Digital Comic Museum - National Comics 059


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Issue: #59
Published: April 1947, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 60, 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)
Featuring:	Barker
Credits:	Pencils: Al Bryant \| Inks: Al Bryant
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]

Comic Story (11 pages)	The Birdman
Featuring:	Barker
Credits:	Script: Gwen Hansen \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling \| Inks: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan] The Birdman [Denoso] (first Appearance Villain Death)

Comic Story (1 page)	What's Opera?
Featuring:	Windy Breeze
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole \| Pencils: Jack Cole \| Inks: Jack Cole
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Windy Breeze

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Diamond Bracelet Cat Collar
Featuring:	Lassie
Synopsis:	Roberta's old friend Dandina visits and says she brought Lassie a present. Lassie thinks it's a diamond bracelet she finds in Dandina's luggage, and puts it on her cat as a collar. The cat runs away and Lassie mobilises the neighbourhood children to find it. Dandina's fiance Pablo, who gave her the bracelet, arrives. The cat comes back but the police discover the bracelet contains stolen jewels: Pablo is a crook.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Lassie Laddie Roberta Dandina Pablo Pimenez [Bogus Bill Sleeko]

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Smiling Swede
Featuring:	Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Synopsis:	Sally parks her car at a lot and comes back to find out it's been sold.
Credits:	Pencils: Bill Quackenbush \| Inks: Bill Quackenbush
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Sally O'Neil The Smiling Swede (first Appearance Villain) Max (first Appearance Other Crooks (first Appearance Villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Admiral Bilge and the Pot of Gold
Featuring:	Intellectual Amos
Credits:	Script: Andre LeBlanc \| Pencils: Andre LeBlanc \| Inks: Andre LeBlanc
Genre:	Adventure Humor Children
Characters:	Intellectual Amos Admiral Bilge (villain) Phineas Demi-John (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Mr. Bones
Featuring:	Steve Wood
Credits:	Pencils: Al McWilliams \| Inks: Al McWilliams
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Steve Wood Grimm J. Bones (first Appearance Villain)

Text Story (2 pages)	The Test
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Haunted Doll House
Featuring:	Granny Gumshoe
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox \| Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Granny Gumshoe Dr. Lucifer Shrinkem (first Appearance Villain) Droop (first Appearance

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Australian Magic Murders
Featuring:	Quicksilver
Synopsis:	A man named Jonas is exiled in Australia, where he earns a fortune, and then returns to kill his former partners with his boomerang skills, which he passed off as "magic".
Credits:	Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich \| Inks: Dan Zolnerowich
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Quicksilver [Max] Garroby (introduction) Jonas (villain, Introduction) Simon Hidge (villain, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (1 page)	Sgt McMayhem
Featuring:	Salty Waters
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor

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