Sparky Watts (1942) comic books 1942-1944
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Issue #1
Published Nov 1942 by Columbia Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Boody Rogers. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Gardner Fox, Ogden Whitney, Vin Sullivan, Jack Manning, Ray McGill and Mart Bailey. The creation of legendary cartoonist Boody Rogers, Sparky Watts was given superpowers by his pal Doc Static, whose inventions send Sparky on wacky misadventures. Sparky meets the original, brunette Dotty Dash, a US general's daughter who inundates herself with Doc Static's Glamour Ray to win Sparky's attention - and everyone else's. Then Sparky goes to Germany, disguises himself as a Nazi, and punches out Hermann Goering in an attempt to capture Hitler. Skyman tracks a mad scientist who has somehow turned the rain itself into a deadly weapon. Sparky Watts; Guess Who? (Elias Howe); Jibby Jones; Skyman; Echoes of an Era; Kid Komics; The Face: Tannery Towers. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
Published 1942 by Columbia Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories and art by Boody Rogers. The creation of legendary cartoonist Boody Rogers, Sparky Watts was given superpowers by his pal Doc Static, whose inventions send Sparky on wacky misadventures. While flying, Sparky spots Nazi U-boats stalking Allied convoys, and disguises himself as a giant chicken to attack them. Then Sparky is stranded on a desert island with two beautiful women, both of whom want to be his queen. Plus the adventures of Tree-Top Timmons, a Lil Abner-style hillbilly from a Boody-created comic strip. Sparky Watts; Tree-Top Timmons. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
Published 1943 by Columbia Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories and art by Boody Rogers, A. A. Wallgren, and Frank Beck. The creation of legendary cartoonist Boody Rogers, Sparky Watts was given superpowers by his pal Doc Static, whose inventions send Sparky on wacky misadventures. Sparky's marriage to Hedy is complicated by oddball factors, including a lack of wedding clothes and a dead-ringer for Sparky. Then a shrinking ray causes Sparky to disappear, leading Hedy to believe he's dead. Hoosegow Herman is a military strip about a diminutive private, sort of a short-stack Sad Sack. Plus a PSA for US War Stamps (a WWII fundraising drive), featuring FDR's Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau. Sparky Watts; Hoosegow Herman; All in a Lifetime. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published 1944 by Columbia Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Al Zere, Tom DeAngelo, John Devlin and Frank Beck. The creation of legendary cartoonist Boody Rogers, Sparky Watts was given superpowers by his pal Doc Static, whose inventions send Sparky on wacky misadventures. Teen Sparky Watts volunteers to help mad scientist Doc Static with his cosmic-ray experiment, becoming a sort of nerdy Superman, in a reprint of the debut of this legendary Boody Rogers series. Bo the dog tries to figure it out when his family celebrates the Fourth of July. Gangsters betting on fixed baseball games don't like the idea of super-powered Sparky Watts becoming the team pitcher. Sparky Watts; Flossie; Bo; The Hag of the Crag!; Honey Dear. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
