Issue | #174 |
Published | May-June 1952 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Characters | Nancy; Sluggo |
Genre | humor; sports |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrated ad for men's and women's rings for $1.74 each from Harem Co., New York, N.Y. |
Characters | Nancy; Sluggo; Fritzi Ritz |
Synopsis | Squirt-guns; fishing for money in a grate; the art museum; the carpet sweeper; Sluggo the loafer; bathtub full of dirty dishes; Fritzi returns from vacation; key to the pantry; sharing a fish |
Genre | humor |
Script | Ernie Bushmiller |
Pencils | Ernie Bushmiller |
Inks | Ernie Bushmiller |
Reprinted | from Nancy (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips. |
Synopsis | Topics: Sailing close to the wind; orchestras; blue songs; grass roots; why a man carries a cane; weak sister; ether; handball; flood protection; fish cakes; polecat; commercial art |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text article with illustrated header. |
Characters | Der Captain; Der Inspector; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Mister Funnybone |
Synopsis | Mister Funnybone, a clown, is always looking for a free meal in exchange for his jokes. |
Genre | humor; jungle |
Script | R. Dirks |
Pencils | R. Dirks |
Inks | R. Dirks |
Reprinted | from The Captain and the Kids (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips. |
Synopsis | Facts about the Japanese bird called the "onagadori." |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text article with illustrated header. About two-thirds of each page consists of classified-type ads offering postage stamps for approval. |
Characters | Der Captain; Der Inspector; Mama; Hans; Fritz |
Synopsis | The skull of the missing link; hearing the ocean in a seashell; trading the mule for an auto |
Genre | humor; jungle |
Script | R. Dirks |
Pencils | R. Dirks |
Inks | R. Dirks |
Reprinted | from The Captain and the Kids (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips. |
Characters | Pud |
Synopsis | Pud is playing matador with a calf. |
Genre | children |
Pencils | Ray Thompson (signed Ray T.) |
Inks | Ray Thompson (signed Ray T.) |
Notes | Ad in comic form for Fleer Dubble Bubble chewing gum. Frank H. Fleer Corp., Philadelphia, Pa. |
Characters | Nancy; Sluggo |
Notes | Promo for two-year subscriptions to Sparkle Comics. 12 issues for $1.00. |
Characters | Tarzan |
Synopsis | Tarzan leads the Duru natives in an attack upon Arab slave traders who have captured their village. |
Genre | jungle |
Reprinted | from Tarzan (United Features Syndicate) newspaper strips. |
Characters | Peter of Blois; Louis XII of France; Sir Thomas Gresham |
Synopsis | Topics: Peter of Blois; Hydrophane opal; Victoria Falls; "Let George Do it"; Ferns; Sir Thomas Gresham; San Francisco artesian well after 1906 earthquake. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Elsie Hix |
Pencils | Elsie Hix |
Inks | Elsie Hix |
Reprinted | from Strange as It Seems (United Features Syndicate) newspaper strips. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrated ad for 933 piece fireworks set for $4.25 from Super Fireworks, St. Helens, Ore. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrated ad for 1445 piece fireworks set for $3.95 from Superior Fireworks, Canby, Ore. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for "Bonnie Braids" doll; Mystery fish-bowl; "Ginger" doll; and "Happy the Cowboy" ventriloquist dummy. Available by mail for $2.98 to $3.98 from Novelty Mart, New York, N.Y. |