Sparkling Stars #12

A wonderfully offbeat 1946 anthology offering 64 pages of variety for just a dime, Sparkling Stars #12 from Holyoke delivers detective, animation, sports, and more — including stories like "Ali Baba," "Magic Tricks," "Detective Hunt," and "Hell's Angels." Carmine Infantino's cover sets a playful tone, depicting a grinning soldier in Army greens and a colorful plaid blanket astride a stubborn-looking donkey, with a yellow fighter plane streaking through the blue sky behind him. It's a charmingly comic wartime image that perfectly captures the lighthearted spirit of this eclectic anthology.