Sparkler Comics comic books issue 100
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Issue #100
Published Aug 1951 by United Features Syndicate.$6.70
Cover by Warren Tufts. Stories and art by Alex Toth, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Leonard Sansone, Warren Tufts and Ernest G. Osborne. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Casey Ruggles, Captain and the Kids and Nancy. Carried off by an eagle as a baby, Aquila is now "half man, half eagle." He finds himself locked in combat with Casey Ruggles, the first human he's met who's not afraid of him. The art assistant on this story was a young Alex Toth. Hans and Fritz wash up on a deserted island and meet their monkey counterparts. The Family Workshop; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Casey Ruggles; Willie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
