| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
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| Cover | Madman's Island |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack Armstrong; General Xavier Rojas |
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| Comic Story | Triple Play (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bill Wambganss of the Cleveland Indians makes an unassisted triple play in the 1920 World Series. |
| Featuring | Famous Split-Seconds in Sports |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Bill Wambganss; Clarence Mitchell; Pete Kulduff |
| Notes | Inside front cover and inside back cover. |
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| Comic Story | Madman's Island (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jack goes with his Uncle Jim and friend Billy to investigate an exiled South American dictator who is planning a war from his remote island. The dictator captures the trio and sends Jack and Billy into the jungle to be tracked by his army in a version of "The Most Dangerous Game." |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield; Bill Fairfield; General Xavier Rojas |
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| Advertisement | Stan Musial (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Profile of St. Louis Cardinals outfield Stan Musial, who was 1948 Major League batting champion. |
| Featuring | Wheaties; General Mills |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Stan Musial |
| Notes | Illustrated ad for Wheaties, "Breakfast of Champions." General Mills, Inc. |
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| Text Story | Deadly Cargo (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Bruce Elliott | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Text story with one large illustration. |
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| Text Article | Famous Athletic Kin (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Athletes who are related. Golfer Louise Suggs is the daughter of baseball player Johnny Suggs and the Bentley brothers are two of six Bentley brothers who are hockey stars. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Louise Suggs; Johnny Suggs; Doug Bentley; Max Bentley |
| Notes | Illustrations and text. |
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| Featuring | Betty Crocker Soup is Souper!; General Mills |
| Notes | Ad in comic format for Betty Crocker "soup ingredients" packages (split-pea and vegetable noodle). General Mills, Inc. |
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| Comic Story | 108 mph on a Bike! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Alfred Letourner's record of 108.92 mph for a mile on a bicycle. Also tips about bicycle safety. |
| Featuring | Sports Champs |
| Credits | Pencils: Phil Berube (signed) | Inks: Phil Berube (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Alfred Letourner |
| Notes | Illustrations and text. |
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| Comic Story | The Terror of Tomaso Sea (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Jack Armstrong |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield |
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| Comic Story | Desperate Mission (3.67 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Last column of page four is the Statement of Ownership. |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership |
| Credits | Script: Elliott Caplin (publisher) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Statement of Ownership for September 24, 1948. No circulation figures given. |
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| Comic Story | The Hunter Murder (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Vic Hardy has to decide if a man is lying when he says he accidentally shot his companion while deer hunting. |
| Featuring | Vic Hardy's Crime Clues |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Vic Hardy; Joe Randells |
| Notes | A "solve-the-mystery" story. Panels with text underneath. Solution is printed upside-down. |
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| Featuring | Monark Bicycles |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for 1949 Monark Super Deluxe Bicycle. Monark Silver King, Chicago, Ill. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Take Your Pick of These Wonderful Magazines (1 page) |
| Featuring | Parents' Magazine Press |
| Credits | Pencils: (various) | Inks: (various) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Promo with mail-in coupon for subscriptions to True Comics; Polly Pigtails; Calling All Kids; Tex Granger; Calling All Girls; and Varsity (magazine). |
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