Issue Details

Issue	#42
Published	May 1944
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	60
Editing	George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole

11 page Barker story "Prof. Zell, Seer, Sees the Stars"

Characters	The Barker [Carnie Callahan] (first appearance); Lena (first appearance); Major Midge (first appearance); Tiny Tim (first appearance)
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Joe Millard
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole

1 page Salty Waters story "I don't think I can last 'til morning, Salty!"

Genre	humor
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

7 page Quicksilver story "Speed, daring, the perfect co-ordination of mind and muscle..."

Characters	Quicksilver [Max]
Genre	superhero

1 page Windy Breeze story "Quick, Stinky--give me a few licks with this hammer!"

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

7 page G-2 story "Case No. 16: The Lady Wang"

Genre	spy
Script	Don Rico?
Pencils	Don Rico
Inks	Don Rico

6 page Uncle Sam story "It's Your Move, Uncle Sam!"

Characters	Uncle Sam
Genre	war; occult
Pencils	Ed Dobrotka?
Inks	Ed Dobrotka?

6 page Chic Carter story "The reporters laughed when they heard about the Ice Fiend!"

Characters	Chic Carter
Genre	detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page text story "The Demon"

Letters

typeset

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "The Case of the Criminal Corpse"

Characters	Sally O'Neil; Dr. Doom (villain; introduction; death)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

7 page Destroyer 171 story "Destroyer 171 embarks on the strangest voyage of her adventuresome career..."

Genre	war
Pencils	Al Camy?
Inks	Al Camy?