Digital Comic Museum - National Comics 069


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Issue: #69
Published: December 1948, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: George Brenner
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Percy the Powerful
Featuring:	The Barker
Credits:	Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) \| Inks: Gill Fox (signed)
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan] Percy The Powerful

Comic Story (11 pages)	Percy the Powerful
Featuring:	The Barker
Synopsis:	Tiny is challenged by a 90-pound weakling named Percy, who takes special pills every 12 hours for his tremendous strength. However, these special pills were stolen by an evil professor, who feeds them to animals, forcing Carnie to also take some of the pills in order to bring order back to the circus and clean up the mess left behind.
Credits:	Script: Gwen Hansen \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling (signed) \| Inks: Klaus Nordling (signed)
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan] Colonel Land (Mammoth Circus Owner) Lena Major Midge Tiny Tim Percy The Powerful (introduction) Professor Goby (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (1 page)	B. O. Railroad Co.,
Featuring:	Fuzzy
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole \| Pencils: Jack Cole \| Inks: Jack Cole
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (5 pages)	Mr. Bugg
Featuring:	Granny Gumshoe
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox (signed) \| Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) \| Inks: Gill Fox (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Granny Gumshoe Mr. Bugg (first Appearance Villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Will of Barry Taunton
Featuring:	Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Credits:	Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick \| Inks: Alice Kirkpatrick
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Sally O'Neil Parker (first Appearance Villain) Camille D'Arcy (first Appearance Helen Taunton (first Appearance)

Comic Story (4 pages)	Faked Amnesia
Featuring:	Lassie
Synopsis:	Laddie advises Lassie to fake amnesia to get out of punishment. Roberta sees through the ruse and tells Lassie that she's really the "new hired girl" and puts her to work doing chores.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Lassie Laddie Roberta

Comic Story (6 pages)	Piracy Ploy
Featuring:	Quicksilver
Synopsis:	A cruising yacht with society people is hijacked by hoodlums.
Credits:	Pencils: Peter Riss \| Inks: Peter Riss
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Quicksilver [Max] Stilson (first Appearance Villain) Yates (first Appearance Trigger (first Appearance Other Pirates (first Appearance Villains)

Text Story (2 pages)	All That Glitters
Featuring:	The Barker
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]

Comic Story (6 pages)	Any Laundry? Any Dry Cleaning?
Featuring:	Anthrop
Credits:	Script: Bart Tumey \| Pencils: Bart Tumey \| Inks: Bart Tumey
Characters:	Anthrop

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Twin Terrorists
Featuring:	Steve Wood
Credits:	Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick \| Inks: Alice Kirkpatrick
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Steve Wood Sticker Latch (first Appearance Villain) Latch (first Appearance Villain Sticker's Brother)

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