Sparkler Comics #v3#6 (18)
(January 1943)

United Feature, 1941 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-12-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
Editing
Gerald A. DeMott

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 3.

The Spark Man in Crete (Table of Contents)

The Spark Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
der Captain (inset); Hans (inset); Franz (inset); Nancy (inset); Hap Hopper (inset); Tarzan (inset); Ella Cinders (inset)
Reprints

Republic 'Thunderbolt' P-47 (Table of Contents: 1)

Your War Library / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
aviation

Indexer Notes

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
When the British evacuated the mountainous island of Crete, hundreds of men were...
Genre
war

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Because Mugsy Rock...

Indexer Notes

last appearance

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
By exchanging 'dog tags' with the man who was killed trying to murder him...
Genre
war
Characters
Hap Hopper (Washington correspondent)

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

Nancy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I must go and show off...
Reprints
  • newspaper strips [dates unknown]

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

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

Script
Charlie Plumb
Pencils
Bill Conselman
Inks
Bill Conselman
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It sure is cold!
Reprints
  • newspaper strips [dates unknown]

Stamps on the Solomons (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
After Nell saved the railroad train from a washed-out bridge...
Genre
western-frontier

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Raeburn van Buren (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While Becky is at school, Slats is shipping as a sailor on the 'Agatha Gawkins'.
Genre
drama

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

Captain and the Kids / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
R. Dirks
Pencils
R. Dirks
Inks
R. Dirks
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While racing the Inspector around the world...
Reprints
  • newspaper strips [dates unknown]

Vern Haugland (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; war

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
'Twas right before Christmas...
Genre
humor
Characters
El Bombo; Zoot Suit Joe; Santa Claus; Roger; Mr. Biltybux
Synopsis
To help Santa Claus, El Bombo (with the aid of Mr. Biltybux) brings gifts to children at Christmas.

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

Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With agile ease the powerful Kuleeah bore the unconscious Tarzan through the trees.
Genre
jungle

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Albert Moody (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Spark Man in Crete
    The Spark Man
  2. 1. Republic 'Thunderbolt' P-47
    Your War Library
  3. 2. ["When the British evacuated the mountainous island of Crete, hundreds of men were..."]
    The Spark Man
  4. 3. ["Because Mugsy Rock..."]
    Frankie Doodle
  5. 4. ["By exchanging 'dog tags' with the man who was killed trying to murder him..."]
    Hap Hopper
  6. 5. ["I must go and show off..."]
    Nancy
  7. 6. ["It sure is cold!"]
    Ella Cinders
  8. 7. Stamps on the Solomons
    News Notes About Stamps
  9. 8. ["After Nell saved the railroad train from a washed-out bridge..."]
    Broncho Bill
  10. 9. ["While Becky is at school, Slats is shipping as a sailor on the 'Agatha Gawkins'. "]
    Abbie an' Slats
  11. 10. ["While racing the Inspector around the world..."]
    Captain and the Kids
  12. 11. Vern Haugland
    Sparkler Salutes
  13. 12. ["'Twas right before Christmas..."]
    El Bombo
  14. 13. ["With agile ease the powerful Kuleeah bore the unconscious Tarzan through the trees."]
    Tarzan
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Del Gruber
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • David Wilt
  • Len Wolinsky