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National Comics #73 (1949)

Quality Comics · 1949 · 36 pages

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Contains 5 stories
A Country Slicker!
11 pp · adventure; humor
The Barker [Carnie Callahan]

When a charming country visitor arrives at Colonel Lane's carnival with deep pockets and an innocent demeanor, The Barker and the circus crew figure him for easy prey—but this supposed rube proves far cannier than anyone expected, turning the tables on the grifters at every turn. As schemes unravel and cash mysteriously vanishes, Carnie Callahan begins to suspect their visitor isn't quite the wide-eyed yokel he pretends to be, leading to a wild chase through the circus grounds that reveals just how clever this "country slicker" really is.

Robber Fly
6 pp · detective-mystery
Sally O'Neilthe Robber Fly [Emil] (villain, introduction)

Sally O'Neil, a sharp-eyed policewoman, takes on a terrifying new criminal who calls himself the Robber Fly—a figure scaling buildings like an insect to raid high-rise apartments, leaving victims too panicked to resist. When a series of robberies leaves the police baffled and the city in panic, Sally devises a trap using a fake celebrity and her wits to draw out the masked menace. With some quick thinking and a few judo moves, she uncovers a mystery that traces back to a bitter performer seeking revenge through terror.

Untitled story
4 pp · humor; children
LassieLaddie

In this whimsical 1949 tale from National Comics #73, Lassie imagines a series of wildly ambitious futures—dreaming big as a Hollywood star, a Miss America contender, and even President of the United States—before returning to her everyday life with a wag of the tail.

Untitled story
4 pp · romance
Honeybun
Skyscraper Sabotage
6 pp · superhero
Quicksilver [Max]

Quicksilver arrives at a mid-town construction site plagued by mysterious accidents—from collapsed frameworks to sabotaged concrete—determined to uncover who's behind the dangerous sabotage. When the dynamic guardian of justice discovers the foreman's connection to a building racketeer with a grudge, the real culprit must be stopped before more lives are at risk. Quicksilver pursues the saboteur through the towering steel girders in a death-defying confrontation high above the city streets.

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