Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy was a radio adventure series which maintained its popularity from 1933 to 1951. The program originated at WBBM in Chicago on July 31, 1933, and was later carried on CBS, then NBC and finally ABC.

The storylines centered around the globe-trotting adventures of Armstrong (played by Jim Ameche until 1938), a popular athlete at Hudson High School, his friends Billy Fairfield and his sister Betty and his Uncle Jim. The show was created by writer Robert Hardy Andrews. Sponsored throughout its long run by Wheaties, the program was renamed Armstrong of the SBI when Jack graduated high school and became a government agent in the final season.

In the Jack Armstrong movie serial of 1947, ace science whiz Armstrong (John Hart) must escape from an island fortress after he is kidnapped by a villain who wants the secrets of atom-powered motors. That same year the Parents Institute began publishing their Jack Armstrong comic book which had a 13-issue run. Leslie N. Daniels, Jr. wrote the Big Little Book, Jack Armstrong and the Ivory Treasure (1937). Daniels' tale was based on a 1937 Talbot Mundy radio script which Mundy had first written as his novel The Ivory Trail (1919).

A short Jack Armstrong animated TV pilot was developed by Hanna-Barbera for a proposed television series. However, when negotiations for rights to the characters collapsed, the planned series was reworked into what became the animated adventure Jonny Quest (1964). Some of the Jack Armstrong footage survived in the closing credits for Jonny Quest. [1] Timothy Bottoms portrayed Jack Armstrong in the action-adventure film, American Hero (1997).

Jack Armstrong entered the Radio Hall of Fame in 1989.

Volume 1 Episode List

34-01-01 Ship In Distress 34-01-02 The Pelican catches fire 34-01-03 Carrying Line to the Pelican 34-01-04 Pelican crew is rescued 35-xx-xx Untitled 37-03-13 The Trio is Ambushed 40-01-19 Easter Island Adventure 40-09-27 Easter Island Adventure 40-09-30 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-01 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-02 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-03 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-07 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-08 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-09 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-10 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-11 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-14 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-17 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-18 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-28 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-10-29 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-04 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-05 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-08 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-13 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-14 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-15 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-18 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-19 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-20 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-21 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-22 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-25 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-26 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-27 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-28 Luminous Dragon Eye Ring 40-11-29 Jack and Billy Turn Tables 40-12-02 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-03 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-04 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-05 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-06 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-09 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-10 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-11 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-12 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-13 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-16 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-17 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-18 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-19 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-20 Country of the Head Hunters 40-12-23 Adventure of the Sunken Reef 40-12-24 Adventure of the Sunken Reef 40-12-25 Adventure of the Sunken Reef 40-12-26 Adventure of the Sunken Reef 40-12-27 Adventure of the Sunken Reef 40-12-30 Adventure of the Sunken Reef 40-12-31 Adventure of the Sunken Reef 41-01-01 Adventure of the Sunken Reef 41-01-02 Trapped in the Captains Cabin 41-01-03 Conclusion Escape with the Uranium 41-01-06 A Clue to Prof Loring 41-01-07 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 2 41-01-08 Yates the Traitor Returns

41-01-09 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 4 41-01-10 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 5 41-01-13 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 6 41-01-14 Tribesmen Converge 41-01-15 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 8 41-01-16 Chief and theTalking Horse 41-01-20 The Zambo Anga Adventure 41-01-21 Malua Leads Search for Rifles 41-01-22 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 13 41-01-23 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 14 41-01-24 A Flashlight in the Darkness 41-01-27 The Zambo Anga Adventure 41-01-28 The Zamboanga Adventure 41-01-29 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 18 41-01-30 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 19 41-01-31 Sentry at Entrance to Cave 41-02-03 Into the Secret Tunnel 41-02-04 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 22 41-02-05 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 23 41-02-06 Zambo Anga Adventure, the Ep 24 41-03-05 Missing, Professor Loring 41-03-06 Missing, Professor Loring 41-03-07 Missing, Professor Loring 41-03-10 Missing, Professor Loring 41-03-11 Missing, Professor Loring 41-03-12 Missing, Professor Loring 41-03-13 Missing, Professor Loring 41-03-14 Missing, Professor Loring 41-03-17 Missing, Professor Loring 41-03-18 Missing, Professor Loring 41-05-16 Cave of The Fiery Crocodile 41-10-06 Untitled 41-xx-xx The Dragon Men 42-04-20 The Land of Sky 42-04-21 Cave of the Glacier 42-04-30 Jack Armstrong xxxx Land Of The Sky 42-05-06 Lost Inca City 42-10-20 Atomic Engine 43-01-22 Great Safari 43-05-06 Ship of Forgotten Men 43-06-04 In Moracco 43-08-07 Blck Vulture aka Counterfeit Ration Stamps Stolen 43-08-20 Black Vulture 44-01-17 In South America 44-01-26 In South America 44-01-27 Diamond Thieves 44-02-02 Diamond Thieves 44-08-16 Stolen Schooner 44-08-XX Waterspouts 44-10-19 The Flying Tiger 45-02-xx Jack Armstrong xxxx The Mutineers 45-08-07 Jack Armstrong xxxx Black Vulture 45-09-24 Swindle of GI Joe 45-11-09 Swindle of GI Joe 46-02-05 Man of Ice 46-02-06 Man of Ice 46-07-22 Jack Armstrong & the Diamond Kid 46-09-04 The Trial of the Silencer 47-07-14 Phantom of Sawdust Trail 47-07-23 Phantom of Sawdust Trail 47-07-31 Phantom of Sawdust Trail 48-04-20 House Of Darkness 50-08-22 Last Show On ABC xx-xx-xx Jack Armstrong-1935 xx-xx-xx The Chart and Ring