Sparkie
#3
(July-August 1952)
Ziff-Davis,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Approved Comics Inc.
- Brand
- Ziff-Davis Comic Group
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Cover title is "Big Jon and Sparkie," which was the name of a radio show in the 1950s that inspired many children's television shows. Sparkie, the radio pixie, was the sped up recorded
voice of Jon Arthur. The show was produced by Arthur Sampson.
voice of Jon Arthur. The show was produced by Arthur Sampson.
Lion in the House
Big Jon & Sparkie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Big Jon; Sparkie
[no title indexed]
Sparkie / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Every player on Sparkie's team watched...
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Sparkie
[no title indexed]
Benny the Bug / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Detour
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Benny the Bug
The Texas Kid
Sparkie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Sparkie
- Synopsis
- Sparkie persuades a hobo to pretend to be a rodeo
cowboy.
The Nameless Dwarf
Sparkie and Twinkle / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Sparkie; Twinkle
[no title indexed]
Big Jon & Sparkie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Charlie!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Sparkie; Charlie; Big Jon
Indexer Notes
Two half-page comics
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Big Jon and Sparkie
Sparkie -
1.
Who Am I?
Sparkie -
2.
Lion in the House
Big Jon & Sparkie -
3.
Riddle Bag
Twinkle -
4.
["Every player on Sparkie's team watched..."]
Sparkie -
5.
["Detour"]
Benny the Bug -
6.
The Texas Kid
Sparkie -
7.
The Nameless Dwarf
Sparkie and Twinkle -
8.
The Mail Bag
Sparkie -
9.
No School Today
Sparkie and Twinkle -
10.
["Hi, Charlie!"]
Big Jon & Sparkie -
11.
["This way to the big show"]
Benny the Bug -
12.
No School Today
Big Jon & Sparkie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tanya Schuehle
- Karl Wilcox
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