Issue: #8
Published: August 1948, 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: On sale date from Jack Armstrong #7.
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| Advertisement (1 page) |
List of ABC Stations Carrying Jack Armstrong Program |
| Featuring: |
ABC Network |
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Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Jewelry Store Robbery |
| Featuring: |
Vic Hardy's Crime Clues |
| 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. |
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Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Crime Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Vic Hardy |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Case of the Motorboat Murder |
| Featuring: |
Vic Hardy's Crime Lab |
| 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. |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Vic Hardy Sergeant Sims |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Ruth Elinor Howell |
| Featuring: |
Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award |
| Synopsis: |
Ruth Elinor Howell, 13, of Marysville, Washington, saves her friend from drowning in Lake Cranberry. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Ruth Elinor Howell |
| Text Story (4 pages) |
Hot Pilot |
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Letters: typeset |
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Adventure |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Ralph Kiner |
| Featuring: |
Wheaties; General Mills |
| Synopsis: |
Profile of Ralph Kiner, who hit 51 home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947. |
| Characters: |
Ralph Kiner |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
The Redcoats Are Coming! |
| Featuring: |
Daydream Mike and his Wonderful Bike; Columbia Bicycles |
| Synopsis: |
Daydream Mike imagines he uses his bicycle on Paul Revere's ride. |
| Characters: |
Daydream Mike |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Fighting Birds |
| Cartoon (0 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
A boy gets a wrong number phone call for a candy store. |
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Script: Bo Braul ? (signed) | Pencils: Bo Braul ? (signed) | Inks: Bo Braul ? (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Humor Children |
| Advertisement (0 pages) |
Bozo and the Rocket Ship |
| Featuring: |
Capitol |
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Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (0 pages) |
Electric Light Jazz Bow Tie |
| Featuring: |
Bernard Fine Co. |
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Letters: typeset |
| Text Article (1 page) |
Speedboat Special |
| Featuring: |
Shorts Champs |
| Synopsis: |
Danny Foster, of Oakland, Calif., who won the International Gold Cup Regatta at Rockaway Inlet, New York. (Beating bandleader Guy Lombardo.) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Sports |
| Characters: |
Danny Foster |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
A Priceless Treasure in Reading Pleasure |
| Featuring: |
Parents' Magazine Press |
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Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Can You Find the 7 Hidden Features? |
| Featuring: |
Monark Bicycles |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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