| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | The Missing Link |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Lena; Major Midge; Tiny |
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| Comic Story | The Missing Link (11 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Madame Futura (first appearance, a fortune teller); Shali (first appearance, a snake charmer); The Missing Link (first appearance, villain) |
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| Synopsis | Salty tells his girlfriend Gladys about his exploits in the Pacific. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Salty Waters; Gladys |
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| Comic Story | Smash It Anyway! (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver [Max]; Winslow Rigger (first appearance, villain); James Eagle (first appearance) |
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| Synopsis | Windy comes up with a scheme to get money to go the ball game. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy Breeze; Sam |
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| Synopsis | Lassie's new neighbor is an inventor. She "helps" him out. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Lassie; Roberta; Roger; Laddie |
| Notes | In previous stories, Roberta is Lassie's sister, but in this story Roger says she is Lassie's "Aunt Roberta." Also, Roger and Roberta appear to be married in this story, whereas they were just dating in previous issues. |
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| Comic Story | Soup Simpson's Last Blast (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil; Soup Simpson (first appearance, villain, death); Boris Meloff (first appearance, villain); Lefty (first appearance, villain) |
| Notes | Pencils and inks previously credited to Gene Fawcette. |
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| Comic Story | Kidnapping at Sea (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Children | Characters: Intellectual Amos; The Chief and his gang (first appearance, villains); Miss Venbilt (first appearance) |
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| Text Story | Strange Escape (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jules, a prison inmate, attempts an escape and then revenge on those who put him in prison. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Jules; Banning; Judge Bekins; Crandell; Holmes |
| Notes | A promo ad for National Comics appears in the lower corner of the second page. |
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| Comic Story | Trap for the Whistler (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Editor Shane plans a trap for the Whistler and assigns Drake to cover the story. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Whistler [Mallory Drake]; Mac Shane; Ambers (first appearance, villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Three Entertainers (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The destroyer Pawnee has been ordered to transport a troupe of entertainers to Paasuvi. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Commander Blake; First Officer Conroy; Jack Hallam (first appearance); Jim Maulsby (first appearance); Bette D'Arcy (first appearance); The Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | The three named entertainers are based on Jack Carson, Bing Crosby and Bette Davis. |
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