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Issue: The Barker #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1946
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Issues: #1 of 15 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: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Comic Magazines, 8 Lord Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Executive offices, Gurley Building, 322 Main Street, Stamford, Conn. Editorial and advertising offices, 415 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Copyright 1946 by Comic Magazines. Printed in U. S. A.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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in a Carnival of Laughs and Thrills!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Calahan]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credits from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos B #90: THE BARKER on 16 June 2021.
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bozo (a gorilla); Pete; Pepsi; unnamed zookeeper
First Line: Help! Help!! Bozo's escaping!
Synopsis: Bozo escapes his cage. Pepsi and Pete cannot stop Bozo until Pepsi drinks a Pepsi-Cola. Pepsi tosses a cannonball on the gorilla's head knocking it out. When the keeper asks what reward they want, Pepsi says a case of Pepsi-Cola would be great.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Includes indicia at bottom of the page. Copyright 1946 Pepsi-Cola Company.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Tiny Tim; Major Midge; Lena; Spudo the Spider-Man; Jack (death); McCann; Shotwell; Lydia (villain, elephant rider); Bobo (villain, clown)
First Line: Bobo, the Clown, was something of a Pagliacci...
Synopsis: Bobo the evil clown kills one of the circus's acrobats and blackmails other members of the circus, including Lydia the elephant rider, who is caught stealing.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: In the story, one of the acrobats, named "Jack", was killed. The three acrobats, however, were drawn the same as the Wills Brothers in National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #55 (August 1946).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Lena; Tiny Tim; Major Midge; Spudo the Spider-Man; Lily Ryan (horseback rider); Doctor Bordey; Nona de Garonne [as Lily Ryan] (villain)
First Line: This isn't a circus! It's a booby hatch!
Synopsis: Equestrian-aerialist Lily Ryan is injured and is replaced by equestrian-temptress, Nona de Garonne, who attempts to fleece the circus with her hypnotic kisses.
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Pages: 11
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Spudo
Character(s): Spudo; Louella; Mr. Girch; Willis (Louella's father); Carnie Calahan [The Barker]
First Line: Oh, Spudo, I feel so safe with you!
Synopsis: Spudo courts Louella after she breaks up with Mr. Girch.
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Pages: 8
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Telltale Eye

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slim Pickens
Character(s): Slim Pickens
First Line: Gawrsh! The big city's sure 'nuf big!
Synopsis: Slim mistakes an elevator for his hotel room.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script and letterer credits courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Tiny Tim; Major Midge; Lena; Shali; Spudo the Spider-Man; Abou Ben Hafiz (villain)
First Line: Colonel Lane's Mammoth Circus is now entering a period of peace and good will!
Synopsis: Abou Ben Hafiz and his harem cause trouble when they join the circus.
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Pages: 14
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The Insult That Turned a "Chump" Into a Champ

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Penciller(s): ? (comic story); ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (comic story); ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (comic story)
Letterer(s): ? (comic story); typeset (rest of advertisement)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photograph); Joe; Joe's girlfriend [Sugar]; bully
First Line: Look, Joe, let's see if you can make it ring, too.
Synopsis: Joe's girlfriend wants him to ring the bell at the fair. After a bully insults and pushes Joe, Joe starts training using Charles Atlas's bodybuilding course. He is able to ring the bell and push the bully around too. Joe's girlfriend is happy.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

Mail-order advertisement for the Charles Atlas book "Dynamic Tension" from Charles Atlas, Department 330H, 115 East 23rd Street, New York 10, New York.
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How to Change a Tire at Night_More Quickly_More Safely!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy); ? (comic art)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Eveready Batteries
First Line: Most any motorist can change a tire.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

An advertisement whose comic portion shows how to change a car's tires at night. Advertisement is for Eveready Extra Long Life Battery from the National Carbon Company, Inc., 30 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation.

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