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| Name | Jack Armstrong 5 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: monthly |
| Cover | Jack Armstrong's Fighting Chance / 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure; Sports |
| Characters | Jack Armstrong |
| Notes | Cover title taken from interior story. |
| Comic Story | Last-Second Shot in NIT (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ernie Calverly's three-quarter court basket lifts Rhode Island to an overtime win over Bowling Green University in the National Invitational Tournament in 1946. |
| Feature | Famous Split Seconds in Sports |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Sports |
| Characters | Ernie Calverly |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | Jack Armstrong's Fighting Chance / Jack Armstrong (8 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Sports |
| Characters | Jack Armstrong; Kill Kamm |
| Comic Story | Maurice "The Rocket" Richard (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Highlights of the career of Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens hockey player. |
| Feature | Sports Champs |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Maurice Richard |
| Pencils | Phil Berube (signed) |
| Inks | Phil Berube (signed) |
| Comic Story | Donald L. Smith (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fifteen-year-old Donald L. Smith of Coldwater, Mich., rescues eight-year-old Nancy McConnell from drowning and earns the fifth Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award. |
| Feature | Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Donald L. Smith; Nancy McConnell |
| Notes | "Based on information from the American Red Cross." Smith received an engraved medal and a year's subscription to Jack Armstrong Magazine. |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Redheaded Hijacker (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hardy uses scientific methods to track down robbers that hijacked a truckload of furs. |
| Feature | Vic Hardy's Crime Lab |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Vic Hardy; Inspector Sheldon; Chief Dale |
| Text Story | Acme Gear Works Payroll Robbery (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Vic Hardy has to figure out who was the "inside man" in a payroll robbery. |
| Feature | Vic Hardy's Crime Clues |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Vic Hardy; Mr. Hoag; Jack Haines; Dot Wilson |
| Notes | A "you solve the mystery" story with the solution printed upside-down on the page. Text with five illustrations. |
| Advertisement | "Ozzie" Cowles / Wheaties (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Profile of Ozzie Cowles, champion basketball coach of the University of Michigan. |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Osborne "Ozzie" Cowles |
| Notes | Text and illustrations. Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions" tagline. General Mills, Inc. |
| Comic Story | Jack Armstrong Trails the Killer of Ghost Canyon / Jack Armstrong (12 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jack Armstrong |
| Notes | Splash panel covers over 1.5 pages, no gutter between pages. |
| Text Story | Slow Down to Win (3.167 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Sports |
| Script | Jay Worthington |
| Pencils | Edd Ashe (signed) |
| Inks | Edd Ashe (signed) |
| Notes | Text story with two illustrations. Concluded on last interior page of the issue. |
| Publisher advertisement | Action, Suspense, Thrills (1 page) |
| Feature | Jack Armstrong Adventure Magazine |
| Letters | typeset |
| Job # | JA5 |
| Characters | Jack Armstrong (cameo); BIlly Fairfield (cameo); Betty Fairfield (cameo); Vic Hardy (cameo) |
| Notes | Promo for Jack Armstrong Adventure Magazine with mail-in subscription coupon. One year for $1.00. |
| Comic Story | Rebel (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A wild stallion is captured and trained to be a polo pony. |
| Genre | Adventure; Sports |
| Characters | Rebel (horse); Mike Dodson; Bill Nixon |
| Comic Story | Lady of the Law (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Betty meets policewoman Carol Shaw and helps her foil a jewelry store robbery. |
| Feature | Betty Fairfield |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Betty Fairfield; Carol Shaw; Spider Webb; Little Blackie |
| Pencils | Jack Sparling |
| Inks | Jack Sparling |
| Notes | Bottom one-sixth of pages 4 and 5 of the story are mail-in coupons for subscriptions to Parents' Magazine comics. Jack Sparling identified as artist of this feature by Jerry Bails. |
| Comic Story | Ready-y-y! Aim-- Fire! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Billy has misadventures in a firehouse, but saves the day at a real fire. |
| Feature | Billy Fairfield |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Billy Fairfield; Mayor Broadbeam; Mrs. Broadbeam |
| Pencils | Vic Herman ? |
| Inks | Vic Herman ? |
| Cartoon | Eagle Scout |
| Synopsis | In a zoo, a Boy Scout observes an eagle wearing a scout neckerchief. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Al Kaufman (signed) |
| Pencils | Al Kaufman (signed) |
| Inks | Al Kaufman (signed) |
| Notes | Pantomime cartoon. |
| Letters Page | No Title |
| Feature | Mail Call |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Letters with no responses. Writers are Mrs. Earl Stump; William Hatcher; Ruth Ann Towbrowsky; Beatrice Louise Walker; Delois Phillips; Carl Graf; and George G. Gordon. Illustrated logo. |
| Publisher advertisement | The Best Buys in Joy, Thrills, and Fun (1 page) |
| Feature | Parents' Magazine Press |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Promo with mail-in coupon for subscriptions to Calling All Girls; Polly Pigtails; Varsity (magazine); Calling All Boys; Calling All Kids; True Comics; and Jack Armstrong. |
| Advertisement | Sleek as the New Convertibles / Monark Bicycles (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Illustrated ad for 1948 Monark Super Deluxe bicycle. Monark Silver King, Inc., Chicago, Ill. |
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