Issue Details

Issue	#57
Published	December 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 "Sorceror Si, the Mountain Witch Doctor"

Characters	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Sorceror Si (first appearance); Lou Link (first appearance; villain); Moss the Magician (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

6 page Steve Wood story "The Greeks Had a Word For It"

Characters	Steve Wood; Cemitos (first appearance; villain; death); the Big Boy (first appearance; villain); Punchy (first appearance; villain); Marya (first appearance)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Al McWiliams
Inks	Al McWilliams

1 page Windy Breeze story "Fish Story"

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

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Compliments of the Jackal"

Characters	Sally O'Neil; Ralph Knox (first appearance; death); Jerry Ennis (first appearance); The Jackal [Ted Kimble] (villain)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Alex Kotzky?
Inks	Alex Kotzky?

7 page Granny Gumshoe story "Introducing Granny Gumshoe"

Characters	Granny Gumshoe (first appearance); Lippy Lu (first appearance); Hiram Echo (first appearance; death); Splinter (first appearance; villain; death; a living ventriloquist's dummy)
Genre	detective
Script	Gill Fox?
Pencils	Gill Fox?
Inks	Gill Fox?

7 page Lassie story "Roberta's New Boyfriend"

Characters	Lassie
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

2 page text story "Tailor's Gold"

Letters

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6 page Intellectual Amos story "The Two Mr. Coleses"

Characters	Intellectual Amos; Coles and Coles (first appearance; villains; twin brothers); Jasper Spears (first appearance; death)
Genre	humor; adventure; children
Script	Andre LeBlanc
Pencils	Andre LeBlanc
Inks	Andre LeBlanc

7 page Quicksilver story "Death To the Loser"

Characters	Quicksilver [Max]; Tekla (first appearance; villain; death); Morvey (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bill Quackenbush
Inks	Bill Quackenbush