Sparkler Comics, #2

Published: December 1945

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Sparkler Comics #2

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Issue Contents:
1 page
Characters
  • Tarzan [John Clayton, Lord Greystoke]
Credits
Monster-Men
Story 1 5 pages adventure; jungle

"At Martius' bidding, some of the Kolosans drank the magic water."

Story 2 6 pages humor; children

"Oh, Sluggo -- I'm taking singing lessons from Professor Glubb!"

Credits
Story 3 5 pages adventure

"Hap, with Holly and Celeste, finally reach Tycoon's hunting lodge..."

Reprint Notes

from Hap Hopper dailies (United Feature Syndicate), date not known but between 1940 and 1942.

Herbert Fabian
Story 4 1 page non-fiction
Story 5 5 pages humor

"Y'know, Bombo, we're not getting any younger!"

Storyline

Bombo and Biltybux go looking for wives again. Bombo meets Gwladys, whose uncle insists she wed Pipwilliger Piggindiggle. She says she'll instead marry the first man who passes by and this is Bombo. Bombo runs out in the middle of the ceremony to send a telegram to his mother, and Gwladys marries Pipwilliger instead. Bombo tries to interest Mr. Biltybux in marrying a widow with nine children, but he refuses.

Characters
  • El Bombo
  • Mr. Biltybux
  • Gwladys
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Her Hero; The Hurry-up Job
Story 6 1 page humor
Storyline

Two 1-panel jokes.

Credits
Curtain Rising
Story 7 2 pages non-fiction
Story Notes

With stamp ads.

Story 8 6 pages drama

"Becky has been crowned Miss Atlantis-By-the-Sea by the great artist Jack Avon Dale."

Credits
Story 9 5 pages superhero

"Having caught Dagmyer, head of a gambling ring preying on ex-servicemen..."

Well Well, if It Isn't the Missing Link!
Story 10 5 pages humor

"Oh look! A fresh shower! A dip before lunch."

Story 11 4 pages western-frontier

"Confronted by a queer, moving skeleton atop the high mesa..."

Reprint Notes

from Broncho Bill Sundays (United Feature Syndicate), copyright year obliterated.

Story 12 1 page drama

"Think we can get a picture of him?"

Reprint Notes

from Ella Cinders Sunday (United Feature Syndicate), copyright date obliterated.