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Issue Details

Issue #52
Published February 1946
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 Jinx"

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

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "The Case of Old Man Hogin"

Characters Sally O'Neil; Old Man Hogin (first appearance; villain); Mr. Davis (first appearance); Miss Avery (first appearance); Mrs. Douglas (first appearance)
Genre detective
Pencils Gene Fawcette
Inks Gene Fawcette

1 page Salty Waters story

Genre humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

7 page Quicksilver story "The Winner!"

Characters Quicksilver [Max]; Socker Sampson (first appearance); Heavy (first appearance; villain); Galdo (first appearance; villain); their gang (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Bill Quackenbush
Inks Bill Quackenbush

1 page Windy Breeze story "Zinnia and Stinky"

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

6 page Intellectual Amos story "Admiral Bilge's Plan"

Characters Intellectual Amos; Admiral Bilge (first appearance; villain); Phineas Demi-John (first appearance; villain)
Genre humor; adventure; children
Script Andre LeBlanc
Pencils Andre LeBlanc
Inks Andre LeBlanc

7 page Lassie story "Adopt A Pet!"

Characters Lassie
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

2 page text story "The Agrilistas"

Letters typeset

6 page Whistler story "The Wrong Whistler"

Characters The Whistler [Mallory Drake]; A. Biddle (first appearance); The Boss (first appearance; villain); Max (first appearance; villain); another hood (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero; detective
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

7 page Destroyer 171 story "Somewhere Off the Coast of Japan"

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