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Issue Details

Issue #55
Published August 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 "The Hawk"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; The Hawk [Rabello] (first appearance; villain; death); The Wills Brothers [Ken Wills; Len Wills; Ben Wills] (first appearance)
Genre adventure; humor
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling
Notes title from cover

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Mr. Tommor's Crime Syndicate"

Characters Sally O'Neil; Mr. Tommor (first appearance; villain); Maxton (first appearance; villain); DeBalbo (first appearance; villain); other crooks (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Alex Kotzky?
Inks Alex Kotzky?

1 page Windy Breeze story "Advertising Space For Rent"

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

6 page Steve Wood story "The Punjab Diamond"

Characters Steve Wood (first appearance); Peggy Allen (first appearance); Sally (first appearance); Inspector Flanagan (first appearance); Johnson (first appearance; villain); Louie Scanelli (first appearance; villain); Hart (first appearance; villain); Jerry (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Al McWilliams
Inks Al McWilliams

1 page Salty Waters story

Genre humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

7 page Tinker Tom story "The Tinkers' Picnic"

Characters Tinker Tom [Tom Tinker]
Script Al Stahl
Pencils Al Stahl
Inks Al Stahl

7 page Lassie story "Uncle Balthazar's Lodge"

Characters Lassie
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

2 page text story "Wolf Breed"

Letters typeset

7 page Quicksilver story "Crime Takes To the Air"

Characters Quicksilver [Max]; The Air Gang [Cribb; others] (first appearance; villains); Rodsby (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Bill Quackenbush
Inks Bill Quackenbush

6 page Intellectual Amos story "All About Ants"

Characters Intellectual Amos
Genre humor; adventure; children
Script Andre LeBlanc
Pencils Andre LeBlanc
Inks Andre LeBlanc
Reprinted in The Toon Treasury of Classic Childrens' Comics (Harry N. Abrams, 2009 series) [nn]