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| Date | | Number: 7 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Sparkling Stars 7 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1944, page 458, registration number B654517. Issue is bound with just one staple due to wartime restrictions. |
| Cover | Merry Xmas / 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Muhrad (Ali's mule) |
| Pencils | Harry Lazarus |
| Inks | Harry Lazarus |
| Advertisement | Free! Great New Popular Song! / Albert Publications Books (1 page) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations); ? (photographs) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations); ? (photographs) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | woman playing piano; man playing piano |
| First Line | You don't have to know a single note of music. |
| Notes | Inside front cover mail order ad for 'how to' books from Albert Publications, Dept. PS-4, 147 Fourth Avenue, New York 3, New York. |
| Story | Hell's Angels (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Hell's Angels are tasked with building a secret air field in China to send bombers off to target Tokyo Japan. |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Major Hato |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino ? |
| First Line | Headquarters of Military Intelligence Tokio! |
| Notes | The character Lank Strong is not mentioned by name in this story. |
| Comic Story | Human Heads / Unsolved Mysteries (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Three unsolved mysteries: shrunken heads in Ecuador, white Indians in South America and the predictions of Nostradamus. |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | Which the Indians of Equador [sic] have shrunk to... |
| Story | Ali Baba (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ali buys a potion that adds wings to Muhrad, enabling him to fly. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Muhrad (Ali's mule); Doctor Livingston |
| Script | Harry Lazarus (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Lazarus (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Lazarus (signed) |
| First Line | Oh-h! We fly thru the air with the greatest of... |
| Text Article | Contest Winners (4 pages) |
| Pencils | ? (photographs; ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (photographs; ? (illustrations) |
| Colors | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Douglas E. Wright (photograph); Charles Abair (photograph); Irwin Mintz (photograph) |
| First Line | Douglas E. Wright, 14, of 92 Draper Street... |
| Notes | Three winners of a baseball quiz conducted by the publishers. Two of the winners attended each game of the 1944 World Series held at St. Louis, all expenses paid. Chuck Abair chose to attend a professional football game in Boston instead. |
| PSA | Don't Be a Job Hopper (1 page) |
| Genre | Advocacy; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; War |
| Script | Walt Disney (signed) |
| Pencils | Walt Disney (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Disney (signed) |
| Colors | Walt Disney (signed) |
| Letters | Walt Disney (signed) |
| First Line | Our soldiers are sticking to their guns |
| Notes | Page consists of two World War 2 Walt Disney Studio PSA poster illustrations. The second one shows a rattlesnake with the caption "Less Dangerous Than Careless Talk." |
| Story | Magic Tricks for Young and Old (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Presto shows a few tricks you can perform and Stoogie presents a page of brain-teasers. |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Pencils | Harry Lazarus |
| Inks | Harry Lazarus |
| First Line | The way you look is sure... |
| Notes | Answers are given on the last page. |
| Story | Chuck (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Chuck wants to try out Buster's sled before buying it. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Buster |
| First Line | Is your sled still for sale, Buster? |
| Story | Boxie Weaver (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Boxie refuses to take a dive against Pug Hammet. Pug's manager gathers a group of tough boys to battle Boxie's boys using brass knuckles. |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Pug Hammet; Umpty; Ace; policeman; boys of the Boxie Weaver Club; boys of the Pug Hammet Club |
| Pencils | Morris Weiss (signed) |
| Inks | Morris Weiss (signed) |
| First Line | Boxie, meet Pug Hammet, my fighter... |
| Text Story | Pvt. Droop Has Missed the War! (5 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Advocacy; Military |
| Characters | Pvt. Droop |
| Script | Walt Ditzen ? |
| Pencils | Walt Ditzen (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Ditzen (signed) |
| First Line | Pvt. Droop is over in the hospital. |
| Notes | Article details several hazards that have caused injury and death to servicemen who were unthinking or careless with their actions off the battlefield. 18 cartoon-style illustrations over 5 pages. |
| Comic Story | The Man They Couldn't Hang / Unsolved Mysteries (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Three unsolved mysteries: John Lee could not be hanged, a cave wall carving of a mammoth in Arizona and the Death Tree in Dutch Guiana. |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | John Lee |
| First Line | On February 23 1895, John Lee at Exeter, England was... |
| Comic Story | The Castaway (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A confusing story about Hitler or Walter Berger, a Hitler double, escaping to Brazil in 1944. Meanwhile, Subi the Jungle Queen, seeks revenge against Igbat, who betrayed her. Igbat teams up with the Berger/Hitler to use the jungles of Brazil to attempt a comeback and dominate the world. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Walter Berger [as Adolf Hitler]; Heinrich Himmler; Subi (Jungle Queen); Igbat; Warren C. Reilly; Tagu |
| Script | Herman C. Browner ? |
| Pencils | Herman C. Browner (signed) |
| Inks | Herman C. Browner (signed) |
| First Line | On the glassy sea, beneath the tropical sun... |
| Comic Story | Modern Mother Goose Rhymes (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mother Goose rhymes updated to reflect wartime civilian life with rationing, war bonds, black markets, hoarding and price inflation. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Humor; War |
| Script | Berton Braley (signed) |
| First Line | Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard... |
| Notes | Eight rhymes, each with an illustration. |
| Story | Petey and Pop (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Petey gets into a fight with Slugg which results in his dad going after Slugg's dad. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Pop; Petey; Slugg McNulty; McNulty (Slugg's dad); Clancy (policeman); Petey's mother |
| Pencils | Morris Weiss (signed) |
| Inks | Morris Weiss (signed) |
| First Line | Who did it? |
| Notes | Signature on page 4, last panel. |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Mother-In Law Fake / Detective Durrand Draw (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A husband and wife plot a scheme to collect on a $10,000 life insurance policy. |
| Script | Monty Mulford (credited) |
| Genre | Crime; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Martha Peters; Jim Peters [also as mother-in-law]; Jiggers; insurance agent; Mrs. Manners; various policemen |
| Pencils | George Tukel (signed) |
| Inks | George Tukel (signed) |
| First Line | Durrand Draw lectures in a police school |
| Notes | last appearance |
| Comic Story | Eat at Tony's / Little Augie (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Little Augie helps out a man with a billboard |
| Script | Jim Inee |
| Pencils | Jim Inee (signed) |
| Inks | Jim Inee (signed) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | sign holder; cigar smoker |
| Notes | Story told in pantomime. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Four topics: a true case of a wolf attacking a person, did Robert Fulton invent the steamboat?, did Betsy Ross design the American flag? and chamois skin is not made from chamois. |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | James Curren; Robert Fulton; Betsy Ross |
| First Line | Big Bad Wolf is a dangerous animal? |
| Advertisement | Don't be a Left-over / Pickwick Books (1 page) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Characters | woman that can't dance; six dancing couples |
| First Line | Teach yourself to dance only 15 minutes a day |
| Notes | Mail order ad for three how to dance books from Pickwick Company, Dept. 312, 73 West 44th Street, New York 18, New York. |
| Advertisement | New Enlargement 3¢ Stamp / Dean Studios Photo Enlargements |
| Pencils | ? (illustration); ? (photograph) |
| Inks | ? (illustration); ? (photograph) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| First Line | Just to get acquainted we will beautiully enlarge your... |
| Notes | Mail order ad for photo enlargements from Dean Studios, Dept. 1011, 211 West 7th Street, Des Moines, Iowa. |
| Advertisement | New True-Love and Friendship Sterling Silver Ring / Empire Diamond Jewelry |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| First Line | What makes both the ring and the matching earrings... |
| Notes | Mail order ad for a ring and pendant from Empire Diamond Company, Dept. 64-EP, Jefferson, Iowa. |
| Advertisement | Beautiful Simulated Birthstone Ring Given Away / Gold Crown Spot Remover and Cleaner |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| First Line | Smart, new, dainty, Sterling Silver Ring set with... |
| Notes | Recruitment ad for Gold Crown Products, Dept. E-231, Jefferson, Iowa. |
| Advertisement | Boys and Girls! Here's How I Landed a Movie Contract (1 page) |
| Feature | Miss Judith Allen |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations); ? (photograph) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations); ? (photograph) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Characters | Roger Batton; Judith Allen |
| First Line | "Ever since I can remember," says Roger Batton... |
| Notes | Inside back cover mail order ad for Judith Allen's book "How to Get into the Movies" promoted by her student Roger Batton. Available from Miss Judith Allen, Dept. 41, 117 West 48th Street, New York 19, New York. |
| Advertisement | Now Any Auto Repair Job Can be "Duck Soup" for You! / MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Genre | Car |
| First Line | Now you can "polish off" the hardest jobs the easiest way! |
| Notes | Back cover mail order ad for auto and truck repair manuals from MoToR Book Dept., Desk 121A, 572 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York. |
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