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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Sparkler Comics 43 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Nancy; Sluggo |
| Pencils | Ernie Bushmiller |
| Inks | Ernie Bushmiller |
| Advertisement | Amazing Bargains Ladies' and Men's Rings / Harem Co. Rings (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Illustrated ad for rings from Harem Co. (House of Rings), New York, N.Y. |
| Story | Nancy (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spring fever sequence; Anti-Noise sequence. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Nancy; Sluggo; Rollo |
| Script | Ernie Bushmiller |
| Pencils | Ernie Bushmiller |
| Inks | Ernie Bushmiller |
| First Line | Boy! -- Have I got spring fever! |
| Story | Ella Cinders (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Two boys are fooled into assembling an "April Fool" sign. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Bill Conselman |
| Pencils | Charlie Plumb |
| Inks | Charlie Plumb |
| First Line | Beat it! That grass skirt gives me hay fever! |
| Story | Broncho Bill (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Red Dillon's gang captures Ranger Ted Thorne. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Broncho Bill; Nell; Ted Thorne; Red Dillon (villain) |
| Script | Harry O'Neill |
| Pencils | Harry O'Neill |
| Inks | Harry O'Neill |
| First Line | When Bill and Nell arrived at Ranger Headquarters.. |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
| Comic Story | Yo Ho Ho for the Pinochle Pirates / The Captain and the Kids (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Captain is confined to a wheelchair with gout, but wants to go to John Silver's ship to play pinochle. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | The Captain; Mama; John Silver |
| Script | Rudolph Dirks |
| Pencils | Rudolph Dirks |
| Inks | Rudolph Dirks |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
| Story | Race Riley and the Commandos (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Race Riley contacts the underground in Lyons and assumes the identity of Jean Peroit, complete with a wife. |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | Bo-Bo Brannigan; Race Riley |
| Script | Milburn Rosser |
| Pencils | Milburn Rosser |
| Inks | Milburn Rosser |
| First Line | The Nazis sighted Bo-Bo as he descended in his parachute! |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. The name "Jean Peroit" is re-lettered in the word balloons. The original strips likely used a different name. |
| Story | Abbie an' Slats (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Barry Kent takes Lola Lotus to an expensive night club. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Lola Lotus; Chick Gumbo; Barry Kent |
| Script | Raeburn Van Buren |
| Pencils | Raeburn Van Buren |
| Inks | Raeburn Van Buren |
| First Line | Esther, Becky and Katie decide on a plan to help Barry Kent! |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
| Story | News Notes About Stamps (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | Article about getting started collecting stamps. About 2/3 of each page consists of many small classified style ads about stamps and other products. |
| Story | The Spark Man (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Spark Man, on duty in India, receives a code message telling him to listen for "My Gal Sal". A native takes him to Sinsu, leader of the beggars of Apha, who has important papers for him to take to the intelligence officers in Bombay. |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | Spark Man; Sinsu |
| Script | Fred Methot |
| Pencils | Paul Berdanier |
| Inks | Paul Berdanier |
| First Line | The Spark Man, on detached duty in India, receives a code message... |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. The character is referred to as Spark Man, but is dressed in a standard military dress uniform. Pencils and inks were credited by unknown original indexer to R. Greenwood. Credit line on strip says Paul Berdanier. Berdanier can differentiated from Greenwood by how Berdanier uses darker shading and several more lines drawn around a character to denote fast action movement. |
| Story | Sparkler Salutes (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Stories of war heroes. Lt. Alex Vraciu, ace Naval fighter pilot in the Philippines, and Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Castle, who was killed in action when he stayed at the controls of his crippled B-17 Flying Fortress long enough to let his crew parachute to safety. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; War |
| Characters | Lt. Alex Vraciu; Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Castle |
| Story | El Bombo (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Biltybux slips on a waxed floor and the blow to the head turns him into a miserly penny-pincher. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | El Bombo; Mr. Biltybux; Hives the butler |
| Script | Bernard Dibble (signed) |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble (signed) |
| Letters | Bernard Dibble |
| First Line | Mistra Bilty, I like to tell you a story! |
| Notes | Part one of a continuing story. |
| Comic Story | Warning Unheeded / Tarzan (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tarzan takes a camel from Bedouins to cross the desert in quest of allies against Dagga Ramba. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Tarzan |
| Script | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Pencils | Burne Hogarth (signed) |
| Inks | Burne Hogarth (signed) |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
| Story | Hap Hopper (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | After breaking up a spy ring, Hap is pursued by a little man who wants to talk to him. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Hap Hopper; Holly; Willi Stuka (villain) |
| Pencils | Jack Sparling ? |
| Inks | Jack Sparling ? |
| First Line | Hap and Holly discover Willi Stuka as he plans to make his get-away... |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
| Story | Ella Cinders (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ella goes to a spa for treatment of double vision. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Ella Cinders |
| Script | Bill Conselman |
| Pencils | Charlie Plumb |
| Inks | Charlie Plumb |
| First Line | I see everything double! |
| Advertisement | Amuse and Amaze Friends with the Library of Fun (1 page) |
| Feature | Fun Industries |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated ad for set of 20 booklets of idea for group entertainment, card tricks, etc. for $1.00 from Fun Industries, New York, N.Y. |
| Advertisement | Remove Ugly Blackheads or No Cost / Vacutex Blackhead Remover (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad by Ballco Products. |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Illustrated ad, part in comic form, for Vacutex blackhead remover device. Ballco Products Co., New York, N.Y. |
| Advertisement | 33 Power Telescope Lens Kit / Wonders of Science Simplified (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | Back cover. Illustrated ad for "Wonders of Science Simplified" book for $1.98 plus postage. Premium is a set of optical parts for a telescope. Metro Publications, New York, N.Y. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |

