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| Publication | Autumn 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | Logo design credits from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos B #90: THE BARKER on 16 June 2021. |
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| Cover | in a Carnival of Laughs and Thrills! |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Calahan] |
| Notes | Logo design credits from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos B #90: THE BARKER on 16 June 2021. |
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| Synopsis | Bozo escapes his cage. Pepsi and Pete cannot stop Bozo until Pepsi drinks a Pepsi-Cola. Pepsi tosses a cannonball on the gorilla's head knocking it out. When the keeper asks what reward they want, Pepsi says a case of Pepsi-Cola would be great. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bozo (a gorilla); Pete; Pepsi; unnamed zookeeper |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Includes indicia at bottom of the page. Copyright 1946 Pepsi-Cola Company. |
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| Synopsis | Bobo the evil clown kills one of the circus's acrobats and blackmails other members of the circus, including Lydia the elephant rider, who is caught stealing. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Tiny Tim; Major Midge; Lena; Spudo the Spider-Man; Jack (death); McCann; Shotwell; Lydia (villain, elephant rider); Bobo (villain, clown) |
| Notes | In the story, one of the acrobats, named "Jack", was killed. The three acrobats, however, were drawn the same as the Wills Brothers in National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #55 (August 1946). |
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| Synopsis | Equestrian-aerialist Lily Ryan is injured and is replaced by equestrian-temptress, Nona de Garonne, who attempts to fleece the circus with her hypnotic kisses. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Lena; Tiny Tim; Major Midge; Spudo the Spider-Man; Lily Ryan (horseback rider); Doctor Bordey; Nona de Garonne [as Lily Ryan] (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Spudo courts Louella after she breaks up with Mr. Girch. |
| Featuring | Spudo |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Spudo; Louella; Mr. Girch; Willis (Louella's father); Carnie Calahan [The Barker] |
| Notes | Formerly credited to Klaus Nordling as the writer. Script credit based on textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| Text Story | Telltale Eye (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Synopsis | Slim mistakes an elevator for his hotel room. |
| Featuring | Slim Pickens |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Slim Pickens |
| Notes | Script and letterer credits courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Synopsis | Abou Ben Hafiz and his harem cause trouble when they join the circus. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Tiny Tim; Major Midge; Lena; Shali; Spudo the Spider-Man; Abou Ben Hafiz (villain) |
| Notes | Writer credit was previously given to Klaus Nordling. Script credit based on textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| The Insult That Turned a "Chump" Into a Champ (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Joe's girlfriend wants him to ring the bell at the fair. After a bully insults and pushes Joe, Joe starts training using Charles Atlas's bodybuilding course. He is able to ring the bell and push the bully around too. Joe's girlfriend is happy. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (comic story);? (photographs) | Inks:? (comic story);? (photographs) | Colors:? (comic story) | Letters:? (comic story); typeset (rest of advertisement) |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Charles Atlas (photograph); Joe; Joe's girlfriend [Sugar]; bully |
| Notes | Inside back cover.
Mail-order advertisement for the Charles Atlas book "Dynamic Tension" from Charles Atlas, Department 330H, 115 East 23rd Street, New York 10, New York. |
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| How to Change a Tire at Night_More Quickly_More Safely! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Eveready Batteries |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy);? (comic art) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Back cover.
An advertisement whose comic portion shows how to change a car's tires at night. Advertisement is for Eveready Extra Long Life Battery from the National Carbon Company, Inc., 30 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. |
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