Sparkler Comics, #3

Published: January 1946

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Sparkler Comics #3

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Issue Contents:
1 page humor

"Look - Duplicates"

Goodbye Chief!
Story 1 5 pages humor

"Come in und haff a real dinner, Chief. Dot cannibal bitzness iss nix!"

Story 2 5 pages adventure; jungle

"With cool calculation the jungle lord struck the giant gorilla just hard enough..."

Story 3 6 pages drama

"You young whelp! How dare you force your way into my house..."

Characters
  • Jasper Hagstone
Credits
Maj. Henry R. Huber; Capt. George Gallup
Story 4 1 page non-fiction; war
Story 5 5 pages humor

"Whatsa wrong, Mistra Bilty?"

Storyline

Biltybux disguises himself as a woman to avoid a process server. Bombo, also disguised, goes along. They're mistaken for cross-dressing crooks and are nearly arrested. Biltybux accepts the "summons" he's been dodging, only to learn it's just an invitation to a birthday party.

Characters
  • El Bombo
  • Bertram Biltybux
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About Recent Issues
Story 6 2 pages non-fiction
Story Notes

Includes stamp ads.

Story 7 6 pages humor; children

"So a new family moved into dat penthouse, eh?"

Credits
Story 8 0 pages
Credits
  • Script: business manager
Story 9 0 pages humor

"You've always said you liked me..."

Storyline

a 1-panel joke

Credits
Story 10 5 pages superhero

"Some time ago Spark Man had trouble with Zing Loa, fastest man in the world!"

Storyline

The Spark Man must once again battle the nefarious Zing Loa, who has returned to keep his promise to steal the famed Jade Li Lantern, which is worth a cool quarter million dollars.

Characters
  • The Spark Man [Omar Kavak]
  • Jud Gray (Mrs. White's banker, death)
  • Zing Loa (fastest man in the world)
  • Mrs. White (villain)
Story Notes

Inker credit added by Craig Delich.

Story 11 5 pages detective-mystery

"Holly is on the trail of a story."

Story 12 4 pages western-frontier

"While some Rangers remained below..."

Story 13 1 page drama

"One half of fear is caused by what you do know..."

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