Yes, and I could have sold it for a fortune in the Orient, if it hadn't been for Quicksilver! 
- — Mr. Fortescue
National Comics #46 is an issue of the series National Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1945.
Synopsis for The Barker: "Murder Is No Joke"
A young boy slips into the sideshow, crying and talking of gangsters pursuing him. Although the Barker and his friends are disbelieving at first, two thugs do indeed come in a moment later and try to procure the boy, only to be run off. Trying to deliver the boy home, they find his father's head of a plane manufacturer, and the man's crooked stepbrother's partnered with a crooked doctor and the thugs to get the father declared insane so they can seize control of his estate. With the crooks beaten down by the carnies for the police, the father promises to donate planes and make Colonel Lane's a flying circus once the war's over!
Appearing in The Barker: "Murder Is No Joke"
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- Colonel Lane
- Lena
- Liz Flannery
- Major Midge
- Spuda the Spider-Man
- Tiny Tim
- Madame Shali, snake charmer
- Peaches, bearded lady
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Synopsis for Sally O'Neil Policewoman: "Sing Me a Torch Song"
Appearing in Sally O'Neil Policewoman: "Sing Me a Torch Song"
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Synopsis for G-2: "The Vase of Kwan-Yin"
Appearing in G-2: "The Vase of Kwan-Yin"
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- Capt. Don "G2" Leash (Final appearance)
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- Professor Joaquim, art expert
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Synopsis for Chic Carter: "The Vengeance of Monk Mature"
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Synopsis for Quicksilver: "Theatre of Thieves"
A shady man uses a fakir's trick to place himself in suspended animation outside a hospital to make it seem as if he'd been the victim of a hit-and-run. He sneaks to the hospital's storeroom and blows the safe, making off with their entire supply of radium. Quicksilver's on hand after delivering some wounded gunmen, and gives chase. He pursues the thief to a theater, but the perp insists he's just the manager of a troupe of Indian performers there. However, he's given away when one of his drummers burns their hand on the instrument, revealing the vibrations ruptured the package the radium was kept in.
Appearing in Quicksilver: "Theatre of Thieves"
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- Mr. Fortescue
- Shen-Dee Troupe
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- Last issue for G-2 by Don Rico.
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