Sparkler Comics
#v3#9 (21)
(April 1943)
United Feature,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-03-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- United Feature Syndicate Inc.
- Editing
- ?
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. 2.
Copyright 1942.
Copyright 1942.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (credited)
- Pencils
- Burne Hogarth (signed as
HOGARTH) - Inks
- Burne Hogarth (signed as HOGARTH)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Klaas Vanger goads the Blacks into attacking the White settlers. They attack van Boeren's home and carry off his daughter, Matea!
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
[no title indexed]
Nancy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
- Pencils
- Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
- Inks
- Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Sluggo -- come over here...
- Genre
- humor; children
[no title indexed]
The Spark Man / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Fred Methot (credited)
- Pencils
- Reg Greenwood (credited)
- Inks
- Reg Greenwood (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With Lebeau exposed by The Spark Man, Major Dix should be very happy...
- Genre
- superhero
[no title indexed]
El Bombo / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bernard Dibble (credited as Dib)
- Pencils
- Bernard Dibble (credited as Dib)
- Inks
- Bernard Dibble (credited as Dib)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bombo has been engaged by a secret official...
- Genre
- humor
North American Mustang P-51
Your War Library / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation; war
[no title indexed]
Ella Cinders / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Bill Conselman (credited) (signed as Bill Conselman)
- Pencils
- Charlie Plumb (credited) (signed as Charlie Plumb)
- Inks
- Charlie Plumb (credited) (signed as Charlie Plumb)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, so that's it, eh?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
Poem to a Stamp
News Notes about Stamps / text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Includes stamp ads.
[no title indexed]
Hap Hopper / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Drew Pearson (credited); Robert S. Allen (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling (credited as Sparling)
- Inks
- Jack Sparling (credited as Sparling)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Holly comes to see him, Hap's pretty discouraged.
- Genre
- adventure
[no title indexed]
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Rudolph Dirks (credited as R. Dirks)
- Pencils
- Rudolph Dirks (credited as R. Dirks)
- Inks
- Rudolph Dirks (credited as R. Dirks)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Racing the inspector around the world.
- Genre
- humor; adventure; children
[no title indexed]
Race Riley and the Commandos / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Milburn Rosser (credited)
- Pencils
- Milburn Rosser (credited)
- Inks
- Milburn Rosser (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As Race Riley (alias Marc Duval) lands in occupied France...
- Genre
- adventure; war
[no title indexed]
Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Raeburn Van Buren (credited)
- Pencils
- Raeburn Van Buren (credited)
- Inks
- Raeburn Van Buren (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Battle in Brooklyn, N.Y. -- Gunboat Doakes, recently knocked out by 'The Question Mark' (Mike Romero), vs. Red Smith -- who is none other than Slats.
- Genre
- drama; sports; humor
The Rattler's Nest
Broncho Bill / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Harry O'Neill (credited)
- Pencils
- Harry O'Neill (credited)
- Inks
- Harry O'Neill (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Inside their hideout again...
- Genre
- western-frontier
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan -
1.
["Klaas Vanger goads the Blacks into attacking the White settlers. They attack van Boeren's home and carry off his daughter, Matea!"]
Tarzan -
2.
["Oh, Sluggo -- come over here..."]
Nancy -
3.
["With Lebeau exposed by The Spark Man, Major Dix should be very happy..."]
The Spark Man -
4.
["Bombo has been engaged by a secret official..."]
El Bombo -
5.
North American Mustang P-51
Your War Library -
6.
["Well, so that's it, eh?"]
Ella Cinders -
7.
Poem to a Stamp
News Notes about Stamps -
8.
["When Holly comes to see him, Hap's pretty discouraged."]
Hap Hopper -
9.
["Racing the inspector around the world."]
The Captain and the Kids -
10.
Private E. O. Moore
Sparkler Salutes -
11.
["As Race Riley (alias Marc Duval) lands in occupied France..."]
Race Riley and the Commandos -
12.
["Battle in Brooklyn, N.Y. -- Gunboat Doakes, recently knocked out by 'The Question Mark' (Mike Romero), vs. Red Smith -- who is none other than Slats."]
Abbie an' Slats -
13.
The Rattler's Nest
Broncho Bill
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Del Gruber
- Mike Nielsen
- Len Wolinsky
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