Sparkler Comics (1941 2nd Series) 72
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Published Oct 1947 by United Features Syndicate.$50.00
View scansCover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Ed Dodd, Rudolph Dirks, J. P. Williams, Arnie Mossler and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. Reformed pirate Captain John checks into the boardinghouse of the Captain and the Kids with his fortune in gold. Bathless learns that his long-lost daughter Sue has a mean right hook, and so does the guy who tries to get fresh with her. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp and the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems. Li'l Abner; Scoopy; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Tarzan; Sparkling Stars of the Air; Dink O'Day; Strange as It Seems; Abbie an Slats. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.


