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Item #23082851
Published Apr 1944 by United Features Syndicate.Sparkler Comics (1941 2nd Series) 32 CGC 8.5
Paper: Off white
Label #1102769001
Ended Oct 21 2013 Winning Bid $50 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 an original hero, The Spark Man, who joined the military to fight in WWII. While helping American agent Von Sool escape France, Race Riley encounters the beautiful Allied agent known as The Black Tulip. The Kids terrorize the Captain and Mama with a large inflatable fish. Bombo befriends a monstrous-looking amnesiac, but the neighbors call the cops, and Bombo learns that his new friend really does belong in a monster movie. 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. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: CGC 8.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)