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Issue Details

Issue #61
Published August 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing George Brenner
Notes 1st 52-page issue

Cover Details

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant
Notes 1st 52-page issue

11 page Barker story "Trouble Comes In Small Packages"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; General Smallo (first appearance; villain); a husband-and-wife crook team (first appearance; villains)
Genre adventure; humor
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling
Notes title from cover

6 page Steve Wood story "Vilma and the Black Bottle"

Characters Steve Wood; Vilma Drum (first appearance; villain); Sawbones and his mob (first appearance; villains)
Genre detective
Pencils Al McWilliams
Inks Al McWilliams

6 page Intellectual Amos story "Pandora's Box, Take Two"

Characters Intellectual Amos (last appearance); An ancient Grecian woman (first appearance); Pandora (first appearance); Hope (first appearance)
Synopsis Story is a retelling of the Pandora's Box legend.
Genre humor; adventure; children
Script Andre LeBlanc
Pencils Andre LeBlanc
Inks Andre LeBlanc

7 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "The Framer"

Characters Sally O'Neil; The Framer [Tip Tanner] (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Al Bryant?
Inks Al Bryant?

5 page Granny Gumshoe story "Mademoiselle Angora"

Characters Granny Gumshoe; Mademoiselle Angora (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

2 page text story "The Lost Herd"

Letters typeset

6 page Quicksilver story "The Evil Eye"

Characters Quicksilver [Max]; Onager (first appearance); Squatty (first appearance; villain; death); Hips Hoag (first appearance; villain; death); an unnamed hood (first appearance; villain; death); Worry Witson and his gang (first appearance; villains); an unnamed murderer (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich
Inks Dan Zolnerowich

4 page Lassie story "Uncle Balthazar's Youthful Outlook"

Characters Lassie
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble