| Additional Information |
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| Publication | June 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Art formerly attributed to Al Bryant. |
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| Cover | The Man Who Hates the Circus! |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
| Notes | Art formerly attributed to Al Bryant. |
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| Comic Story | The Man Who Hated Circuses (11 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Ephraim Squires (first appearance; villain; death) |
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| Synopsis | Salty's fellow sailor McChisel tricks him into missing his chance to show a young woman tourist around an Indian city. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Salty Waters; McChisel |
| Notes | The foreign country isn't specified, but McChisel references the "East Indian rope trick," and a snake-charmer, people riding elephants, and a fakir lying on a bed of nails can be seen. |
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| Comic Story | Stone Man (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Granny Gumshoe; Rocky Granite (first appearance; villain; death; a living statue) Rocky's manager (first appearance; villain); Stoney Cement (first appearance; death; another living statue); Anatole Chipper (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | The Black Hand (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil; Mr. Fix and the Black Hand (first appearance; villains); Capt. Jack Barham (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | The Monster in the Swamp (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Roberta begins to worry when she hears news reports of "monster footprints" in the same wooded area where Lassie and Laddie are hiking. The police and scientists investigate, only to discover the footprints were created by Dinny the dog: Lassie and Laddie tied baseball gloves to his feet to protect his paws from thorns. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Lassie; Laddie; Roberta |
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| Comic Story | Mr. Miacca (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Quicksilver, perched atop a clock tower, spies a strange and portly man, who launches himself from the rooftops, and bounces like a rubber ball, all thanks to his costume being filled with gas. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver [Max]; Mr. Miacca [Maynard Scrope] (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | The villain's name was taken from a fairy tale by English writer, Joseph Jacobs. |
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| Text Story | The Monster Marvel (2 pages) |
| Featuring | The Barker |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
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| Comic Story | The Pleasure Investment (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Anthrop; Dr. Botchagaloop (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | The Ruthven Case (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Steve Wood; Spurrman (first appearance; villain); Loe Latrice (first appearance); Hinkey Tarn (first appearance); Capt. Ronn Rohver (first appearance; death) |
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