Sparkler Comics #v6#2 (50)
(December 1945)

United Feature, 1941 Series
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Volume
6
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly except May
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Burne Hogarth [as Hogarth] (signed)
Inks
Burne Hogarth [as Hogarth] (signed)
Colors
?

Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton, Lord Greystoke]

Monster-Men (Table of Contents: 1)

Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
jungle

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

Nancy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

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

Script
William Laas
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hap, with Holly and Celeste, finally reach Tycoon's hunting lodge...
Genre
adventure
Reprints
  • from Hap Hopper dailies (United Feature Syndicate), date not known but between 1940 and 1942.

Herbert Fabian (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Dibble [as DIB]
Inks
Bernard Dibble [as DIB]
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Y'know, Bombo, we're not getting any younger!
Genre
humor
Characters
El Bombo; Mr. Biltybux; Gwladys
Synopsis
Bombo and Biltybux go looking for wives again. Bombo meets Gwladys, whose uncle insists she wed Pipwilliger Piggindiggle. She says she'll instead marry the first man who passes by and this is Bombo. Bombo runs out in the middle of the ceremony to send a telegram to his mother, and Gwladys marries Pipwilliger instead. Bombo tries to interest Mr. Biltybux in marrying a widow with nine children, but he refuses.

Curtain Rising (Table of Contents: 6)

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: 7)

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
Becky has been crowned Miss Atlantis-By-the-Sea by the great artist Jack Avon Dale.
Genre
drama

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

Back Home Again / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Ed Dodd
Pencils
Ed Dodd
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Synopsis
Two 1-panel jokes.

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

The Spark Man / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Methot (credited)
Pencils
Paul Berdanier (signed)
Inks
Paul Berdanier (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Having caught Dagmyer, head of a gambling ring preying on ex-servicemen...
Genre
superhero

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

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

Script
Rudolph Dirks
Pencils
Rudolph Dirks
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

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

Broncho Bill / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
  • from Broncho Bill Sundays (United Feature Syndicate), copyright year obliterated.

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Think we can get a picture of him?
Genre
drama
Reprints
  • from Ella Cinders Sunday (United Feature Syndicate), copyright date obliterated.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Tarzan
  2. 1. Monster-Men
    Tarzan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Nancy
  4. 3. ["Hap, with Holly and Celeste, finally reach Tycoon's hunting lodge..."]
    Hap Hopper
  5. 4. Herbert Fabian
    Sparkler Salutes
  6. 5. ["Y'know, Bombo, we're not getting any younger!"]
    El Bombo
  7. 6. Curtain Rising
    News Notes About Stamps
  8. 7. ["Becky has been crowned Miss Atlantis-By-the-Sea by the great artist Jack Avon Dale."]
    Abbie an' Slats
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Back Home Again
  10. 9. ["Having caught Dagmyer, head of a gambling ring preying on ex-servicemen..."]
    The Spark Man
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    The Captain and the Kids
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Broncho Bill
  13. 12. ["Think we can get a picture of him?"]
    Ella Cinders
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Mike Nielsen
  • David Wilt
  • Len Wolinsky