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| Publication | July 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | First appearance. Spark Man's name later becomes just Sparkman. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Spark Man [Sparkman] |
| Notes | First appearance. Spark Man's name later becomes just Sparkman. |
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| Advertisement | Boys! Girls! So Easy to Get Exciting Things Free (1 page) |
| Featuring | Little Orphan Annie; Quaker |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Little Orphan Annie |
| Notes | Inside front cover.
An advertisement from the Quaker Puffed Wheat Sparkies and Quaker Puffed Rice Sparkies cereals for readers to mail in a coupon, plus cereal guarantee seals from the boxes of their products and a certain amount of money, to get Little Orphan Annie merchandise. Items that can be redeemed include the Mysterious Magnifying Ring, Magic-Secret Detecto-Kit, a "Little Wonder" flashlight, a 3-power leatherette focusing telescope, and a genuine Univex Snapshot Camera. |
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| Text Story | Flash! The Spark Man Pays Our Editor a Visit (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Spark Man [Sparkman] |
| Notes | Note from the editor. Framed with a drawing of Sparkman in the editorial office. Also contains indicia. |
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| Text Story | The Spark Man Explains His Power! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Spark Man [Sparkman] |
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| Text Story | Who Is the Spark Man? Can You Guess? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Three different men are suggested as the secret identity of Sparkman. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Spark Man [Sparkman]; Quill Davis; Val Hall; Omar Kavak |
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| Synopsis | Sparkman foils an impostor and takes down Dr. Dryden. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spark Man [Sparkman; Omar Kavak] (introduction); Duval; Dillon; Val Hall; Dr. Dryden; Alice Mason; Lars |
| Notes | Sparkman's secret identity of Omar Kavak would be revealed in issue #10. |
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| Synopsis | Danny and Dilbury try to be chivalrous but their efforts backfire. Danny meets Uncle Pecan who does everything backwards. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Danny Dingle; Dilbury Dingle; Nellie; Uncle Pecan; Ma Dingle; Ogilvie |
| Notes | Copyright year removed on all of the reprinted comic strips. |
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| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
| Notes | Mostly comic strip reprints. |
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| Synopsis | Captain Ku belles Howard has murdered his aunt. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Frankie Doodle; Captain Ku; James; Howard Archis; Mrs. Hanks; Sargent Eely; Detective Fry |
| Notes | Creator signature and copyright year removed on all of the reprinted comic strips. |
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| Text Article | The Anbau Program (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Includes stamp advertisements. |
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| Synopsis | The Captain reunites with Bombo and visits Pygmy Island. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Captain; Mamma; Bombo; Hans; Fritz; Baron Zok; Captain Bloodshot; Princess Boola-Boola |
| Notes | Copyright year removed on all of the reprinted comic strips. |
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| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | The title panel and the last panel on page 1 might be new art or existing art from unknown dates reformatted into a new layout or story context.
Copyright year removed on all of the reprinted comic strips. |
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| Credits | Script:? (ghost) | Pencils:? (ghost) | Inks:? (ghost) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Topper Sunday comic strip to the Ella Cinders feature. Each strip is reprinted at the top of both Cinders pages, taking up about 1/5th (0.20) of the page.
Copyright year removed on all of the reprinted comic strips. |
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| Credits | Script:? (ghost) | Pencils:? (ghost) | Inks:? (ghost) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Copyright year removed on all of the reprinted comic strips. |
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| Comic Story | Imprisoned In an Old Mine (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | The reprint dates are the primary Sunday printing dates, however, some newspapers without Sunday editions (in the United States) or traditionally published "Sunday" comics on Saturday (as in Canada) will publish these comic strips a day earlier.
Copyright year removed on all of the reprinted comic strips. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Copyright year removed on all of the reprinted comic strips. |
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| Advertisement | Fireworks Oh Boy! |
| Featuring | Banner Fireworks |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for fireworks from the Banner Fireworks from Toledo Ohio.
This advertisement shares the same page with the Unbelievable - But True feature, cutting into the feature in its upper left-hand corner. |
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| Comic Story | The British Empire |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | This feature shares the page with two fireworks advertisements cut into the story and a subscription offer to Model Airplane News on the bottom 1/3 of the page. |
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| Advertisement | Fireworks |
| Featuring | Roehrs Fireworks Company |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for fireworks from the Roehrs Fireworks Company of Closter, New Jersey.
This advertisement shares the same page as the Unbelievable - But True feature and cuts into the feature in its lower left-hand corner. |
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| Advertisement | Great 'Get Acquainted' Offer 6 Months for 50¢ |
| Featuring | Model Airplane News |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) |
| Notes | Advertisement for subscription to Model Airplane News, including ordering coupon.
Advertisement shares pages with the Unbelievable - But True feature, at the bottom 1/3 of the page. |
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| Advertisement | This Beautiful Desk for $1.00 (1 page) |
| Featuring | Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover.
An advertisement for the Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter from Remington Rand Inc. of Buffalo, N. Y. A purchase of the typewriter also entitled the buyer the opportunity to purchase a desk for one dollar. |
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| Bud Uses Prize Fighter's Greeting (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A boy asks the ice cream man for a Frozen Chocolate Shake using a two-handed overhead prizefighter greeting. The ice cream man responds with the same greeting which then shows the boy enjoying his ice cream bar. |
| Featuring | Frozen Chocolate Shake |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: unnamed boy; unnamed ice cream man |
| Notes | Back cover.
An advertisement for Frozen Chocolate Shake ice cream bar from the Hollywood Candy Co. of Centralia, Illinois. This advertisement includes a brief two-panel comic strip of a kid asking for the ice cream bar. |
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