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Issue Details

Issue #72
Published June 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

11 page Barker story "The Oldest Man In the World"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Grubstake Peters (first appearance)
Genre adventure; humor
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling
Notes title from cover

6 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Mr. Malevolence"

Characters Sally O'Neil; Mr. Malevolence [Tiny Ted] (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Alice Kirkpatrick
Inks Alice Kirkpatrick

4 page Lassie story "Caveman Capers"

Characters Lassie
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

4 page Honeybun story "The Dumber Plumber"

Characters Jon Ford (first appearance)
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

1 page The Barker text story "Tiger Killer"

Characters The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
Letters typeset

6 page Steve Wood story "The Squid"

Characters Steve Wood; The Squid [Beetle] (first appearance; villain); Dopey Dan (first appearance); Cokie Stern (first appearance; death)
Genre detective
Pencils Alice Kirkpatrick?
Inks Alice Kirkpatrick?