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Sparkle Comics#1
Cover: Ernie Bushmiller & Ernie Bushmiller

Sparkle Comics #1

Oct 1948 · United Feature Syndicate · 0.10 USD
“From Perfume Salesman to Pugilist!”

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.

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Full credits

artist Fred Fox
cover pencils Ernie Bushmiller
cover inks Ernie Bushmiller

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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.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).