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Issue: Sparkler Comics #8 (8)
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #8 (8) of 120 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagUnited Feature
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: United Feature Syndicate Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S., later standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Spark Man and the River Fiddler!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spark Man; Captain and the Kids
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Pages: 1
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The Case of the River Fiddler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Methot
Penciller(s): Reg Greenwood
Inker(s): Reg Greenwood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spark Man
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? Bernard Dibble [as Dib] (signed)
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble [as Dib] (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble [as Dib] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): El Bombo
Character(s): El Bombo; Killer Kargas; Bugs McShultz; Homicide Harry; Scarface Jake
First Line: You boys better look out!
Synopsis: Bombo befriends animals in the woods and protects them from hunters. Killer and his gang are hiding out in the woods and Bombo captures them to save the woodland creatures.
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Burne Hogarth
Inker(s): Burne Hogarth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Feature(s): Tarzan
First Line: After a peace treaty was signed ...
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ernie Bushmiller
Penciller(s): Ernie Bushmiller
Inker(s): Ernie Bushmiller
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Nancy
First Line: Oh boy! -- Look at the classy car ...
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ben Batsford
Penciller(s): Ben Batsford
Inker(s): Ben Batsford
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Frankie Doodle
First Line: Just as I surmised ...
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Pages: 4
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Stamps Aid Bomb Victims

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News Notes About Stamps
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rudolph Dirks
Penciller(s): Rudolph Dirks
Inker(s): Rudolph Dirks
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Captain and the Kids
First Line: Vell, here ve iss --
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mo Leff ?
Inker(s): Mo Leff ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dynamite Dunn
First Line: That's Senor Mazuma's ranch below, Mr. Jinks ...
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry O'Neill
Penciller(s): Harry O'Neill
Inker(s): Harry O'Neill
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Broncho Bill
First Line: Quick -- that brat'll fetch the sheriff
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Conselman
Penciller(s): Charles Plumb
Inker(s): Charles Plumb
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ella Cinders
First Line: Where are we going?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Reprints of syndicated newspaper strip. Both pages also feature a one- or two-panel Chris Crusty page-topper strip by the same creators.
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A Salute to -- Mrs. Jane Prili!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Sparkler Salutes
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Danny Dingle
Character(s): Danny Dingle; Jeff Jellicoe; Ma [Deborah] Dingle; Peppito; Dilbury Dingle; Gomez
First Line: Hunting gold in Concarnio, the Dingles and Gomez are captured by Zuca Indians.
Synopsis: Gomez, Danny and his father are rescued from certain death at the hands of the Zuca tribe by their guide Peppito.
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Raeburn Van Buren
Inker(s): Raeburn Van Buren
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Abbie an' Slats
First Line: Miss Audrey -- I owe you a apology. I had you figgered for...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank N. Ernest
Penciller(s): Frank N. Ernest
Inker(s): Frank N. Ernest
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Unbelievable -- But True
First Line: Shamrock, Okla., has all Irish names for its...
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Pages: 1

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