Sparkler Comics (1941 2nd Series) 113
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Published Oct 1953 by United Features Syndicate.$25.00
View scan- Centerfold detached. Tearing at staples.
Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Warren Tufts and Ernest G. Osborne. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Casey Ruggles, Captain and the Kids and Nancy. The rough-and-tumble mining town of Growlersburgh is lawless, except for Marshal Casey Ruggles. But that all changes after Preacher Pinkerly rides into town to spread the gospel. King Bongo's young daughter becomes an accomplice to the Kids' pranks, then drives a wedge between Hans and Fritz. The Family Workshop; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Casey Ruggles; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.


