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Sparkling Stars #5
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | October 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Featuring | Boxie Weaver |
| Credits | Pencils: Morris Weiss | Inks: Morris Weiss |
| Comic Story | The Stubborn Scotsman (11 pages) |
| Featuring | Hell's Angels |
| Credits | Pencils: Carmine Infantino? |
| Filler | Unsolved Mysteries (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Fact |
| Comic Story | "In previous issues, we told of ..." (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Case for the FBI |
| Notes | First 3 pages are sequential panel art and the last 4 pages are black and white photographs. |
| Comic Story | "You look like a general..." (1 page) |
| Featuring | Private Plopp |
| Credits | Pencils: Morris Weiss | Inks: Morris Weiss |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "How do you feel there, Professor, how...." (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Magic Tricks for Young and Old |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry Lazarus (signed) | Inks: Harry Lazarus (signed) |
| Comic Story | "Riley I'm tied up tonight..." (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Riley and the Sergeant |
| Credits | Pencils: Morris Weiss [as Wes Sirrom] | Inks: Morris Weiss [as Wes Sirrom] |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Filler | Stew Bad (1 page) |
| Featuring | Peanut Movies |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | In the style of Ed Wheelan's Minute Movies |
| Comic Story | "So I tell you my dear, without any fear..." (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Ali Baba |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry Lazarus (signed) | Inks: Harry Lazarus (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Text Article | Studies of Grunting Fish Help Our Fighting Subs (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fact |
| Comic Story | "More than anything else..." (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Speed Spaulding |
| Credits | Pencils: George Tukel (signed) | Inks: George Tukel (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Comic Story | "Cheer up, Jones-Ploop is..." (1 page) |
| Featuring | Private Plopp |
| Credits | Pencils: Morris Weiss [ as MSW] (signed) | Inks: Morris Weiss [as MSW] (signed) |
| Comic Story | Narrow Escape (7 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Edith Wieselthier (signed) | Pencils: Jack Alderman (signed) | Inks: Jack Alderman (signed) |
| Comic Story | "Hand Salute!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Private Plopp |
| Credits | Pencils: Morris Weiss [ as MSW] (signed) | Inks: Morris Weiss [as MSW] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Filler | Cartoon News (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "For the heavyweight championship of the world...." (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Boxie Weaver |
| Credits | Pencils: Morris Weiss [as Ink Higgins] | Inks: Morris Weiss [as Ink Higgins] |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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