Sparkler Comics #v3#1 (13)
(August 1942)

United Feature, 1941 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1942-07-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Entire book consists mainly of Newspaper strip reprints from which the date of publication have been removed

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hap Hopper / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Hap Hopper; Ella Cinders (inset); Tarzan (inset); Spark Man (inset); Nancy (inset); der Captain (inset); Hans (inset); Fritz (inset)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Ella Cinders / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Conselman (signed)
Pencils
Charlie Plumb (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
drama; humor

Indexer Notes

On the inside-front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Spark Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Methot
Pencils
Reg Greenwood
Inks
Reg Greenwood
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hu-see and The Spark Man come across a group of camouflaged Japs waiting in ambush...
Genre
superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Nancy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Frankie Doodle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Batsford
Pencils
Ben Batsford
Inks
Ben Batsford
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

El Bombo / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Benard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble [as Dib] (signed)
Inks
Benard Dibble [as Dib] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bombo and his pal, Mr. Biltybux, on a short vacation
Genre
humor
Characters
El Bombo; P.T. Biltybux
Synopsis
Bombo and Biltybux rent a haunted house and mysterious things occur.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Signed in next-to-last panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Broncho Bill / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harry O'Neill
Pencils
Harry O'Neill (signed)
Inks
Harry O'Neill (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier

Kentucky Stamp (Table of Contents: 7)

News Notes About Stamps / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

With stamp ads.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Burne Hogarth (signed)
Inks
Burne Hogarth (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Linda and Marsada pushed on through the wilderness in search of the 'missing link'.
Genre
adventure; jungle

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Rudolph Dirks
Pencils
Rudolph Dirks (signed)
Inks
Rudolph Dirks (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The 7th page includes a promo for Comics on Parade 17 featuring The Captain and the Kids.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Sparkler Salutes / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Stories about boys and girls who deserved to be honored.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Hap Hopper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Drew Pearson (signed); Robert E. Allen (signed)
Pencils
Jack Sparling (signed)
Inks
Jack Sparling (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At the Mikesboro Country Club, Holly Woods is suddenly getting quite a 'rush'.
Genre
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Raeburn van Buren
Pencils
Raeburn van Buren
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One of Audrey Blain's guardians has just told her and Barry Morse that if they marry...
Genre
drama

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Ella Cinders / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Conselman
Pencils
Charlie Plumb (signed)
Inks
Roger Armstrong
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; domestic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Unbelievable - But True! / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
Frank N. Ernest
Pencils
Frank N. Ernest
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Capt. A. H. Hardy

On Top for Over Six Years! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hap Hopper
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Ella Cinders
  3. 2. ["Hu-see and The Spark Man come across a group of camouflaged Japs waiting in ambush..."]
    The Spark Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Nancy
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Frankie Doodle
  6. 5. ["Bombo and his pal, Mr. Biltybux, on a short vacation"]
    El Bombo
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Broncho Bill
  8. 7. Kentucky Stamp
    News Notes About Stamps
  9. 8. ["Linda and Marsada pushed on through the wilderness in search of the 'missing link'."]
    Tarzan
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    The Captain and the Kids
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Sparkler Salutes
  12. 11. ["At the Mikesboro Country Club, Holly Woods is suddenly getting quite a 'rush'."]
    Hap Hopper
  13. 12. ["One of Audrey Blain's guardians has just told her and Barry Morse that if they marry..."]
    Abbie an' Slats
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Ella Cinders
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Unbelievable - But True!
  16. 15. On Top for Over Six Years!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Del Gruber
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
  • David Wilt
  • Len Wolinsky