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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)
Notes No month given in indicia. Copyright, 1951, by Cal Interests, Inc. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Indicia title is "Charlie McCarthy Saves the Circus."

Cover Details - "Charlie McCarthy Saves the Circus"

Characters Charlie McCarthy
Genre Humor
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg ?
Inks Harvey Eisenberg ?

1 page Charlie McCarthy activity "Charlie McCarthy's Drawing Lesson"

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis Charlie shows how to draw a silhouette of a person.
Notes Inside front cover; includes indicia.

32 page Charlie McCarthy story "Charlie McCarthy Saves The Circus"

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd; sign hanger; Skinny Dugan; McCarthy Charles; Packy; Rufus Chiselgrinder; Professor Floogleweasel; Joe; Pete; The Great Ravioli; Bessie The Wonder Cow
Synopsis Charlie promises all the kids he knows free circus passes when he mistakenly believes he has inherited a circus. As a way to keep the promises, he bargains with the real owner and then begins a search to find a fantastic act to make the circus profitable.
Genre humor

1 page Charlie McCarthy activity "Charlie McCarthy's Trick-of-the-Month"

Characters Charlie McCarthy
Synopsis Magic trick involving hitting a stack of household items upon which an egg is balanced, in such a way that the egg falls harmlessly into a glass of water.
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Charlie McCarthy story "That Mutt Of Yours Makes An Awful Racket!"

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis Mortimer trades his dog for a parrot because the dog barks too much, but the parrot calls the other neighborhood dogs to the house.
Genre humor
Notes Back cover.