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Issue: The Barker #6

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Publication Date: January 1947

Issue #6
- #1
- #2
- #3
- #4
- #5
- ✔ #6
- #7
- #8
- #9
- #10
- #11
- #12
- #13
- #14
- #15
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Issues: #6 of 15 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Quality Comics

Brand: Quality Comic Group

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: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): George Brenner

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Format

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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Content Items (6 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling

Inker(s): Klaus Nordling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous

Feature(s): The Barker

Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Lena; Major Midge; Tiny Tim

First Line: A Side Show With Laughs and Thrills!

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gwen Hansen

Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling

Inker(s): Klaus Nordling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Barker

Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Major Midge; Tiny Tim; Lena; Miss Digby (skinny woman); Fatso DeKavy (villain, introduction); Skinny DeKavy (villain, introduction)

First Line: Grawk! Those aren't human bones...they're daggers!

Synopsis: Lena becomes the object of the affections of the Jealousy Brothers and she is afraid of losing her gig to the fat man. To offset this, the Colonel hires a skinny woman, but that only diverts the brother's affections.

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Pages: 12

Notes: The DeKavy's are also called the Jealousy Brothers.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Klaus Nordling

Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling

Inker(s): Klaus Nordling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous

Feature(s): The Barker

Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Lena; Tiny Tim; Major Midge; Carl (death); Nita; Andor (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: I'm getting hungry!

Synopsis: Andor paints two of his performers, Carl and Nita, to look like bronze statues while they hold challenging poses with their great strength. However, when Carl dies from a mishap, Andor dives into poisonous paint, thus freeing Nita from extortion.

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Pages: 11

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gwen Hansen

Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling

Inker(s): Klaus Nordling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Spudo

First Line: I could swear it feels like he's holding us!

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Pages: 8

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Circus Holiday

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous

Feature(s): The Barker

Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Calahan]

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Pages: 2

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Millard

Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling

Inker(s): Klaus Nordling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous

Feature(s): The Barker

Character(s): The Barker [Carnie Calahan]; Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Major Midge; Lena; Tiny Tim

First Line: Awr-r-k! I think I see a ghost!

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Pages: 14

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