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Issue Details

Issue #69
Published December 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

11 page Barker story "Percy the Powerful"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Prof. Goby (first appearance; villain); Percy the Powerful (first appearance)
Genre adventure; humor
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

1 page Fuzzy story "B. O. Railroad Co.,"

Genre Gags
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Notes last app. in CRACK COMICS #52; next app. in BARKER #12

5 page Granny Gumshoe story "Mr. Bugg"

Characters Granny Gumshoe; Mr. Bugg (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

6 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "The Will of Barry Taunton"

Characters Sally O'Neil; Parker (first appearance; villain); Camille D'Arcy (first appearance; villain); Helen Taunton (first appearance)
Genre detective
Pencils Alice Kirkpatrick
Inks Alice Kirkpatrick

4 page Lassie story "Faked Amnesia"

Characters Lassie
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

6 page Quicksilver story "Piracy Ploy"

Characters Quicksilver [Max]; Stilson (first appearance; villain); Yates (first appearance; villain); Trigger (first appearance; villain); other pirates (first appearance; villains)
Genre superhero
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich
Inks Dan Zolnerowich

2 page The Barker text story "All That Glitters"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
Letters typeset

6 page Anthrop story "Any Laundry? Any Dry Cleaning?"

Characters Anthrop
Script Bart Tumey
Pencils Bart Tumey
Inks Bart Tumey

6 page Steve Wood story "The Twin Terrorists"

Characters Steve Wood; Sticker Latch (first appearance; villain); Latch (first appearance; villain; Sticker's brother)
Genre detective
Pencils Alice Kirkpatrick
Inks Alice Kirkpatrick