Issue Details

Issue	#46
Published	February 1945
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 "Murder Is No Joke"

Characters	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Shali (first appearance; a snake-charmer); Samson Smith (first appearance); Sonny Day (first appearance); Capt. Bill Day (first appearance); Dr. Devlin (first appearance; villain); Al (first appearance; villain); Marty (first appearance; villain); Boots (first appearance; villain); Maxie (first appearance; villain); other crooks (first appearance; villains)
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling
Notes	title from cover

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Sing Me a Torch Song"

Characters	Sally O'Neil; Jerome (first appearance; villain); Frankie Sebar (first appearance; villain)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Gene Fawcette
Inks	Gene Fawcette

1 page Salty Waters story

Genre	humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

7 page G-2 story "The Vase of Kwan-Yin"

Characters	The Japanese (villains)
Genre	spy
Script	Don Rico?
Pencils	Don Rico?
Inks	Don Rico?
Notes	last appearance

6 page Intellectual Amos story "The Lisping Hob-Goblin and the Ghost That Failed"

Characters	Intellectual Amos (first appearance); Horrible Horace (first appearance; a ghost); Wilbur (first appearance; a hobgoblin); Von Hogg (first appearance; villain)
Genre	humor; adventure; children
Script	Andre LeBlanc?
Pencils	Andre LeBlanc
Inks	Andre LeBlanc

6 page Chic Carter story "The Vengeance of Monk Mature"

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

2 page text story "Footprints of Light"

Letters

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1 page Windy Breeze story "Waterdog Breeze"

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

7 page Quicksilver story "Theatre of Thieves"

Characters	Quicksilver [Max]; Fortescue and the Shen-Dee Troupe (first appearance; villains)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bill Quackenbush
Inks	Bill Quackenbush

7 page Destroyer 171 story "Yeoman Third"

Characters	Captain Marlin (first appearance; death); The Japanese (villains)
Genre	war
Pencils	Al Camy?
Inks	Al Camy?