and bulging lips with dark shadows underneath, and big hats far back on the head seen in front view. The hero here has none of these shadows, but the other characters have. |
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| Advertisement | Wally Butts (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Profile of Wally Butts, football coach of the Georgia Bulldogs. |
| Featuring | Wheaties; General Mills |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Wally Butts |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions" cereal. General Mills, Inc. |
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| Character profile | Edgar Little Jr. (2 pages) |
| 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. |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong's All-American Award |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Edward Little, Jr.; Frank Thompson |
| Notes | "Based on information from the American Red Cross." Edward Little received an engraved medal "and will be asked to designate a shut-in youngster who will receive a free one-year's subscription to the Jack Armstrong Adventure Magazine." |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Forgetful Forger (3.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Vic discovers serial numbers were changed on some stolen bond certificates. |
| Featuring | Vic Hardy's Crime Lab |
| Credits | Pencils: Ed Smalle (signed) | Inks: Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Vic Hardy; Chief Dale |
| Notes | The bottom one-six of pages two and three in the story are mail-in coupons for subscriptions to Parents' Magazine Press comics. (back-to-back.) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Subscription Coupons |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | The bottom one-six of pages two and three in the previous sequence are mail-in coupons for subscriptions to Parents' Magazine Press comics. (back-to-back.) |
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| Comic Story | Jack Armstrong vs. the Man of a Million Faces (12 pages) |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong |
| Credits | Pencils: Howard Larsen | Inks: Howard Larsen |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack Armstrong; Professor Proteus (villain) |
| Notes | Art notes as for the cover and first story. |
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| Text Story | Change of Pace (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: George D. Lipscomb (signed) | Pencils: Edd Ashe (signed) | Inks: Edd Ashe (signed) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Text story with one large illustration. |
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| Comic Story | Slaughter's Mad Dash in the 1946 World Series (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | St. Louis Cardinals' Enos Slaughter surprisingly scores from first base on a routine single for the winning run of the 1946 World Series. |
| Featuring | Famous Split-Seconds in Sports |
| Credits | Script: Phil Berube? | Pencils: Phil Berube? | Inks: Phil Berube? |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Enos Slaughter; Harry Walker |
| Notes | Info and credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005). |
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| Comic Story | Simba Bwana - Lion Master (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | When a lion attacks his cattle, a young Masai boy kills it with a spear. |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Sparling? | Inks: Jack Sparling? |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Simba Bwana [Akhu] |
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| Comic Story | Angel of Mercy With Water-Wings (5 pages) |
| 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. |
| Featuring | A New Betty Fairfield Adventure |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Sparling? | Inks: Jack Sparling? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Betty Fairfield; Emma Webster |
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| Advertisement | List of ABC Stations Carrying Jack Armstrong Program |
| Featuring | ABC |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside column of back-to-back pages. List of radio stations (call letters, city) carrying the Jack Armstrong program. Outer column of pages is a mail-in reader survey. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Will You Help Us? (1.2 pages) |
| Featuring | Parents' Magazine Press |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Reader survey to fill out and mail in. On outer part of same sheet. Inner part of the sheet is a list of radio stations carrying the Jack Armstrong program. |
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| Comic Story | Hal Newhouser (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Profile of Detroit Tigers' pitcher Hal Newhouser, who won 25 or more games in 1944, 1945, and 1946. |
| Featuring | Sports Champs |
| Credits | Script: Phil Berube (signed) | Pencils: Phil Berube (signed) | Inks: Phil Berube (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Hal Newhouser |
| Notes | Illustrations and text. |
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| Comic Story | Billy Rings the Bell (4 pages) |
| 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. |
| Featuring | Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of His Own Misadventures |
| Credits | Pencils: Vic Herman | Inks: Vic Herman |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Billy Fairfield; Billy's mother; Billy's sister |
| Notes | Framing sequence has Billy drawing the story himself, (hence the feature title), apparently to explain the difference in art styles from the rest of the issue. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Action Suspense Thrills (1 page) |
| Featuring | Parents' Magazine Press |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Jack Armstrong (cameo); Billy Fairfield (cameo); Betty Fairfield (cameo); Vic Hardy (cameo) |
| Notes | Promo with mail-in coupon for subscriptions to Jack Armstrong magazine. One year for $1.00 |
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| Advertisement | Be the Talk of the Town with a New Monark Super Deluxe (1 page) |
| Featuring | Monark Silver King |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Ad for Monark Super Deluxe model bicycle. Monark Silver King, Chicago 35, Ill. |
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| Advertisement | Fellers-Here's a Dream of a Game! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Electric Game Co., Inc. |
| Notes | Back cover. Illustrated ad for electric football game. $2.50 from Electric Game Co., Inc., Holyoke, Mass. Electric baseball, air race, bowling, and flash quiz games also available. |
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