Calling All Boys #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeAn anthology issue featuring a story about Pete, a young newspaper reporter for the Argus, who rushes to the airport to meet his older brother Jim, a master sergeant returning home from the Army of Occupation, only to discover Jim's plane has crashed and must be rescued in a dramatic aerial sequence. The issue also includes comic stories about boys visiting a carnival and sideshow, encountering various acts including "Jo-Jo the Dog-Face Boy" and an Indian rubber man, with one character discovering the sideshow attractions use tricks and magnets to create their illusions.
Dig Bailey and his crew aboard the tugboat Broadside stumble upon a suspicious diving operation at the harbor and cross paths with "Playboy" Phil Marsh, whose jewels went missing during his voyage home—but nothing is quite as it seems. When a desperate chase leads Phil into the river and apparently to his doom, Dig's instincts tell him the story doesn't add up, and the truth hidden aboard the Broadside proves far more complicated than a simple theft.
Dusty Davis arrives at the carnival convinced that all the sideshow acts are nothing but clever fakes designed to separate folks from their money—but his skepticism gets put to the test when he and his kid brother Pinky witness a dangerous illusion go terribly wrong. When Pinky heroically steps in to prevent a tragedy, Dusty's cynicism takes a backseat to something far more humbling.
Young Don Budge wasn't keen on tennis until a casual challenge lit a competitive fire—he threw himself into practice with the determination to master the sport's toughest shots. His dedication paid off in spectacular fashion, culminating in a crucial Davis Cup match against Gottfried von Cramm in 1937, where Budge mounted a thrilling comeback to secure victory for the U.S. team and reclaim the Cup after eleven years. When war broke out, he traded his racquet for an Army Air Forces uniform, but his name would endure among the world's greatest professional tennis players.
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Reprinted in Red Ball Comic Book #[1] (1947), Un Faux Livre #2 (2018)
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