Issue Details

Issue	#48
Published	June 1945
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 "The Jerkis Brothers"

Characters	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Sam Jerkis (first appearance; villain); Hack Jerkis (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Klaus Nordling?
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

1 page Windy Breeze story "The Ear Wiggler"

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

7 page Lassie story "William Tell, Etc."

Characters	Lassie
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Rube Simpson"

Characters	Sally O'Neil; Martin Snow [alias Rube Simpson] (first appearance; villain); Easy Bucks (first appearance; villain); Jeff (first appearance; villain)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Gene Fawcette
Inks	Gene Fawcette

6 page Intellectual Amos story "Hang On To Your Hats!!"

Characters	Intellectual Amos; Hideus Lavarr (first appearance; a lady ghost); Hardrock Flannigan (villain)
Genre	humor; adventure; children
Script	Andre LeBlanc
Pencils	Andre LeBlanc
Inks	Andre LeBlanc

1 page Salty Waters story

Genre	humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

7 page Quicksilver story "The Ex-Con's New Job"

Characters	Quicksilver [Max]; Smax (first appearance; villain); Risa (first appearance; villain); Corry (first appearance; villain); Les (first appearance)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bill Quackenbush
Inks	Bill Quackenbush

2 page text story "Colonial Ghouls"

Synopsis	story of Burke and Hare
Letters	typeset

6 page Whistler story "Origin of the Whistler"

Characters	The Whistler [Mallory Drake] (first appearance; origin); Jeff Drake (first appearance; death); Mac Shane (first appearance); Sam Kent (first appearance); Flynn and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre	superhero; detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

7 page Destroyer 171 story "U.S.S. Pawnee Sinks Jap Carrier"

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