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| Publication | December 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
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| Comic Story | Seven Wonders Show and Pageant of Peace (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Barker handles an unholy alliance of thugs and crooked politicians. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Sam Smart (villain, introduction); Smart's gang (villains introduction for all); Mayor of Grabville (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Writer credit formerly "Klaus Nordling ?". |
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| Synopsis | Salty pursues a beautiful island girl. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Salty Waters |
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| Comic Story | Case No. 19: The Agents of Despair (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: G-2 [Don Leash]; Narmanx (first appearance; villain; death); Kara (first appearance; villain); Vilmo (first appearance; villain) |
| Notes | formerly credited to Don Rico. |
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| Comic Story | Champ Mushroom Grower (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy Breeze |
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| Comic Story | The Timberley Diamond (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A fabulous diamond worth a kingdom is to be cut and Quicksilver is asked to be around for safety. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver [Max] (circus acrobat); Vera Durant (villain, introduction); Boris (villain, introduction); Boris and Vera's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Same art as in the signed Quackenbush story in #46: short torsos, narrow heads and Quicksilver himself looking a bit puny. |
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| Comic Story | Danger -- Deadly Weapons (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | After a prison break, Terrible Toomey swears to kill Sally O'Neil for sending him up. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil; Terrible Toomey (first appearance; villain); Kit Kett (first appearance; villain) |
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| Text Story | City of Fear (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Good Neighbors -- Yes (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Uncle Sam, at the request of a Latin American nation's president, heads south of the border to the nation of Zatlan, where a ring of criminals are inciting the locals to revolt against the president. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Kroff (villain); Zando (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Final appearance of the "Uncle Sam" feature in National Comics. It appears next in Secret Origins (DC, 1986 Series) #19 (October 1987).
Final Golden Age appearance of Quality's Uncle Sam character. Next appearance in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 Series) #107 (September-October 1973).
Originally credited "Ed Dobrotka ?", but this is Leav with his faces and especially his large hands. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | Abazec the Great (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chic finds himself picketed by the amalgamated union of ghosts and ghouls who wear hoods like those of the Ku Klux Klan. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter; Abazec (villain, introduction); Abazec's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Comic Story | Destroyer 171 Is Missing (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Lt. Commander Harvey Blake; Captain Saito (first appearance; villain; death); the Japanese (villains) |
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