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| Publication | December 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
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| Cover | The Barker Breaks the Bank at Donte Marlo！ |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
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| Comic Story | The Barker Breaks the Bank at Donte Marlo！ (11 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
| Notes | Final appearance of The Barker feature in National Comics. The feature has its own comic (The Barker (Quality, 1946 series)), which also ends this month with #15. Which of these issues should be considered the final Golden Age appearance of the feature is unclear. The feature appears next in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 Series) #801 (February 2005).
Final appearance (with The Barker #15) of The Barker [Carnie Callahan] character. When the feature is revived in 2005, it will star his grandson Kieran "Kitt" Calahan.
title from cover |
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| Synopsis | Lassie wants a dog but her older sister Roberta says they can't have one. Lassie hopes Uncle Balty will help change Roberta's mind. One thing leads to another and soon Lassie's home is filled with dogs. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Lassie; Roberta; Uncle Balty |
| Notes | Basically the same story premise as Dibble's "Bill Bumlin" story in Tip Top Comics (United Feature, 1936 series) #v10#10 (118) May 1946.
Final appearance in National Comics. Next (and final ever) appearance in Lady Luck (Quality Comics, 1949 Series) #88 (April 1950). |
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| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Honeybun |
| Notes | Final appearance in National Comics. Next (and final ever) appearance in The Spirit (Quality Comics, 1944 Series) #19 (January 1950). |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil (last appearance) |
| Notes | The special way of walking and long torsos with broad shoulders tilting sideways and some staring eyes are signs of a probable Zolnerowich. Kirkpatrick has more close up faces in side view popping in from the sides of panels and most of the figures in the lower part of the panels and also less movement.
Final appearance. |
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| Text Story | Big Wheel (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Barker |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: The Barker |
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| Synopsis | A daring hold-up aboard a luxury liner. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Steve Wood (last appearance); Professor Oxton; Sally (secretary); Inspector Flanagan |
| Notes | This is McWilliams, compare with his Steve Wood stories in #60, 61 and 63. A more varied layout and movement of figures than Kirkpatrick.
Final appearance. |
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