(Autumn 1947)

Quality Comics, 1946 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Magazines
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Editing
George Brenner

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Barker / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Klaus Nordling
Inks
Klaus Nordling
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Major Midge; Tiny Tim; Lena
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Barker / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Klaus Nordling
Pencils
Klaus Nordling
Inks
Klaus Nordling
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pleasure seekers always get their money's worth at Colonel Lane's Mammoth Circus!
Genre
humor
Characters
The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Major Midge; Tiny Tim; Lena

Tallulah, the Tattooed Lady (Table of Contents: 2)

The Barker / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Gwen Hansen
Pencils
Klaus Nordling
Inks
Klaus Nordling
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Major Midge; Lena; Tiny Tim; Tallulah (tattooed lady, death); Lily Ryan (villain, bareback horse rider)
Synopsis
The Mammoth Circus suffers a shocking blow when Lily murders the tattooed lady.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit formerly "Klaus Nordling".
Script credit based on textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Spudo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gwen Hansen
Pencils
Klaus Nordling
Inks
Klaus Nordling
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help! Save me!

Indexer Notes

Writer credit formerly "Klaus Nordling".
Script credit based on textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

Trust a Mounty (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Barker / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Millard
Pencils
Klaus Nordling
Inks
Klaus Nordling
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here he is, folks! The most sensational act on Earth...the Human Dynamo!
Genre
humor
Characters
The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Lena; Tiny Tim; Major Midge; Hi Cliff (high diver); the Human Dynamo [Wylie] (villain, introduction, former stuntman)
Synopsis
A former stuntman named Wylie succeeds in fashioning a trick costume to make it appear that he could generate 50,000 volts of electricity, planning revenge against the circus's high diver.

Indexer Notes

Script credit based on textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Barker
  2. 1. ["Pleasure seekers always get their money's worth at Colonel Lane's Mammoth Circus!"]
    The Barker
  3. 2. Tallulah, the Tattooed Lady
    The Barker
  4. 3. ["Help! Save me!"]
    Spudo
  5. 4. Trust a Mounty
  6. 5. ["Here he is, folks! The most sensational act on Earth...the Human Dynamo!"]
    The Barker
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