Issue Details

Issue	#52
Published	February 1946
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 Jinx"

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

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "The Case of Old Man Hogin"

Characters	Sally O'Neil; Old Man Hogin (first appearance; villain); Mr. Davis (first appearance); Miss Avery (first appearance); Mrs. Douglas (first appearance)
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 Quicksilver story "The Winner!"

Characters	Quicksilver [Max]; Socker Sampson (first appearance); Heavy (first appearance; villain); Galdo (first appearance; villain); their gang (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bill Quackenbush
Inks	Bill Quackenbush

1 page Windy Breeze story "Zinnia and Stinky"

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

6 page Intellectual Amos story "Admiral Bilge's Plan"

Characters	Intellectual Amos; Admiral Bilge (first appearance; villain); Phineas Demi-John (first appearance; villain)
Genre	humor; adventure; children
Script	Andre LeBlanc
Pencils	Andre LeBlanc
Inks	Andre LeBlanc

7 page Lassie story "Adopt A Pet!"

Characters	Lassie
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

2 page text story "The Agrilistas"

Letters

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6 page Whistler story "The Wrong Whistler"

Characters	The Whistler [Mallory Drake]; A. Biddle (first appearance); The Boss (first appearance; villain); Max (first appearance; villain); another hood (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero; detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

7 page Destroyer 171 story "Somewhere Off the Coast of Japan"

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