Digital Comic Museum - National Comics 052_upgrade


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National #52 upgraded to ctc status with missing pages inserted into my previous scan.

Issue: #52
Published: February 1946, 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
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1945, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 4.

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 Jinx
Featuring:	Barker
Credits:	Script: Gwen Hansen \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling \| Inks: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	The Barker [Carnie Callahan] The Jinx (first Appearance, Villain)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Case of Old Man Hogin
Featuring:	Sally O'Neil Policewoman
Credits:	Pencils: Gene Fawcette \| Inks: Gene Fawcette
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Sally O'Neil Old Man Hogin (first Appearance, Villain) Mr. Davis (first Appearance) Miss Avery (first Appearance) Mrs. Douglas (first Appearance)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Salty Waters
Synopsis:	Salty brings back a "ja-do-do" bird egg, only to have the Professor say the bird's been extinct for 108 years. Nobody told the egg, and it hatches.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor Military
Characters:	Salty Waters Professor

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Winner!
Featuring:	Quicksilver
Credits:	Pencils: Bill Quackenbush \| Inks: Bill Quackenbush
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Quicksilver [Max] Socker Sampson (first Appearance) Heavy (first Appearance, Villain) Galdo (first Appearance, Villain) Their Gang (first Appearance, Villain)

Comic Story (1 page)	Zinnia and Stinky
Featuring:	Windy Breeze
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole \| Pencils: Jack Cole \| Inks: Jack Cole
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Windy Breeze

Comic Story (6 pages)	Admiral Bilge's Plan
Featuring:	Intellectual Amos
Credits:	Script: Andre LeBlanc \| Pencils: Andre LeBlanc \| Inks: Andre LeBlanc
Genre:	Adventure Humor Children
Characters:	Intellectual Amos Admiral Bilge (first Appearance, Villain) Phineas Demi-John (first Appearance, Villain)

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Lassie
Synopsis:	Lassie buys a monkey for a pet. Havoc results.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Lassie Laddie Roger Roberta Agatha Fitzbully Mr. Fitzbully

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

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Wrong Whistler
Featuring:	Whistler
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel \| Inks: Vernon Henkel
Genre:	Detective-mystery Superhero
Characters:	The Whistler [Mallory Drake] A. Biddle (first Appearance) The Boss (first Appearance, Villain) Max (first Appearance, Villain) Another Hood (first Appearance, Villain)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Somewhere Off the Coast of Japan
Featuring:	Destroyer 171
Credits:	Pencils: Al Camy ? \| Inks: Al Camy ?
Genre:	War
Characters:	The Japanese (villains)

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