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Issue: Sparkler Comics #12 (60)
Publication Date: October 1946
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Issues: #12 (60) of 120 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagUnited Feature
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: United Feature Syndicate Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 6
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 18 (8 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ernie Bushmiller (signed)
Inker(s): Ernie Bushmiller (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nancy
Character(s): Nancy; Sluggo
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ladies & Mens Rings

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover advertisement for rings from the Harem Co.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nancy
Character(s): Nancy; Sluggo; Marigold; Fritzi Ritz; Marmaduke
First Line: Everybody is going in for window boxes this year!
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Pages: 6
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop
Character(s): Pepsi; Pete
First Line: Th' Chief told us to stick around in case something comes up.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Pepsi-Cola bottle beverage in comic strip form.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner; Moonbeam
First Line: The offices of Available Jones odd-jobs tycoon of Dogpatch...
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): El Bombo
Character(s): El Bombo; Fish-face; Shark-Eye
First Line: Hello, littla boy... You look lone-sim sittin' dere all by yourself.
Synopsis: Bombo befriends a young boy on the beach.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: After 2 issues of the strip's title changing to "El Bombo and Bilty," it is back to just "El Bombo" this time.
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sparkling Stars of the Air
Character(s): Henry Aldrich
First Line: Henry... Henry Aldrich!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text story featuring Henry Aldrich with photograph.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hap Hopper
Character(s): Hap Hopper
First Line: Hap writes the sensational story of smashing the Herringbone political machine.
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Pages: 5
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Stamps

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Advertisements for stamps.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain and the Kids
First Line: It's time der neighbors found oudt ve is back...
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tarzan
Character(s): Tarzan
First Line: An undeclared war is raging between the pirates and the amazons...
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Pages: 6
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Back Home Again

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Ed Dodd
Penciller(s): Ed Dodd
Inker(s): Ed Dodd
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two comic panels with text jokes on right half of page.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Abbie an' Slats
Character(s): Abbie; Slats
First Line: A great scientist has passed away.
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Pages: 8
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Operation SNAFU

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Baker
Penciller(s): George Baker
Inker(s): George Baker
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sad Sack
Character(s): Sad Sack
Synopsis: Sad Sack returns to America to see a "Welcome Soldier" banner in the train station. However, the movie theater and hotel are full (because of all the returning soldiers) and the GI Canteen is closed (because the war is over). Even the park has a "Keep Off the Grass" sign. So Sack ends up sleeping on the train platform, using the "Welcome Soldier" banner as a blanket.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for continuing to donate to the USO, even though the war is over.
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See Nancy Twice Each Month!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nancy
Character(s): Nancy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional page for Sparkler Comics.
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Utility Stores

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Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a Cap Pistol, a Jet propelled speed boat and an Excel 16mm. movie projector.
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Saving the Warden's Daughter!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal
Character(s): "U. S." Royal
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover ad for U. S. Bike Tires told in comic strip form.
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Plastikit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover advertisement for a kit to make objects out of lucite and plastic.

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