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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published October 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole

11 page Barker story "Worth How Much?"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Rocks Myzer (first appearance; villain); Daisy Wheat (first appearance)
Genre adventure; humor
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Poker Flats"

Characters Sally O'Neil; Dude Degan (first appearance; villain; death); Sam (first appearance; villain); Jeff (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Gene Fawcette?
Inks Bill Quackenbush?

1 page Salty Waters story

Genre humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

7 page Quicksilver story "The Gold Maker"

Characters Quicksilver [Max]; Mudge (first appearance); Harr (first appearance; death); another banker (first appearance); Winkle (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Bill Quackenbush
Inks Bill Quackenbush

1 page Windy Breeze story "Buller Brushes"

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

6 page Intellectual Amos story "The Mosquito Menace"

Characters Intellectual Amos; Dr. Ersatz (first appearance; villain)
Genre humor; adventure; children
Script Andre LeBlanc
Pencils Andre LeBlanc
Inks Andre LeBlanc

7 page Lassie story "Circus!"

Characters Lassie
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

2 page text story "The Song of Siva"

Letters typeset

6 page Whistler story "The Murder of Mischa Lanz"

Characters The Whistler [Mallory Drake]; Lenly (first appearance; villain); Mischa Lanz (first appearance; death)
Genre superhero; detective
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

7 page Destroyer 171 story "Furlough From Battle"

Characters Mary Conroy (first appearance); Fred Conroy (first appearance); Fred Conroy, Jr. (first appearance); The Japanese (villains)
Genre war
Pencils Al Camy?
Inks Al Camy?