National Comics #42 (1944) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole	The Barker [Carnie Callahan]
1	Prof. Zell, Seer, Sees the Stars	comic story	11	script: Joe Millard; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole	The Barker [Clarence "Carnie" Callahan] (introduction; real first name revealed in issue #48); Lena (introduction); Major Midge (introduction); Tiny Tim (introduction); Elasto; Liz Flannery (boarding house keeper); Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner); Professor Zell (villain, fortune teller)
2	-	comic story	1	pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard Dibble
3	-	comic story	7	pencils: Bill Quackenbush; inks: Bill Quackenbush	Quicksilver; Deputy Sherrif Bill Tragg; Big John Hammer (villain)
4	-	comic story	1	script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole	Windy Breeze
5	Case No. 16: The Lady Wang	comic story	7	script: Don Rico; pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don Rico	G-2 [Captain Don Leash]; The Lady Wang; he Japanese (villains)
6	It's Your Move, Uncle Sam!	comic story	6	script: Harry Stein; pencils: Art Seymour; inks: Art Seymour	Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; unnamed U.S. general (cameo only); the Japanese (villains)
7	-	comic story	6	script: Vernon Henkel; pencils: Vernon Henkel; inks: Vernon Henkel	Chic Carter
8	The Demon	text story	2	letters: typeset
9	The Case of the Criminal Corpse	comic story	8	pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al Bryant	Sally O'Neil; Dr. Doom (villain; introduction; death)
10	-	comic story	7	pencils: Al Camy; inks: Al Camy	Lt. Commander Harvey Blake

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
The Barker Volume 1 ISBN 978-1544919263	2017	On eBay ›
First Appearances: Volume 1 ISBN 978-1545553626	2017	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #112	2019	On eBay ›

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