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Issue Details

Issue #68
Published October 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant

11 page Barker story "Leo, the Lion Man"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Leo the Lion Man (first appearance); Sam (first appearance; death); Guido (first appearance; villain; a lion trainer)
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

5 page Granny Gumshoe story "The Lightning Man"

Characters Granny Gumshoe; Irwin (first appearance; villain); Mr. Squeeze (first appearance)
Genre detective
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

6 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Riddle In Rhyme"

Characters Sally O'Neil; Hanger (first appearance; villain); Ernest Kent (first appearance; death); Best (first appearance; death); Linda Kent (first appearance)
Genre detective
Pencils Alice Kirkpatrick
Inks Alice Kirkpatrick

4 page Lassie story "Poetry Problem"

Characters Lassie
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

6 page Quicksilver story "Slumber Strikes"

Characters Quicksilver [Max]; Slumber [Jones] (first appearance; villain); Slumber's gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre superhero
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich
Inks Dan Zolnerowich

2 page The Barker text story "Cure For Firebugs"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
Letters typeset

6 page Anthrop story "The Composition Contest"

Characters Anthrop
Script Michael Senich
Pencils Michael Senich
Inks Michael Senich

6 page Steve Wood story "The Hunk Warwell Case"

Characters Steve Wood; Fuzz Forry (first appearance; villain; death); Joss Lickey (first appearance; villain; death); Libra (first appearance; villain); Hunk Warwell (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Alice Kirkpatrick
Inks Alice Kirkpatrick