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