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BARKER #2

Cover Date: Winter 1946-7
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1946

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Cover Credits:
Art: Klaus Nordling


Story: [No Title] (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKlaus Nordling
ArtKlaus Nordling
EditingGeorge Brenner

Feature Character(s):

Barker

Supporting Character(s):

Major Midge
Tiny
Lena
Colonel Lane
Spudo the Spider Man

Villain(s):

Dr. Jan Sandor (first appearance; turns his former student into a copper hybrid to steal his fiancee'; dies)

Other Character(s):

Copper Man (Bruno; first appearance; a sideshow actor; half body is living copper; returned to normal)


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Second Story: [No Title] (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGwen Hansen
ArtKlaus Nordling
EditingGeorge Brenner

Feature Character(s):

Barker

Supporting Character(s):

Major Midge
Tiny
Lena
Colonel Lane
Spudo the Spider Man

Other Character(s):

Pistol Packin' Pedro (Pedro Alverez; first appearance; a trick shot artist)
Chico (Chico Montanez; first appearance; a knife thrower)


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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGwen Hansen
ArtKlaus Nordling
EditingGeorge Brenner

Feature Character(s):

Spudo the Spider Man

Villain(s):

Rutfields and another hillbilly family (first appearance for all; confuse Spudo with Ethelbert, a bigamist)


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Fourth Story: "The Gay Nineties" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGwen Hansen
ArtKlaus Nordling
EditingGeorge Brenner

Feature Character(s):

Barker

Supporting Character(s):

Major Midge
Tiny
Lena
Colonel Lane
Spudo the Spider Man
Shali the Snake Charmer

Villain(s):

Dave Hadley and Wiggins (first appearance for both; try to make a town lose a 50 million dollar inheritance)

Location(s):

Yesterville (first appearance)


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