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Issue Details

Issue #48
Published June 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant

11 page Barker story "The Jerkis Brothers"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Sam Jerkis (first appearance; villain); Hack Jerkis (first appearance; villain)
Genre adventure; humor
Script Klaus Nordling?
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

1 page Windy Breeze story "The Ear Wiggler"

Characters Windy Breeze
Genre humor
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole

7 page Lassie story "William Tell, Etc."

Characters Lassie
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Rube Simpson"

Characters Sally O'Neil; Martin Snow [alias Rube Simpson] (first appearance; villain); Easy Bucks (first appearance; villain); Jeff (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Gene Fawcette
Inks Gene Fawcette

6 page Intellectual Amos story "Hang On To Your Hats!!"

Characters Intellectual Amos; Hideus Lavarr (first appearance; a lady ghost); Hardrock Flannigan (villain)
Genre humor; adventure; children
Script Andre LeBlanc
Pencils Andre LeBlanc
Inks Andre LeBlanc

1 page Salty Waters story

Genre humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

7 page Quicksilver story "The Ex-Con's New Job"

Characters Quicksilver [Max]; Smax (first appearance; villain); Risa (first appearance; villain); Corry (first appearance; villain); Les (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Pencils Bill Quackenbush
Inks Bill Quackenbush

2 page text story "Colonial Ghouls"

Synopsis story of Burke and Hare
Letters typeset

6 page Whistler story "Origin of the Whistler"

Characters The Whistler [Mallory Drake] (first appearance; origin); Jeff Drake (first appearance; death); Mac Shane (first appearance); Sam Kent (first appearance); Flynn and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre superhero; detective
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

7 page Destroyer 171 story "U.S.S. Pawnee Sinks Jap Carrier"

Characters The Japanese (villains)
Genre war
Pencils Al Camy?
Inks Al Camy?