Issue Details

Issue	#47
Published	April 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 "Samson Smith Vs. Mighty Moose"

Characters	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Cappy Kane (villain); Mighty Moose (first appearance; villain); Duke (first appearance; villain); Runt (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 Lassie and Laddie story "Seeing the Circus"

Characters	Lassie (first appearance); Laddie (first appearance); Roberta (first appearance); Roger (first appearance)
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Sally Haunts a Ghost"

Characters	Sally O'Neil; Mrs. Vanderdough (first appearance); Nick the Chiseler (first appearance; villain); three other crooks (first appearance; villains; one dies)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Gene Fawcette
Inks	Gene Fawcette

6 page Intellectual Amos story "Swami Joe and the Counterfeiters"

Characters	Intellectual Amos; Swami Joe (first appearance; villain); Silas P. Pinkbottom (first appearance; villain); other two Varx Brothers (first appearance; villaisn)
Genre	humor; adventure; children
Script	Andre LeBlanc?
Pencils	Andre LeBlanc
Inks	Andre LeBlanc

1 page Windy Breeze story "Helium Tires"

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

7 page Quicksilver story "The Vengeance of Boss Bumble"

Characters	Quicksilver [Max]; Boss Bumble (first appearance; villain); Avie (first appearance; villain; death); Romby (first appearance; villain; death); Dirk (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bill Quackenbush
Inks	Bill Quackenbush

2 page text story "Motorized Dragonflies"

Letters

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6 page Chic Carter story "Big Joe Ryan and the Silver Bracelet"

Characters	Chic Carter (last appearance); Big Joe Ryan (first appearance; villain); Louella (first appearance; villain); Blackie (first appearance; villain)
Genre	detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

7 page Destroyer 171 story "Lifeboat No. 1"

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