Sparkler Comics
#v2#4
(October 1941)
United Feature,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- United Feature Syndicate Inc.
- Editing
- ?
The Case of Spark Man and the Firefly
Sparkman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spark Man; Mary Boyle; Tarzan; Nancy; Abbie; Slats; Broncho Bill; The Captain; Hanz Katzenjammer; Franz Katzenjammer; Dynamite Dunn; Ella Cinders
The Case of the Firefly
Sparkman / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Fred Methot (credited)
- Pencils
- Reg Greenwood (credited)
- Inks
- Reg Greenwood (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spark Man [Quill Davis]; Val Hall; Omar Kavak; Edwards; Firefly; Mary Boyle; Scabby Sarto; Mr. Boyle
- Synopsis
- The Firefly is burning buildings.
[no title indexed]
El Bombo / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bernard Dibble (signed as Dib)
- Pencils
- Bernard Dibble (signed as Dib)
- Inks
- Bernard Dibble (signed as Dib)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Police question Bombo about the thugs who'd entered his hotel room and tried to rob him--
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- El Bombo; Otto
- Synopsis
- El Bombo falls in love with the image of a woman on a billboard. He also gets a job as a "bouncer" in a nightclub but isn't really clear on the concept.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tarzan and the band of pioneers...
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
[no title indexed]
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When the pygmy soldiers refused to fight, it was decided that King Bombo and the pygmy king should settle the island feud in a winner-take-all boxing match.
- Genre
- humor; adventure; children
- Characters
- King Bombo II; The Captain; King Archibald; Mrs. Katzenjammer; Hanz Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Irving; Joe; Bloodshot
- Synopsis
- The Pygmy King beats King Bombo and takes over his island.
- Reprints
- from The Captain and the Kids 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Danny Dingle / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Danny--we're set!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dilbury Dingle; Danny Dingle; Ma Dingle; Gomez; Don Miguel Cervantes de Campos
- Synopsis
- Dilbury and Danny travel to the Central American country of Concarnio with Gomez on a "gold deal." Dilbury runs afoul of the wealthy don Miguel.
[no title indexed]
Nancy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Sluggo!
- Genre
- humor; children
[no title indexed]
Dynamite Dunn / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dynamite and his friend Tod Jones are fighting the racket of the evil and mysterious "headman" on the island of Utopago where their plane was forced down.
- Genre
- adventure; sports
- Characters
- Dynamite Dunn; Tod Jones; Oboi; Harvey Skweel
- Synopsis
- The headman has Tod prisoner and wants $5000 from Dunn and his promise that Dunn and Todd will leave the island.
A Fugitive From Injustice
Broncho Bill / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harry O'Neill (signed)
- Inks
- Harry O'Neill (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Broncho Bill; Blackie (horse); Gone-Again Jones; Queenie (horse); Scarface Simmons
- Synopsis
- Broncho discovers his friend is wanted for murder.
- Reprints
- from Broncho Bill Sunday 19xx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Each page has an individual title, A Fugitive from Injustice, Scarface, In the Night, Clutching Fingers, War Whoops.
[no title indexed]
Ella Cinders / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bill Conselman (credited)
- Pencils
- Charlie Plumb (credited)
- Inks
- Charlie Plumb (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This animal is the didelphys virginiana of Algonquin origin - it is about two and a half feet long including the prehensile tail!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chris Crusty; Ella Cinders; Blackie Cinders
- Synopsis
- Blackie is shocked to find out what a swan's neck looks like.
[no title indexed]
Sparkler Salutes / text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Kaywin Lehman; Helen Lehman; Jeanne Turner; Lorin Maazel (young conductor)
[no title indexed]
Frankie Doodle / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While Captain Ku returns the old gardener to jail, for fear of poisoning, Frankie watches the old Archis Mansion and follows a mysterious hooded figure through the wood until it stops, to begin digging
- Genre
- adventure; humor; detective-mystery; domestic
- Characters
- Frankie Doodle; Captain Ku
- Synopsis
- Frankie follows a mysterious cloaked figure in the woods bury an object.
[no title indexed]
Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Dickie Gooney, the boy movie star, found that Becky wasn't at the great party he gave at his haunted mansion in hopes of meeting her again, he called it off...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dickie Gooney; Slats [Aubrey Scrapple]; Becky Groggins
- Synopsis
- Dickie tries to spend some time alone with Becky at the haunted mansion.
Louis Daguerre
Unbelievable - But True / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Louis Daguerre
Indexer Notes
Information on Louis Daguerre's discovery of quick photographic development, three towns in Minnesota that combine to spell out the name of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and male nighthawks.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Case of Spark Man and the Firefly
Sparkman -
1.
The Case of the Firefly
Sparkman -
2.
["Police question Bombo about the thugs who'd entered his hotel room and tried to rob him--"]
El Bombo -
3.
["Tarzan and the band of pioneers..."]
Tarzan -
4.
["When the pygmy soldiers refused to fight, it was decided that King Bombo and the pygmy king should settle the island feud in a winner-take-all boxing match."]
The Captain and the Kids -
5.
["Danny--we're set!"]
Danny Dingle -
6.
Russia Honors Artist
News Notes About Stamps -
7.
["Look, Sluggo!"]
Nancy -
8.
["Dynamite and his friend Tod Jones are fighting the racket of the evil and mysterious "headman" on the island of Utopago where their plane was forced down."]
Dynamite Dunn -
9.
A Fugitive From Injustice
Broncho Bill -
10.
["This animal is the didelphys virginiana of Algonquin origin - it is about two and a half feet long including the prehensile tail!"]
Ella Cinders -
11.
[no title indexed]
Sparkler Salutes -
12.
["While Captain Ku returns the old gardener to jail, for fear of poisoning, Frankie watches the old Archis Mansion and follows a mysterious hooded figure through the wood until it stops, to begin digging"]
Frankie Doodle -
13.
["When Dickie Gooney, the boy movie star, found that Becky wasn't at the great party he gave at his haunted mansion in hopes of meeting her again, he called it off..."]
Abbie an' Slats -
14.
Louis Daguerre
Unbelievable - But True -
15.
["Boy! The Bike Keds I am wearing were built for fast starts"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- David Wilt
- Len Wolinsky
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