Due to a distributor shipping error, some product will not be available with the New Releases on November 26th. We expect the delayed items to be available with next week's New Releases on Tuesday, December 3rd.

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Sparkling Stars (1944) comic books

  • Issue #4
    Sparkling Stars (1944) 4
    • Staples added (not manufacturing).
    • 7" Cumulative spine split with severe splitting to interior wraps. Centerfold detached. Staples added (not manufacturing). Staple rust. Slight mold.

    Cover art by Carmine Infantino and Milt Cohen. Hell's Angels story, art by Carmine Infantino and Milt Cohen (as Carmilt). Ali Baba story, script and art by Harry Lazarus. Death Comes Early, script and art by Herman C. Browner. Magic Tricks for Young and Old activity pages by Harry Lazarus. Underground Leader Outwits Nazi Captain text story. Fierce Air Fights, art by Jack Alderman. Speed Spaulding story, art by George Ukel. F.B.I. Finds Danger in Horseplay--Case for the FBI, script by Montgomery Mulford, art by Jack Alderman. Petey and Pop story, script and art by Morris Weiss (as Swis). Boxie Weaver story, art by Morris Weiss (as Ink Higgins). 68 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Sparkling Stars (1944) 5
    • 1" Cumulative spine split. Staples added (not manufacturing).
    • 2.5" Spine split from bottom. Chew.

    Cover by Morris Weiss. Stories and art by Morris Weiss, Harry Lazarus, George Tukel, Edith Wieselthier and Jack Alderman. A Golden Age anthology featuring something for everyone: comedy, crime, jungle adventure, and even magic lessons. Former Flying Tigers Gil, Clem and Lank become the "Hell's Angels" and battle spymaster XZ, who threatens democracy from his castle in Death Valley. A non-fiction strip about the FBI includes actual archival photos from past FBI cases. Professor Presto shows his rabbit Stoogie (and the reader) how to perform magic tricks. Hell's Angels: The Stubborn Scotsman; Unsolved Mysteries; Case for the FBI; Private Plopp; Magic Tricks for Young and Old; Riley and the Sergeant; Peanut Movies: Stew Bad; Ali Baba; Studies of Grunting Fish Help Our Fighting Subs; Speed Spaulding; Narrow Escape; Cartoon News; Boxie Weaver. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #18
    Sparkling Stars (1944) 18
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4429181021

    Cover by Morris Weiss. Stories and art by Morris Weiss, Harry Lazarus, Robert Peterson, Robert S. Pious, Bob Sanders and Sol Brodsky. A Golden Age anthology featuring something for everyone: comedy, crime, jungle adventure, and even magic lessons. Jungo and Gloria encounter a strange Central American land where dinosaurs still roam the jungle. A comics history of early cinema reveals how Eadweard Muybridge pioneered the craft to settle a bet as to whether a running horse's feet leave the ground at the same time. George Baker's Sad Sack returns from the war only to find he's forgotten, in a PSA for the USO and returning WWII soldiers. Hell's Angels; Jungo; Unusual Sports Stars; Puzzle Page; How the Movies Began; Forgotten Genius of the Auto; Detective Click Hunt: The Case of the Man With Nine Lives; Fight Facts; Ali Baba; Andy Rabbit; Play Time; Speed Spaulding Fights a Vicious Cross-Eyed Bull and Saves the Life of Juan; Boxie Weaver. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.