Issue Details

Issue	#55
Published	August 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 Hawk"

Characters	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; The Hawk [Rabello] (first appearance; villain; death); The Wills Brothers [Ken Wills; Len Wills; Ben Wills] (first appearance)
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling
Notes	title from cover

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Mr. Tommor's Crime Syndicate"

Characters	Sally O'Neil; Mr. Tommor (first appearance; villain); Maxton (first appearance; villain); DeBalbo (first appearance; villain); other crooks (first appearance; villain)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Alex Kotzky?
Inks	Alex Kotzky?

1 page Windy Breeze story "Advertising Space For Rent"

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

6 page Steve Wood story "The Punjab Diamond"

Characters	Steve Wood (first appearance); Peggy Allen (first appearance); Sally (first appearance); Inspector Flanagan (first appearance); Johnson (first appearance; villain); Louie Scanelli (first appearance; villain); Hart (first appearance; villain); Jerry (first appearance; villain)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Al McWilliams
Inks	Al McWilliams

1 page Salty Waters story

Genre	humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

7 page Tinker Tom story "The Tinkers' Picnic"

Characters	Tinker Tom [Tom Tinker]
Script	Al Stahl
Pencils	Al Stahl
Inks	Al Stahl

7 page Lassie story "Uncle Balthazar's Lodge"

Characters	Lassie
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

2 page text story "Wolf Breed"

Letters

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7 page Quicksilver story "Crime Takes To the Air"

Characters	Quicksilver [Max]; The Air Gang [Cribb; others] (first appearance; villains); Rodsby (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bill Quackenbush
Inks	Bill Quackenbush

6 page Intellectual Amos story "All About Ants"

Characters	Intellectual Amos
Genre	humor; adventure; children
Script	Andre LeBlanc
Pencils	Andre LeBlanc
Inks	Andre LeBlanc
Reprinted	in The Toon Treasury of Classic Childrens' Comics (Harry N. Abrams, 2009 series) [nn]