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Issue Details

Issue #97
Published January 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Vincent Sullivan
Notes Character appearances from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.

Cover Details

Characters Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn
Notes Character appearances from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.

1 page advertisement

Notes Inside front cover. Ad for Martins-David Co [candid-style camera]. Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.

6 page Sparky Watts story "Crash, Bam, Boom"

Synopsis Sparky - stripped of his powers by radiation - is the last man on earth and the only character in this story; features flying saucers, a-bombs and germ warfare.
Script Boody Rogers (signed)
Pencils Boody Rogers (signed)
Inks Boody Rogers (signed)
Notes Story title, credit, and synopsis from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.

4 page Dixie Dugan story "The Has-Beens of 1949"

Characters Dixie Dugan; Timothy Dugan; Jud Bradley; Designer Dugan; Joe Johnson [columnist]; Devon and Dale [show producers]; Wade Sisters [singers]
Script Renny McEvoy; John Striebel (signed)
Pencils Renny McEvoy; John Striebel (signed)
Inks Renny McEvoy; John Striebel (signed)
Notes May be Sunday reprints or an original story. Most of the information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.

1 page Mickey Finn story "Christmas Shopping"

Characters Uncle Phil; Dugan; Hogan; Lightning Larry [shoplifter]
Script Lank Leonard (signed)
Pencils Lank Leonard (signed)
Inks Lank Leonard (signed)
Notes Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.
Reprinted from the Sunday strips.

1 page Mickey Finn story "Flea Killer"

Characters Uncle Phil; Mickey Finn; Sergeant; Ma Finn; Nockie Noonan [inventor]; Fido [a dog]
Script Lank Leonard (signed)
Pencils Lank Leonard (signed)
Inks Lank Leonard (signed)
Notes Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.
Reprinted from the Sunday strips.

1 page Mickey Finn story "Weight Loss"

Characters Uncle Phil; Mickey Finn; Sergeant
Script Lank Leonard (signed)
Pencils Lank Leonard (signed)
Inks Lank Leonard (signed)
Notes Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.
Reprinted from the Sunday strips.

1 page Mickey Finn story "Bad Medicine"

Characters Uncle Phil; Ma Finn; Flossie; Mickey Finn; Tom
Script Lank Leonard (signed)
Pencils Lank Leonard (signed)
Inks Lank Leonard (signed)
Notes Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.
Reprinted from the Sunday strips

4 page Brass Knuckles story "The Talking Christmas Tree"

Characters Brass Knuckles; Santa Claus; an elf; 2 little boys
Script Marty Marion (signed)
Pencils Marty Marion (signed)
Inks Marty Marion (signed)
Notes Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.

1 page text story "One Exciting Night"

Script Mart Bailey (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.

Half page Statement of Ownership text article

Letters typeset
Notes Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.

6 page Skyman story "Correspondence Course Detective"

Characters Skyman [Allan Turner]; Fawn; Hobert Humphreys [actor]; Silas Haystock [a detective]
Script Ogden Whitney (signed)
Pencils Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks Ogden Whitney (signed)
Notes Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.

6 page Tony Trent story "Foreign Correspondent"

Characters Tony Trent; General Zayushin
Script Mart Bailey (signed)
Pencils Mart Bailey (signed)
Inks Mart Bailey (signed)
Notes Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.

1 page advertisement

Notes Inside back cover. Ad for M P K Company [pen set]. Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.

1 page advertisement

Notes Back cover. Ad for Garden Specialties [flowers]. Information on this sequence from Arthur Lortie on 16 October 2004.