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Issue: National Comics #42 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1944
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Issues: #42 of 75 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
First Line: Lookie! Lookie!! Lookie!!!
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Prof. Zell, Seer, Sees the Stars

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Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): 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)
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.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I don't think I can last 'til morning, Salty!
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Quicksilver; Deputy Sherrif Bill Tragg; Big John Hammer (villain)
First Line: Speed, daring, the perfect co-ordination of mind and muscle...
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Windy Breeze
First Line: Quick, Stinky--give me a few licks with this hammer!
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Case No. 16: The Lady Wang

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Genres: espionage
Character(s): G-2 [Captain Don Leash]; The Lady Wang; he Japanese (villains)
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.
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It's Your Move, Uncle Sam!

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Genres: occult, superhero, war
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; unnamed U.S. general (cameo only); the Japanese (villains)
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.
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Uncle Sam addresses the General as "one of my most brilliant nephews".
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Chic Carter
First Line: The reporters laughed when they heard about the Ice Fiend!
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The Demon

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The Case of the Criminal Corpse

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally O'Neil; Dr. Doom (villain; introduction; death)
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Genres: war
Character(s): Lt. Commander Harvey Blake
First Line: Destroyer 171 embarks on the strangest voyage of her adventuresome career...
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The Bumbershoot Jump!

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Character(s): Fatty
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