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The Barker #5

Jan 1947 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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In "Tallulah, the Tattooed Lady," former stuntman Wylie crafts a deceptive electric costume to outwit the circus's high diver, using illusion and daring to set the stage for a shocking confrontation. Written by Joe Millard and illustrated by Klaus Nordling, this 1947 tale from Quality Comics delivers a pulse-pounding blend of circus spectacle and cunning revenge, all wrapped in a cover by Klaus Nordling.

Contains 4 stories
Untitled Humor story
11 pp · Humor
The Barker [Carnie Calahan]Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner)Major MidgeTiny TimLena
Tallulah, the Tattooed Lady
12 pp · Humor
The Barker [Carnie Calahan]Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner)Major MidgeLenaTiny TimTallulah (tattooed lady, death)Lily Ryan (villain, bareback horse rider)

Carnie Calahan, the pitch-perfect barker of Colonel Lane's Mammoth Circus, admires Tallulah's spectacular self-tattooed artistry—but beneath her decorated skin lies a woman bearing invisible wounds. When tension erupts between Tallulah and Lily Ryan, the circus's sharp-tongued bareback rider, a terrible secret sets the stage for tragedy at the big top.

Untitled story
8 pp
Untitled Humor story
12 pp · Humor
The Barker [Carnie Calahan]Colonel Lane (Mammoth Circus owner)LenaTiny TimMajor MidgeHi Cliff (high diver)the Human Dynamo [Wylie] (villain, introduction, former stuntman)

In a 1947 tale of spectacle and sabotage, the Human Dynamo—formerly known as Wylie, a disgraced stuntman—returns to the Mammoth Circus with a dazzling new act and a hidden grudge, setting his sights on Hi Cliff, the high diver who once overshadowed him. With a costume that fools even the sharpest eyes, Wylie’s electrifying performance begins, but the real show is yet to come.

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Raw (Good) $57
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $1,006*
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artist, inker Klaus Nordling

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