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| Publication | February 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
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| Cover | The Barker Tires of the Big Top! |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
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| Comic Story | The Barker Tires of the Big Top! (11 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; J. B. Brokely (villain, the Barker's double, introduction); Cropper (villain, introduction); Dove (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Story title was taken from the cover.
Writer credit formerly "Klaus Nordling". |
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| Synopsis | Using a public phone, Salty calls his nephew and tells him a hair-raising tale. A passerby overhears Salty's wild story and summons the Shore Patrol. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Salty Waters |
| Notes | Final appearance in National Comics. Salty Waters will now float around Quality without a permanent home, appearing next in Blackhawk (Quality Comics, 1944 Series) #24 (April 1949).
This story is basically the same as Dibble's "Johnny Doughboy" story in Military Comics #16 (February 1943). |
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| Comic Story | Globe of Doom (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Granny Gumshoe (last appearance); Ludwig Cymbal (first appearance; villain); Mr. Acoustic (first appearance) |
| Notes | Final appearance. |
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| Comic Story | The Rich Rag Doll Murders (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil; Slit-Eye (first appearance; villain); Gimpy (first appearance; villain); Red (first appearance; villain; death); Slug (first appearance; villain; death); Mrs. Reese (first appearance); Judy Reese (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | Uncle Balty's Birthday (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Uncle Balty is supposed to "avoid all excitement," but a visit to Lassie ruins that resolution. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Lassie; Roberta; Uncle Balty |
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| Comic Story | The Man from the Moon (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Quicksilver follows a villain who operates from a flying mansion, wears a bulletproof aluminum vest and helmet, with a weird-looking mask. Once Quicksilver gains entrance to this flying lair, it's curtains for the Man from the Moon. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver [Max]; The Man from the Moon [Moony Masters] (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Dan Zolnerowich. The pointed faces with eyes far apart and flying perons are all the trademark of Peter Riss.
It's interesting that Moony, on page 2 of the story, uttered a remark very similar to what Bruce Wayne did when he adopted the Batman identity from a bat flying through his mansion window. Moony states: "Moony, the Man From the Moon! That's what I'll be! I'll invade their stuffy coops by night, like a creature from a different planet!" |
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| Text Story | Three Strikes for a Jinx (2 pages) |
| Featuring | The Barker |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
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| Comic Story | How to Be a Detective (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Anthrop (last appearance) |
| Notes | Final appearance. |
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| Comic Story | Queen and Pawn (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A mobster's adopted daughter forces Steve to adopt strong measures in solving a murder case. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Steve Wood; Marphy Hale (first appearance; villain); Jerdo Mapes (first appearance); Alyce Carters (first appearance) |
| Notes | The art is identical to Kirkpatrick's work on several Sally O'Neil stories in National Comics and Hack O'Hara in Crack Comics. Many faces in profile popping in from the sides, bony noses in front view, very wide trouser legs, and also rather still standing figures. |
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