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Issue Details

Issue #57
Published December 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 "Sorceror Si, the Mountain Witch Doctor"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Sorceror Si (first appearance); Lou Link (first appearance; villain); Moss the Magician (first appearance; villain)
Genre adventure; humor
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

1 page Salty Waters story

Genre humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

6 page Steve Wood story "The Greeks Had a Word For It"

Characters Steve Wood; Cemitos (first appearance; villain; death); the Big Boy (first appearance; villain); Punchy (first appearance; villain); Marya (first appearance)
Genre detective
Pencils Al McWiliams
Inks Al McWilliams

1 page Windy Breeze story "Fish Story"

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

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Compliments of the Jackal"

Characters Sally O'Neil; Ralph Knox (first appearance; death); Jerry Ennis (first appearance); The Jackal [Ted Kimble] (villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Alex Kotzky?
Inks Alex Kotzky?

7 page Granny Gumshoe story "Introducing Granny Gumshoe"

Characters Granny Gumshoe (first appearance); Lippy Lu (first appearance); Hiram Echo (first appearance; death); Splinter (first appearance; villain; death; a living ventriloquist's dummy)
Genre detective
Script Gill Fox?
Pencils Gill Fox?
Inks Gill Fox?

7 page Lassie story "Roberta's New Boyfriend"

Characters Lassie
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

2 page text story "Tailor's Gold"

Letters typeset

6 page Intellectual Amos story "The Two Mr. Coleses"

Characters Intellectual Amos; Coles and Coles (first appearance; villains; twin brothers); Jasper Spears (first appearance; death)
Genre humor; adventure; children
Script Andre LeBlanc
Pencils Andre LeBlanc
Inks Andre LeBlanc

7 page Quicksilver story "Death To the Loser"

Characters Quicksilver [Max]; Tekla (first appearance; villain; death); Morvey (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Bill Quackenbush
Inks Bill Quackenbush