Digital Comic Museum - National Comics 066


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Issue: #66
Published: June 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
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June 1948.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Man Who Hates the Circus
Featuring:	Barker
Credits:	Pencils: Klaus Nordling \| Inks: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]

Comic Story (11 pages)	The Man Who Hated Circuses
Featuring:	Barker
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling \| Inks: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan] Ephraim Squires (first Appearance Villain Death)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Salty Waters
Synopsis:	Salty's fellow sailor McChisel tricks him into missing his chance to show a young woman tourist around an Indian city.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor Military
Characters:	Salty Waters McChisel

Comic Story (5 pages)	Stone Man
Featuring:	Granny Gumshoe
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox \| Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Granny Gumshoe Rocky Granite (first Appearance Villain Death A Living Statue) Rocky's Manager (first Appearance Villain) Stoney Cement (first Appearance Another Living Statue) Anatole Chipper (first Appearance)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Black Hand
Featuring:	Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Credits:	Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick \| Inks: Alice Kirkpatrick
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Sally O'Neil Mr. Fix And The Black Hand (first Appearance Villains) Capt. Jack Barham (first Appearance)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Monster In the Swamp
Featuring:	Lassie
Synopsis:	Roberta begins to worry when she hears news reports of "monster footprints" in the same wooded area where Lassie and Laddie are hiking. The police and scientists investigate, only to discover the footprints were created by Dinny the dog: Lassie and Laddie tied baseball gloves to his feet to protect his paws from thorns.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Lassie Laddie Roberta

Comic Story (6 pages)	Mr. Miacca
Featuring:	Quicksilver
Synopsis:	Quicksilver, perched atop a clock tower, spies a strange and portly man, who launches himself from the rooftops, and bounces like a rubber ball, all thanks to his costume being filled with gas.
Credits:	Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich \| Inks: Dan Zolnerowich
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Quicksilver [Max] Mr. Miacca [Maynard Scrope] (villain, Introduction)

Text Story (2 pages)	The Monster Marvel
Featuring:	The Barker
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Pleasure Investment
Featuring:	Anthrop
Credits:	Script: Michael Senich \| Pencils: Michael Senich \| Inks: Michael Senich
Characters:	Anthrop Dr. Botchagaloop (first Appearance)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Ruthven Case
Featuring:	Steve Wood
Credits:	Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick \| Inks: Alice Kirkpatrick
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Steve Wood Spurrman (first Appearance Villain) Loe Latrice (first Appearance) Hinkey Tarn (first Appearance) Capt. Ronn Rohver (first Appearance Death)

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