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?