Sparkler Comics (1941 2nd Series) 22
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Published Jun 1943 by United Features Syndicate.$125.00
View scan- Cover and four center wraps detached at the staple.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by Bud Plant
Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Reg Greenwood, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Drew Pearson, Bob Allen, Milburn Rosser, Rudolph Dirks, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, Raeburn Van Buren and Frank N. Ernest. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips plus an original hero, The Spark Man, who joined the military to fight in WWII. Investigating a soldier's murder in the desert, The Spark Man is forced into a deadly knife duel called the Wedding of Death. The Question Mark, aka Mike Romero, wins his boxing match with Red Smith - who is really Slats. During the round-the-world race, The Captain and the Kids find themselves in prison in a strange country. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Spark Man; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Ella Cinders; Tarzan; Abbie an Slats; Broncho Bill; Race Riley and the Commandos; Sparkler Salutes; El Bombo; Unbelievable - But True. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.