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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published Autumn 1946
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing George E. Brenner

Cover Details - "in a Carnival of Laughs and Thrills!"

Genre Humor
Pencils Klaus Nordling?
Inks Klaus Nordling?

1 page "Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop advertisement

Script Graham Hunter
Pencils Graham Hunter
Inks Graham Hunter

12 page Barker story "Bobo, the Clown, was something of a Pagliacci..."

Characters Carnie Calahan (the Barker); Bobo; McCann; Shotwell; Colonel Lane; Midge; Lydia; Spudo;
Synopsis Bobo the clown blackmails other members of the circus.
Genre Humor
Script Klaus Nordling?
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

11 page Barker story "This isn't a circus! It's a booby hatch!"

Characters Carnie Calahan; Midge; Lily Ryan; Colonel Lane; Nona de Garonne (Lily Ryan); Tiny; Lena; Spudo; Doctor Bordey;
Synopsis Equestrian aerialist Lily Ryan is injured, but returns as Nona de Garonne.
Genre Humor
Script Klaus Nordling?
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

8 page Spudo story "Oh, Spudo, I feel so safe with you!"

Characters Spudo; Louella; Mr. Girch; Willis (Louella's father); Carnie Calahan;
Synopsis Spudo courts Louella after she breaks up with Mr. Girch.
Genre Humor
Script Klaus Nordling?
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

2 page text story "Telltale Eye"

Genre Crime
Letters Typeset

1 page Slim Pickens story "Gawrsh! The big city's sure 'nuf big!"

Synopsis Slim mistakes an elevator for his hotel room.
Genre Humor
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

14 page Barker story "Colonel Lane's Mammoth Circus is now entering a period of peace and good will!"

Characters Carnie Calahan; Colonel Lane; Abou Ben Hafiz; Tiny; Midge; Spudo; Lena; Shali;
Synopsis Abou Ben Hafiz and his harem cause trouble when they join the circus.
Genre Humor
Script Klaus Nordling?
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling