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National Comics #69
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | December 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: Bi-monthly | Editing: George Brenner |
| Cover | Percy the Powerful |
| Featuring | The Barker |
| Credits | Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) | Inks: Gill Fox (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Percy the Powerful |
| Comic Story | Percy the Powerful (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tiny is challenged by a 90-pound weakling named Percy, who takes special pills every 12 hours for his tremendous strength. However, these special pills were stolen by an evil professor, who feeds them to animals, forcing Carnie to also take some of the pills in order to bring order back to the circus and clean up the mess left behind. |
| Featuring | The Barker |
| Credits | Script: Klaus Nordling (signed) | Pencils: Klaus Nordling (signed) | Inks: Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Colonel Land (Mammoth Circus owner); Lena; Major Midge; Tiny Tim; Percy the Powerful (introduction); Professor Goby (villain, introduction) |
| Comic Story | B. O. Railroad Co., (1 page) |
| Featuring | Fuzzy |
| Credits | Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Notes | last app. in CRACK COMICS #52; next app. in BARKER #12 |
| Comic Story | Mr. Bugg (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Granny Gumshoe |
| Credits | Script: Gill Fox (signed) | Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) | Inks: Gill Fox (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Granny Gumshoe; Mr. Bugg (first appearance; villain) |
| Comic Story | The Will of Barry Taunton (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Sally O'Neil Policewoman |
| Credits | Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick | Inks: Alice Kirkpatrick |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Sally O'Neil; Parker (first appearance; villain); Camille D'Arcy (first appearance; villain); Helen Taunton (first appearance) |
| Comic Story | Faked Amnesia (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Lassie |
| Credits | Script: Bernard Dibble | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Content | Characters: Lassie |
| Comic Story | Piracy Ploy (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A cruising yacht with society people is hijacked by hoodlums. |
| Featuring | Quicksilver |
| Credits | Pencils: Peter Riss | Inks: Peter Riss |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver [Max]; Stilson (first appearance; villain); Yates (first appearance; villain); Trigger (first appearance; villain); other pirates (first appearance; villains) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Dan Zolnerowich. The pointed faces with eyes far apart and flying perons are all the trademark of Peter Riss |
| Text Story | All That Glitters (2 pages) |
| Featuring | The Barker |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
| Comic Story | Any Laundry? Any Dry Cleaning? (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Anthrop |
| Credits | Script: Bart Tumey | Pencils: Bart Tumey | Inks: Bart Tumey |
| Content | Characters: Anthrop |
| Comic Story | The Twin Terrorists (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Steve Wood |
| Credits | Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick | Inks: Alice Kirkpatrick |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Steve Wood; Sticker Latch (first appearance; villain); Latch (first appearance; villain; Sticker's brother) |
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