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Sparkler Comics, #117

Published: May-June 1954

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Sparkler Comics #117

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Issue Contents:
1 page humor; children
Characters
  • Nancy
  • Sluggo
Story 1 9 pages humor; children

"You kinda like Trixie, don't you?"

Story Notes

Interrupted by an ad page.

Lost Apple (1)
Story 2 2 pages humor; children

"Apples 5¢"

Story Notes

No dialogue.

Story 3 1 page non-fiction

"Ducks swim in circles while asleep..."

Story 4 2 pages humor

"Now sing altogether, girls."

Postal Protection
Story 5 2 pages non-fiction
Story Notes

With stamp ads.

Story 6 10 pages western-frontier

"Night... an isolated crossroads store..."

Characters
  • Casey Ruggles
Reprint Notes

from Casey Ruggles (United Features Syndicate) daily strips from August-September 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 August 30 to October 18, 1952.

Fancy Bottles
Story 7 1 page non-fiction
Story 8 4 pages humor; children

"Sluggo -- I have a present for you -- a watchdog."