Sparkler Comics (1941 2nd Series) 43
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Published Apr 1945 by United Features Syndicate.Auction opens later today
- INCOMPLETE. Multiple pieces missing, interrupts art and story. Brittle. Extensive accumulation of defects.
Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Paul Berdanier, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Drew Pearson, Bob Allen, Milburn Rosser, Rudolph Dirks, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, plus patriotic WWII heroes The Spark Man and Race Riley. In India, The Spark Man meets a beggar king who is also an intelligence agent. Tarzan rides a Bedouin camel across the desert in quest of allies against Dagga Ramba. When Barry Kent takes notorious screen temptress Lola Lotus to an expensive nightclub, Becky and her friends put their plan into action. 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. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

