| Additional Information |
| |
| Publication | February 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | previously credited to Al Bryant |
| |
| Cover | The Human Fly! |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
| Notes | previously credited to Al Bryant |
| |
| Comic Story | The Human Fly! (11 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; The Human Fly [Louie Leary] (first appearance; villain) |
| Notes | title from cover |
| |
| Synopsis | Salty asks his girlfriend Elixia to fix up his Navy pal Jake with a date. Jake has to deliver a present to the captain's nephew: it's an ape in a sailor outfit. Elixia and Benicia mistakenly think this is Salty's friend and thus Benicia's date. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Salty Waters; Elixia; Jake; Benicia |
| |
| Comic Story | The Lump (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Granny Gumshoe; The Lump (first appearance; villain) |
| |
| Comic Story | Geranium Flowerpot (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Anthrop |
| |
| Comic Story | The New Recruit (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil; Doris (first appearance); Bax Thorbin and his gang (first appearance; villains) |
| Notes | previously credited to Al Bryant |
| |
| Comic Story | The Finger of Suspicion (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Steve Wood; J. J. Gardyce (first appearance; villain); Polder (first appearance; death) |
| |
| Text Story | Big Top Murder (2 pages) |
| Featuring | The Barker |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
| |
| Comic Story | Mutt in the Museum (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lassie and Laddie visit a museum and try to hide their dog Dinny from the guard. Dinny causes a huge dinosaur skeleton to collapse on top of a scientist. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Lassie; Laddie; Dr. Van Beanish; McGonigle |
| |
| Comic Story | Battle at Dead Man's Curve (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver [Max]; Foraker (first appearance; death); Chomly (first appearance; villain) |
| |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a
Creative Commons Attribution License.
More details about this comic may be available in their page here |
