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Cover: Ernie Bushmiller

Sparkler Comics #7 (43)

Apr 1945 · United Feature Syndicate · 0.10 USD
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In "Yo Ho Ho for the Pinochle Pirates," the Spark Man is pulled into a mystery in 1945 India when a coded message referencing "My Gal Sal" sends him on a mission through the streets of Apha. With the help of Sinsu, the leader of a network of beggars, he must deliver vital intelligence to Bombay—though the real danger may lie not in the papers themselves, but in who’s watching. Written by Fred Methot and illustrated by Paul Berdanier, with a cover by Ernie Bushmiller, this issue blends wartime intrigue with a touch of whimsy in a 10-cent comic from 1945.

Contains 11 stories
Untitled Humor story
6 pp · Humor
NancySluggoRollo
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Untitled Western-Frontier story
3 pp · Western-Frontier
Broncho BillNellTed ThorneRed Dillon (villain)
Yo Ho Ho for the Pinochle Pirates
5 pp · Humor
The CaptainMamaJohn Silver
Untitled Adventure story
4 pp · Adventure, War
Bo-Bo BranniganRace Riley
Untitled Drama story
4 pp · Drama
Lola LotusChick GumboBarry Kent
Untitled Adventure story
6 pp · Adventure, War
Spark ManSinsu

In the jungles of India during wartime, the Spark Man answers a cryptic signal—“My Gal Sal”—and is drawn into a mission with a hidden streetwise guide. Tasked with delivering vital papers from Sinsu, the leader of Apha’s beggars, to Bombay’s intelligence officers, he must navigate danger and deception in the shadows.

Untitled Humor story
5 pp · Humor
El BomboMr. BiltybuxHives the butler
Warning Unheeded
5 pp · Adventure
Tarzan
Untitled Detective-Mystery story
4 pp · Detective-Mystery
Hap HopperHollyWilli Stuka (villain)
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Ella Cinders

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Full credits

artist, inker Paul Berdanier
cover pencils, inks Ernie Bushmiller

Reprints

Reprinted in The Captain and the Kids #[nn] (1948), Comics on Parade #64 (1949)

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