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Issue Details

Issue #45
Published December 1944
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 "Seven Wonders Show and Pageant of Peace"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Sam Smart and his gang (first appearance; villains); Mayor of Grabville (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

7 page G-2 story "The Agents of Despair"

Characters Narmanx (first appearance; villain; death); Kara (first appearance; villain); Vilmo (first appearance; villain)
Genre spy
Script Don Rico?
Pencils Don Rico
Inks Don Rico

1 page Windy Breeze story "Champ Mushroom Grower"

Characters Windy Breeze
Genre humor
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Inks Jack Cole

7 page Quicksilver story "The Timberley Diamond"

Characters Quicksilver [Max]; Vera Durant (first appearance; villain); Boris (first appearance; villain); their gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre superhero
Pencils Bill Quackenbush?
Inks Bill Quackenbush?

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Danger--Deadly Weapons"

Characters Sally O'Neil; Terrible Toomey (first appearance; villain); Kit Kett (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Script Al Bryant?
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant

2 page text story "City of Fear"

Letters typeset

6 page Uncle Sam story "Good Neighbors--Yes"

Characters Uncle Sam; Kroff (villain); Zando (first appearance; villain)
Genre war; occult
Pencils Ed Dobrotka?
Inks Ed Dobrotka?
Notes Next appearance in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #107.

6 page Chic Carter story "Abazec the Great"

Characters Chic Carter; Abazec and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre detective
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

7 page Destroyer 171 story "Destroyer 171 Is Missing"

Characters Captain Saito (first appearance; villain; death); the Japanese (villains)
Genre war
Pencils Al Camy?
Inks Al Camy?