Sparkler Comics, #114
Published: November-December 1953
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Characters
- Nancy
- Sluggo
Musical Whirling Angel Chimes
Story Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrated ad for musical chimes that are an "authentic replica of original 'Swedish Singing Angels' centerpiece." Cost is $1.98 plus postage from Illinois Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Ill.
"Ain't ya goin' to the football game?"
Characters
- Nancy
- Sluggo
Reprint Notes
from Nancy (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips.
Storyline
A golfer carefully lines up a putt. And misses.
Story Notes
Pantomime story.
Get a real Candid Camera for only 50¢
Story Notes
Illustrated ad for Jewel Sixteen camera available for 50 cents and one front box panel from Smith Brothers Wild Cherry Cough Drops.
"Look---My dog can play dead!"
Characters
- Nancy
- Sluggo
- Fritzi Ritz
Reprint Notes
from Nancy (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips.
Fun with Toothpicks
Storyline
Fun with toothpicks; Pull toys for toddlers; Home-grown dramatics
Story Notes
Text article with illustrated header. Article for parents describing activities they can do with their children.
Kings, Kids, and Crocodiles-Wow!
Storyline
A stranger, who has taken over Squee-Jee Island, has tied up the Captain and the Inspector and threatens to cut off their beards unless Mama gets the king's crown off of a crocodile's head.
Characters
- Der Captain
- Der Inspector
- Mama
- Hans
- Fritz
Reprint Notes
from The Captain and the Kids (United Features Syndicate) newspaper strips?
Story Notes
Part of a continuing story.
Are You a Cartoonist?
Storyline
Hans and Fritz capture a rabbit in a box, but the rabbit uses the box as a weapon against a lion.
Characters
- Hans
- Fritz
Story Notes
Hans and Fritz are drawn without faces in all but the last panel and readers are invited to drawn in their faces to complete the strip.
Voodoo-Land
Storyline
Facts about Haiti and the practice of Voodoo there.
Story Notes
About half of the two pages is devoted to small classified-style ads offering stamps on approval or other items.
"I can't think of a single thing to write in my diary."
Characters
- Nancy
- Sluggo
- Fritzi Ritz
- Jerry
Reprint Notes
from Nancy (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips.
"Preacher Pinkerly tries to build a church alone, but falls sick..."
Storyline
When Preacher Pinkerly falls ill, gold is found on the ground under his partially-constructed church and it is reduced to rubble by men who file a claim on the land.
Characters
- Casey Ruggles
Reprint Notes
from Casey Ruggles (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from August 1952.
Story Notes
Reprint dates are from "Warren Tufts Retrospective" (Western Wind, 1980). Some panels from the daily strips were dropped. The complete story ran from July 7 to August 29, 1952.
The new way to enjoy sports, movies, plays, television
Story Notes
Illustrated ad for Spektoscopes, binoculars that are worn like eyeglasses. Imported from Germany. Cost is $1.98 from International Binocular Co., New York, N.Y.
Look at these 4 wonder bargains!
Story Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrated ad for electric movie projector; "Happy, the Cowboy" ventriloquist dummy; sewing machine; (each for $2.98); and life-like "Sandy" doll for $3.98 from Novelty Mart, New York, N.Y.
Baby Ruth would be marked Grade A
Story Notes
Back cover. Illustrated ad for Baby Ruth candy bars from Curtiss Candies.