Sparkler Comics, #8

Published: June 1946

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Sparkler Comics #8

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Issue Contents:
1 page humor

"Gold!"

Also - The Princess Oo-La-La
Story 1 5 pages humor

"Fetch der donkey boys."

Story 2 1 page humor

"You tell mother YOU broke it..."

Story 3 5 pages adventure; jungle

"The two barbarians were startled by the flickering lights and strange sounds..."

Story 4 7 pages humor

"She's really a burlesque queen!!! 'Toots' of 'Transom and Toots'!!!"

Story 5 5 pages humor

"Mistra Bilty, dis time o'year alwuz give me funna feelin'"

Storyline

Biltybux and Bombo compete to find a girl friend. They both fail and Biltybux says he'll give Bombo a thousand dollars for every woman Bombo dates or who "even hangs around" him. Bombo is brought in to cheer up a group of chorus girls.

Characters
  • El Bombo
  • Mr. Biltybux
  • Miss McGinnis
  • Jake
George Washington at Prayer
Story 6 2 pages non-fiction
Story Notes

The centrefold.

Story 7 6 pages humor; children

"A lot of people answered your ad..."

Story 8 5 pages superhero

"Omar Kavak, alias The Spark Man, is escorting a friend home..."

Story Notes

Spark Man's real name is sometimes spelled Kavik and sometimes Kavak

Story 9 5 pages adventure
Story 10 4 pages western-frontier

"Only the resistance of Seward's horse tied to the speeding wagon..."

Story Notes

last appearance

Camp Fire Girls
Story 11 1 page non-fiction