Issue Details

Issue	#58
Published	February 1947
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 "Talking Animals"

Characters	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Duff (first appearance; villain); Andy Bales (first appearance; death); Donna Bales (first appearance)
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling
Notes	title from cover

1 page Windy Breeze story "Robinson Breeze"

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

7 page Granny Gumshoe story "Von Morbidd's Model"

Characters	Granny Gumshoe; Indigo Van Morbidd (first appearance; villain); A monster (first appearance); Mr. Brush (first appearance)
Genre	detective
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Notes	Almost a send-up of Lovecraft's "Pickman's Model."

8 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "The Story of Wiley Gorn"

Characters	Sally O'Neil; Bruce Fenley and his hirelings (first appearance; villains)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Al Bryant?
Inks	Al Bryant?

6 page Steve Wood story "Land-Rats and Water-Rats"

Characters	Steve Wood; Two river pirates (first appearance; villains)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Al McWilliams
Inks	Al McWilliams

6 page Intellectual Amos story "The Ostrich"

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]

2 page text story "Mix Well With Bullets"

Letters

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7 page Lassie story "Suspicious Characters"

Characters	Lassie
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

7 page Quicksilver story "Boss Duray's Penthouse of Peril"

Characters	Quicksilver [Max]; Boss Duray (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Fred Guardineer?
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer