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| Publication | August 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Lena; Tiny Tim; Major Midge |
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| Featuring | Bendix |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Alfred Letourneur |
| Notes | Ad with facts about bicycles. |
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| Comic Story | The Spider Man (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Colonel Lane meets his rival, Cappy Kane, who has learned about a four-armed freak that is an accomplished pickpocket, so Kane decides to use this freak to undermine Lane's circus by robbing patrons and implicating Mammoth Circus. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Major Midge; Lena; Tiny Tim; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Madam Shali (snake charmer; introduction); Spudo the Spider Man [Clarence Twiddle] (villain but reforms, introduction, has four arms); Cappy Kane (villain); Press Hardt (villain) |
| Notes | Spudo was the only supporting character to be awarded his own spin-off feature, the first appearing in The Barker #1.
Later swiped for the story Circus Cyclone or the Muddled Mud Opera in Commando Comics #15 (Bell Features). |
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| Synopsis | After a week on a raft, two sailors land on an island. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bill |
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| Comic Story | Case No. 17: Guns and Glamor (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Singer Joline Joy, set to sing for the soldiers, is captured by the Japanese for a trap. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: G-2 [Don Leash]; Joline Joy (first appearance); the Japanese (villains); General Delaney |
| Notes | Previously credited to Don Rico but this is not the artist that did the previous issues. |
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| Comic Story | Death By the Clock (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Matty's husband escapes from prison and they decide to kill her brother. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil; Jasper Jules (first appearance; death); Matty Jules Dolan (first appearance; villain); Dusty Dolan (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Allotment Check Thieves (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Uncle Sam discovers a gang stealing checks from mailboxes. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Heffy and his gang (first appearance; villains); Joe Adams; Mrs. Adams |
| Notes | Formerly credited to Ed Dobrotka but does not resemble his Superman work. |
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| Comic Story | Here Lies Windy Breeze...And How He Lies and Lies and Lies! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Windy sells a blackout flashlight. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy Breeze |
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| Comic Story | Dagger Marlin Hangs Twice (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dagger Marlin claims he will hang the people responsible for his hanging. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver; Dagger Marlin (first appearance; villain; death); Mike; Jeepers |
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| Text Article | The Rocket Train (1.67 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Article on how monorails will improve transportation in America. |
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| Notes | Notice about the importance of turning in scrap paper. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Drowned Corpse! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The curator of an aquarium is found dead in a dugong tank. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter; Gay; Shane (first appearance; villain); Mr. Kates (first appearance; death); Bevans |
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| Comic Story | Mutiny Aboard the U.S.S. "Pawnee" (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The crew takes command of the ship to track down a Japanese sub that sank a hospital ship and killed the survivors. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Lt. Commander Harvey Blake; Japanese (villains); Conroy |
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| Featuring | The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| The Haunted House (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Captain Tootsie and Rollo have to spend the night at a haunted house. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Tootsie; Rollo |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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