Sparkler Comics, #97

Published: January-February 1951

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Sparkler Comics #97

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Issue Contents:
1 page western-frontier

"Look! It's Casey Ruggles!"

Characters
  • Casey Ruggles
  • Nancy
  • Sluggo
Story 1 10 pages humor; children

"Nancy said she's meet me on dis corner at three o'clock."

Credits
Story Notes

Interrupted by an ad page.

Unusual Christmas Tree Ornaments
Story 2 1 page non-fiction
Credits
Ship Models; A Straw in the Wind
Story 3 1 page non-fiction
Where There's a Will There's a Way!
Story 4 5 pages humor

"You hoid me vot I said! Shuffle der snow..."

Story Notes

Interrupted by Stamp Tips pages.

Story 5 2 pages non-fiction; historical

"On November 22, 1800, President John Adams addressed..."

Story Notes

Appears between pages 2 & 3 of the previous story.

Story 6 0 pages
Credits
  • Script: business manager
Story Notes

On the second Stamp Tips page.

Introducing Casey Ruggles and His Adventure with Black Barney.
Story 7 10 pages western-frontier
Characters
  • Casey Ruggles
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Casey Ruggles (United Features Syndicate) daily strips from January-February, 1950.

Story Notes

First appearance in this title. It ran until the end (#120). Reprint dates are from "Warren Tufts Retrospective" (Western Wind, 1980). Some panels from the daily strips were dropped. The complete story ran from January 16 to March 18, 1950.

Story 8 1 page humor; children

"This has cert'n'y been my unlucky day..."