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Sparkler Comics comic books issue 2

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    Sparkler Comics (1941 2nd Series) 2
    Sparkler Comics (1941 2nd Series) #2
    Published Aug 1941 by United Features Syndicate.

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    Cover by Reg Greenwood. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Reg Greenwood, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Ben Batsford, Rudolph Dirks, Vic Forsythe, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, plus an original superhero, Spark Man, whose identity was a secret even from the readers. Reporter Quill Davis investigates the strange new disease that comes from eating drugged food...but is Davis also the superhero Spark Man? Visiting movie star Dickey Gooney takes one look at beautiful Becky and decides to stay in Crabtree Corners. Danny Dingle meets Nellie's wacky Uncle Pecan, who does everything backwards. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Spark Man; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Ella Cinders; Tarzan; Abbie an Slats; Broncho Bill; Chris Crusty; Frankie Doodle; Dynamite Dunn; Danny Dingle. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Sparkler Comics (1940 United 1st Series) 2
    Sparkler Comics (1940 United 1st Series) #2
    Published 1940 by United Features Syndicate.

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    Cover by Ben Batsford. Stories and art by Ben Batsford and others. United's anthology series focused its early issues on adventure and melodrama, popular topics for early comic strips. This issue features the classic adventure strip Frankie Doodle by Ben Batsford. Tragedy turns Frankie into an orphan and the heir to a fortune, making him the target of his crooked lawyer, Mr. Shady. Officer O'Toole checks out Eddie's Pool Room, following up on Frankie's tip about the Phantom Burglar. Meanwhile, Mr. Shady tracks down Frankie. But he escapes Mrs. Krule, tyrannical head of the orphanage, thanks to help from his pal, homeless kid Mickey. Final issue of the first series; continues, in a slightly different format, as Sparkler Comics (1941 2nd Series) #1. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.