Sparkler Comics #v3#7 (19)
(February 1943)

United Feature, 1941 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1943-01-15
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. 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Race Riley / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Introducing Race Riley!
Genre
adventure
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Race Riley / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Milburn Rosser (credited)
Pencils
Milburn Rosser (credited)
Inks
Milburn Rosser (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mind you, lads -- fetch von Krieger back here by 2:40 sharp!
Genre
adventure

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

Nancy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fritzi, Nancy, and Sluggo are headed South for a vacation.
Genre
humor

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

Bill Board - Tip Top Booster / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Raeburn Van Buren (credited)
Pencils
Raeburn Van Buren (credited)
Inks
Raeburn Van Buren (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
To please shis mother, whose dream is that he become a great artist
Genre
drama
Characters
Becky Groggins; Mike Romero; Bobcat Jones

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

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

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
Forty fathoms deep, but the race goes on!
Genre
humor

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

Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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
Taezan and Linda were captured from the 'Half-Men' by a band of Amazons.
Genre
adventure; jungle

Honduras Airmails (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes stamp ads.

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I never believe what sailors tell me!
Genre
humor

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

The Spark Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Methot (credited)
Pencils
Reg Greenwood (credited)
Inks
Reg Greenwood (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's the signal right enough!
Genre
adventure; war

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A Salute to - Vern Haugland.
Genre
non-fiction; biography; war

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

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

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
Seeking some spare spending money...
Genre
humor

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
La Vichy, thinking Hap dead, has gotten to Col. Bullion...
Genre
adventure

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

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

Script
Harry Osborn (credited)
Pencils
Harry Osborn (credited)
Inks
Harry Osborn (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ben, a would-be plunderer of Stark's gold, was amazed to find the body...
Genre
western-frontier
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Introducing Race Riley!"]
    Race Riley
  2. 1. ["Mind you, lads -- fetch von Krieger back here by 2:40 sharp!"]
    Race Riley
  3. 2. ["Fritzi, Nancy, and Sluggo are headed South for a vacation."]
    Nancy
  4. 3. ["Who is that chump about to jump?"]
    Bill Board - Tip Top Booster
  5. 4. ["To please shis mother, whose dream is that he become a great artist"]
    Abbie an' Slats
  6. 5. ["Forty fathoms deep, but the race goes on!"]
    Captain and the Kids
  7. 6. ["Taezan and Linda were captured from the 'Half-Men' by a band of Amazons."]
    Tarzan
  8. 7. Honduras Airmails
    News Notes about Stamps
  9. 8. ["I never believe what sailors tell me!"]
    Ella Cinders
  10. 9. ["That's the signal right enough!"]
    The Spark Man
  11. 10. ["A Salute to - Vern Haugland."]
    Sparkler Salutes
  12. 11. ["Seeking some spare spending money..."]
    El Bombo
  13. 12. ["La Vichy, thinking Hap dead, has gotten to Col. Bullion..."]
    Hap Hopper
  14. 13. ["Ben, a would-be plunderer of Stark's gold, was amazed to find the body..."]
    Broncho Bill
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Del Gruber
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Len Wolinsky