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BARKER #4

Cover Date: Summer 1947
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Klaus Nordling


Story: [No Title] (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Millard
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):

Brainy Bates and his gang (first appearance for all; try to rob a gold train but get the circus train instead)

Location(s):

Western United States


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Second Story: [No Title] (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKlaus Nordling
ArtKlaus Nordling
EditingGeorge Brenner

Feature Character(s):

Barker

Supporting Character(s):

Major Midge
Tiny (dressed up as Dongo the Man-Eating Cannibal)
Lena
Colonel Lane
Spudo the Spider Man

Other Character(s):

Colonel Andrews (first appearance; tries to sell a large cannibal to the circus)
Poobah (first appearance; the cannibal in question)


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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):

Dinky and Crusty (first appearance for both; two goons who attack a competing roller skater to win a prize)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGwen Hansen
ArtKlaus Nordling
EditingGeorge Brenner

Feature Character(s):

Barker (revealed that his birthday is September 10th)

Supporting Character(s):

Major Midge (revealed that his birthday is May 12th)
Tiny
Lena
Colonel Lane (revealed that his birthday is January 14th)
Spudo the Spider Man
Shali the Snake Charmer

Villain(s):

Horoscope Horace (first appearance; an astrologer working for the carnival)
Aggie (first appearance; a beautiful woman working with Horace)


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