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Issue Details

Issue #44
Published October 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 "Benny the Beep"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Peaches (first appearance; the bearded lady); Benny the Beep [Benny Yokavitz] (first appearance; villain); Barteer (first appearance; villain)
Genre adventure; humor
Script Klaus Nordling?
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "The Crazy Criminals"

Characters Sally O'Neil; Rocky Rhodes (first apearance; villain); Nuts Nisi (first appearance; villain); Pete Trigger (first appearance; villain); a phony psychiatrist (first appearance; villain); Dr. Woods (first appearance)
Genre detective
Script Al Bryant?
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant

1 page Salty Waters story

Genre humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

7 page G-2 story "The Case of the Rescued Captive"

Characters The Japanese (villains); Major Kyle (first appearance); Dr. Gates (first appearance)
Genre spy
Script Don Rico?
Pencils Don Rico
Inks Don Rico

6 page Chic Carter story "The Arsonist Alderman"

Characters Chic Carter; Alderman Kerney (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

1 page Windy Breeze story "The Express Elevator"

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

7 page Quicksilver story "Three Keys To Doom"

Characters Quicksilver [Max]; Edgar Aldington (first appearance; villain); Quimby (first appearance; villain); Jim Connell (first appearance); Sims (first appearance; death); Harrison Walsh (first appearance; death)
Genre superhero
Pencils Bill Quackenbush?
Inks Bill Quackenbush?

2 page text story "Wagon Train"

Letters typeset

6 page Uncle Sam story "The John Thorpe Murder Case"

Characters Uncle Sam; John Thorpe (first appearance; death); Count Torza (first appearance; villain); Dr. Colbu (first appearance; villain)
Genre war; occult
Pencils Ed Dobrotka?
Inks Ed Dobrotka?

7 page Destroyer 171 story "The Hoshima Incident"

Characters The Japanese (villains)
Genre war
Pencils Al Camy?
Inks Al Camy?