Sparkler Comics #v4#8 (32)
(April 1944)

United Feature, 1941 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly except May
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Comic consists of United Features newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format. Dates from the original strips have been removed. Original material consists of Race Riley? and Spark Man.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain and the Kids / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Merrily They Row Along (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain and the Kids / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ruldolf Dirks
Pencils
Rudolf Dirks
Inks
Ruldolf Dirks
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints

Flaming Swords (Table of Contents: 2)

Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernie Hogarth
Inks
Bernie Hogarth
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; jungle

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints

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

Broncho Bill / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry O'Neill
Inks
Harry O'Neill
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quickly to rid Bonanza of law-lessness...
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Newspaper strip reprints.

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

Race Riley / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Milburn Rosser
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Race and the American agent Col. Van Sool have...
Genre
adventure

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

Nancy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nancy did you have a nightmare?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints

The Pony Express (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Spark Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Methot
Pencils
Paul Berdanier
Inks
Paul Berdanier
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Official Berlin is shaken with the terror...
Genre
superhero

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's the new camouflage material...
Genre
drama; humor

Indexer Notes

Newspaper strip reprint.

A Salute to First Lieut. David C. Waybur and Second Lieut. Charles E. Kelly (Table of Contents: 9)

Sparkler Salutes / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Has a funny feeling!
Genre
humor
Characters
El Bombo; Mr. Fitzdippy; Ramon De Berrys
Synopsis
Lonely Bombo befriends a monstrous-looking man with amnesia. The man frightens Bombo's neighbours and the police respond, striking the monster on the head. The "monster" recovers his memory: he's famous actor Ramon, in costume for a horror movie.

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

Hap Hopper / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dean Pearson; Robert S. Allen
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Benny discovers a fountain pen...
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprint.

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

Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Before Martin Margrave died, he made...
Genre
drama

Indexer Notes

Newspaper strip reprints.

Save paper (Table of Contents: 13)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Sequential panel art.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain and the Kids
  2. 1. Merrily They Row Along
    Captain and the Kids
  3. 2. Flaming Swords
    Tarzan
  4. 3. ["Quickly to rid Bonanza of law-lessness..."]
    Broncho Bill
  5. 4. ["Race and the American agent Col. Van Sool have..."]
    Race Riley
  6. 5. ["Nancy did you have a nightmare?"]
    Nancy
  7. 6. The Pony Express
    News Notes About Stamps
  8. 7. ["Official Berlin is shaken with the terror..."]
    Spark Man
  9. 8. ["It's the new camouflage material..."]
    Ella Cinders
  10. 9. A Salute to First Lieut. David C. Waybur and Second Lieut. Charles E. Kelly
    Sparkler Salutes
  11. 10. ["Has a funny feeling!"]
    El Bombo
  12. 11. ["Benny discovers a fountain pen..."]
    Hap Hopper
  13. 12. ["Before Martin Margrave died, he made..."]
    Abbie an' Slats
  14. 13. Save paper
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
  • David Wilt
  • Len Wolinsky