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| Notes | Non-PD Nancy & Li'l Abner deleted. Also, no ifc or ibc; page 35-6(last Dink O'Day and a text pg) is torn out; and the back page is missing a coupon. An internet find. There is more information about this book at the bottom of the page | |||
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| Name | Sparkle Comics 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Per the indicia, this issue was 'Distributed by the American News Company, Inc. 121 Varick Street, New York 13, N.Y. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Nancy; Sluggo Smith; Poochie; unnamed dog catcher |
| Pencils | Ernie Bushmiller (signed) |
| Inks | Ernie Bushmiller (signed) |
| Advertisement | All-Over Rain-Cover (1 page) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| First Line | Amazing all-over rain-cover bargain |
| Notes | Surplus Sales of Joliet, IL offers, for $1 plus postage, C.O.D., a 52-inch-square plastic tarp with transparent top, 'made for gas warfare protection,' citing all sorts of domestic and recreational civilian uses. |
| Story | Nancy (9 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Nancy; Sluggo Smith; Fritzi Ritz; Pussycat; Goo Goo the Mind Reader |
| Script | Ernie Bushmiller |
| Pencils | Ernie Bushmiller |
| Inks | Ernie Bushmiller |
| Letters | Ernie Bushmiller |
| First Line | So that's your ex-girl friend, eh? She's not so hot! |
| Comic Story | From Perfume Salesman to Pugilist! / Ella Cinders (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | At Ella's behest, unemployed Waite takes a job as a perfume salesman, but coming home from his first day smelling like the product earns him catcalls as he passes a neighborhood gym. So, Waite clocks the offender, named Rocky, only to learn his now-bruised bully is the sparing partner of a big-time boxer. Rocky's humiliation gets him fired, and when Waite stands in for the job, he KOs the Champ, too! This seemingly puts Waite in line for a $50,000 prize fight, but he's more concerned with having so quickly just put two other men out of work. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Ella Cinders; Waite Lifter; Mr. Bolex (a perfume store owner); Champ (a boxer); Rocky (Champ's sparing partner); Kay Owen (Champ's 'occasional heart-throb') |
| Script | Charlie Plumb |
| Pencils | Fred Fox (signed) |
| Text Article | Leaves as Hobbies / The Family Workshop (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Ernest G. Osborne |
| First Line | It's a lot of fun to read comics. |
| Notes | This article promotes active play to complement comic book reading, such as collecting and scrapbooking leaves, installing coat hooks, and making use of old tin cans. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| Genre | Humor; Sports |
| First Line | Three brand new magazines now on sale! |
| Notes | This ad promotes one-shot publications The Captain and the Kids Special Fall Issue, United Presents Curly Kayoe Special Fall Issue, and Fritzi Ritz Comics Special Fall Issue, with reproductions of the respective covers. |
| Advertisement | Kellogg's Krumbles |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Hey kids! Start collecting this swell set of 24 dog pictures! |
| Notes | This ad for the Battle Creek, MI, cereal company promotes the dog pictures found in boxes of Kellogg's Krumbles — 'A picture in every package!' — and offers an album in which to save the pictures, to be had by mailing in 10¢ and one box top. |
| Text Article | News and Notes / Stamp Tips (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | Cuba has honored Maj. Gen. Ignacio Agramonte, one of the foremost heroes of the Ten Years War against Spain, on an 8c airmail stamp. |
| Notes | The column about stamp news runs down the inner third of two opposing pages, and is surrounded on the outer two-thirds of either side by a host of classified ads selling stamps and stamp collecting paraphernalia. |
| Comic Story | Life on a Yacht! (They Can Have It) / The Captain and the Kids (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Typical Katzenjammer hilarity aboard a steamer ship, with a supposed doctor arriving from a makeshift raft to help try and keep the Captain's temper in check for the sale of his health. |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Children |
| Characters | Hans; Fritz; The Captain; The Inspector; Mama: Dr. J. W. Quack (introduction); unnamed ship's captain; unnamed ships' cook |
| Script | Rudolph Dirks |
| Pencils | Rudolph Dirks |
| Inks | Rudolph Dirks |
| Letters | Rudolph Dirks |
| First Line | Today Claptain's birtday! Slick up velly fine fo' bleakfast, tee tee! |
| Notes | The ship's cook in this story is portrayed for laughs as a Chinese stereotype. |
| Story | Dink O'Day (5 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Sports |
| Characters | Dink O'Day; Banger; Gu Gu |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble |
| First Line | Is Gu Gu the only South American in the big leagues, Banger? |
| Story | Strange as It Seems |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Ernest Hix |
| Pencils | Ernest Hix |
| Inks | Ernest Hix |
| Letters | Ernest Hix |
| First Line | 'Oom' Paul Kruger, president of the Boer Republic, choked a panther to death with his bare hands and personally killed 200 lions! |
| Notes | This feature is an illustrated panel featuring a variety of incredible facts. |
| Advertisement | Five Star Music |
| Pencils | ? (clip art) |
| Inks | ? (clip art) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Boys! Build this real electric motor for only 25¢ |
| Notes | A column of classified ads includes: * Boys! Build this real electric motor for only 25¢, Gary W. Moore, Inc. of Walthem, MA, * Song poems wanted, Five Star Music Masters of Boston, * American & National League ball club emblems, Travelers International Club of Cleveland, * 3 in 1 air pistol, Johnson Smith & Co. of Detroit, * Vacutex blackhead remover, Ballco Products Co. of NewYork City, * How to make money with simple cartoons, Cartoonists' Exchange of Pleasant Hill, OH. |
| Story | Li'l Abner (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | When 16-year-old Belle Scragg arrives home from 'refawm school' she sets her sights on marrying Li'l Abner, but fails Mammy's tests of manhood. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Li'l Abner Yokum; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; The Scraggs; Sech Langwidge; Belle Scragg |
| Script | Al Capp |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| Letters | Al Capp |
| First Line | We is all becomin' nervous wretches a-worryin' 'bout th' Scraggs. |
| Comic Story | Mammy Does a Good Turn! / Li'l Abner (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | When an old peer who struck it rich prepares to marry up an even higher rung on the ladder, Mammy travels to the city to remind the cohort of her humble Dogpatch roots. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Mammy Yokum; Available Jones; Th' Dowager Missus Dawgbert Decomposingham (neé Miss Moosemouth McGoon); Vice Admiral Gropingham |
| Script | Al Capp |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| Letters | Al Capp |
| First Line | Thar's yo' penny, Available!! Read me thet Noo Yawk sassiety col-yum. |
| Story | Back Home Again (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Four 1-panel jokes. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Advertisement | 16mm Movie Projector (1 page) |
| Pencils | ?; ? (photograph) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Amazing 16mm home movie projector bargain! |
| Notes | Mail Mart Inc. of New York City offers the projector at the 'smash value' of $6.98. |
| Bobby Shelby Gets a Job / Shelby Bicycles (1 page) | |
| Synopsis | In this comic strip-style ad, Bobby Shelby gets a newspaper delivery job to help save for college, and finds the work a breeze thanks to his Shelby bicycle with the exclusive ShockEase front tire fork that 'absorbs bumps and jolts.' |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Characters | Bobby Shelby; Mr. Shelby; Mr. Jones (head of circulation at the Daily Gazette) |
| Pencils | Lee Elias (signed) |
| Inks | Lee Elias (signed) |
| First Line | Bobby wants to go to college in a few years and has decided to start saving money to help pay his way |
| Notes | This ad includes a coupon to send away the Shelby, Ohio, company for a free copy of, "How to Be An Expert Bike Rider." |
| Advertisement | American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Prizes given. |
| Notes | This ad displays the many prizes — including a Dick Tracy Camera and a Daisy Red Ryder 1,000-shot carbine air rifle ('a real he-man's gun') — that can be earned from the Lancaster, PA, company by selling 40 Christmas card packs. |
| 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 | |
