Digital Comic Museum - National Comics 068


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Issue: #68
Published: October 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)	Leo, the Lion Man!
Featuring:	Barker
Credits:	Pencils: Klaus Nordling \| Inks: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]

Comic Story (11 pages)	Leo, the Lion Man
Featuring:	Barker
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling \| Inks: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan] Leo The Lion Man (first Appearance) Sam (first Appearance Death) Guido (first Appearance Villain A Lion Trainer)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Salty Waters
Synopsis:	Salty becomes a temporary Shore Patrolman.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor Military
Characters:	Salty Waters

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

Comic Story (6 pages)	Riddle In Rhyme
Featuring:	Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Credits:	Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick \| Inks: Alice Kirkpatrick
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Sally O'Neil Hanger (first Appearance Villain) Ernest Kent (first Appearance Death) Best (first Appearance Linda Kent (first Appearance)

Comic Story (4 pages)	Poetry Problem
Featuring:	Lassie
Synopsis:	Lassie leaves Uncle Balty a love poem she wrote, for him to critique. He mistakenly thinks it's from the married woman next door, and leaves the country to avoid her "jealous" husband.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Lassie Laddie Uncle Balty Bingle Mrs. Bitzel Mr. Bitzel

Comic Story (6 pages)	Slumber Strikes
Featuring:	Quicksilver
Synopsis:	Quicksilver comes up against a foe wearing a gas mask and using sleeping gas on his victims.
Credits:	Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich \| Inks: Dan Zolnerowich
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Quicksilver [Max] Slumber [Jones] (villain, Introduction) Slumber's Gang (villains, Introduction For All)

Text Story (2 pages)	Cure For Firebugs
Featuring:	The Barker
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Composition Contest
Featuring:	Anthrop
Credits:	Script: Michael Senich \| Pencils: Michael Senich \| Inks: Michael Senich
Characters:	Anthrop

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Hunk Warwell Case
Featuring:	Steve Wood
Credits:	Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick \| Inks: Alice Kirkpatrick
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Steve Wood Fuzz Forry (first Appearance Villain Death) Joss Lickey (first Appearance Libra (first Appearance Villain) Hunk Warwell (first Appearance

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