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Publication | October 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Featuring | Nancy |
Credits | Pencils: Ernie Bushmiller (signed) | Inks: Ernie Bushmiller (signed) |
Content | Characters: Nancy; Sluggo |
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Advertisement | Ladies & Mens Rings (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover advertisement for rings from the Harem Co. |
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Featuring | Nancy |
Content | Characters: Nancy; Sluggo; Marigold; Fritzi Ritz; Marmaduke |
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Featuring | Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop |
Content | Characters: Pepsi; Pete |
Notes | Advertisement for Pepsi-Cola bottle beverage in comic strip form. |
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Featuring | Li'l Abner |
Content | Characters: Li'l Abner; Moonbeam |
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Synopsis | Bombo befriends a young boy on the beach. |
Featuring | El Bombo |
Credits | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: El Bombo; Fish-face; Shark-Eye |
Notes | After 2 issues of the strip's title changing to "El Bombo and Bilty," it is back to just "El Bombo" this time. |
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Featuring | Sparkling Stars of the Air |
Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Henry Aldrich |
Notes | Text story featuring Henry Aldrich with photograph. |
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Featuring | Hap Hopper |
Content | Characters: Hap Hopper |
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Advertisement | Stamps (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Advertisements for stamps. |
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Featuring | Captain and the Kids |
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Featuring | Tarzan |
Content | Characters: Tarzan |
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Cartoon | Back Home Again (1 page) |
Credits | Script: Ed Dodd | Pencils: Ed Dodd | Inks: Ed Dodd |
Notes | Two comic panels with text jokes on right half of page. |
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Featuring | Abbie an' Slats |
Content | Characters: Abbie; Slats |
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Advertisement | Operation SNAFU (1 page) |
Synopsis | Sad Sack returns to America to see a "Welcome Soldier" banner in the train station. However, the movie theater and hotel are full (because of all the returning soldiers) and the GI Canteen is closed (because the war is over). Even the park has a "Keep Off the Grass" sign. So Sack ends up sleeping on the train platform, using the "Welcome Soldier" banner as a blanket. |
Featuring | Sad Sack |
Credits | Script: George Baker | Pencils: George Baker | Inks: George Baker | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Sad Sack |
Notes | Advertisement for continuing to donate to the USO, even though the war is over. |
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Publisher advertisement | See Nancy Twice Each Month! (1 page) |
Featuring | Nancy |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Nancy |
Notes | Promotional page for Sparkler Comics. |
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Advertisement | Utility Stores (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Advertisement for a Cap Pistol, a Jet propelled speed boat and an Excel 16mm. movie projector. |
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Advertisement | Saving the Warden's Daughter! (1 page) |
Featuring | "U. S." Royal |
Content | Characters: "U. S." Royal |
Notes | Inside back cover ad for U. S. Bike Tires told in comic strip form. |
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Advertisement | Plastikit (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Back cover advertisement for a kit to make objects out of lucite and plastic. |
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