| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly except December and June |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
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| Comic Story | Prof. Zell, Seer, Sees the Stars (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | A telegram from Colonel Lane to Carnie, inviting him to participate in his circus sideshow, is intercepted by a silver-tongued fortune teller named Zell. When Zell sneaks out of the circus, Carnie and his pals follow him to Waynetown, where they wrest a contract from Zell and then set up shop in Lane's circus. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Clarence "Carnie" Callahan] (introduction; real first name revealed in issue #48); Lena (introduction); Major Midge (introduction); Tiny Tim (introduction); Elasto; Liz Flannery (boarding house keeper); Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Professor Zell (villain, fortune teller) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver; Deputy Sherrif Bill Tragg; Big John Hammer (villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy Breeze |
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| Comic Story | Case No. 16: The Lady Wang (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | In China, G-2 meets a freedom fighter named Lady Wang, the "Eastern Joan of Arc", and saves her people by routing the Japanese invaders in her village. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: G-2 [Captain Don Leash]; The Lady Wang; he Japanese (villains) |
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| Comic Story | It's Your Move, Uncle Sam! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A military general informs Uncle Sam that the Japanese have an inside edge on the United States at their base in Marusu, able to get munitions and troops in place while America has to send their troops halfway across the globe to deal with it. The Japanese know it, but also know that a large American force will spell trouble for them, so the high command decides to attack the American forces from behind. Uncle Sam and Buddy willingly let themselves be captured so they can learn enemy plans, then escape to lead U.S. foces against the foe. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; unnamed U.S. general (cameo only); the Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | Credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
Uncle Sam addresses the General as "one of my most brilliant nephews". |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter |
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| Text Story | The Demon (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Criminal Corpse (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil; Dr. Doom (villain; introduction; death) |
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| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Lt. Commander Harvey Blake |
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| The Bumbershoot Jump! (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Fatty |
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