Menu Sparkler Comics #5 GD/VG 3.0 1941
Grade GD/VG 3.0 Year 1941 Publisher United Features Syndicate
Margin pieces torn out (slightly affects panel edge).
This is a low grade item. It will be complete and readable, but will show significant wear. Allowed defects for this grade include: spine roll, a moderate amount of staining or water damage, writing or other marks on the cover, up to one inch spine splits or other tears, a cover or centerfold that is detached at one staple, discoloration due to oxidation, and a minor piece or pieces missing. An item could be assigned this grade due to either an accumulation of minor/moderate defects or one or two major defects.
Description
Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Reg Greenwood, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Ben Batsford, Rudolph Dirks, Vic Forsythe, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, Raeburn Van Buren and Frank N. Ernest. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, plus an original superhero, Spark Man, whose identity was a secret even from the readers. Spark Man learns of a plot to destroy the city's subway system, but no one believes that the lawyer named Grift could be behind it all. While watching the old Archis Mansion, Frankie Doodle sees a mysterious hooded figure burying an object out in the woods. While Danny Dingle and his father are in Concarnio, Ma's old suitor Jellicoe returns, now wealthy and wanting a second chance. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Spark Man: The Case of Subway Sabotage; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Ella Cinders; Tarzan; Abbie an Slats; Broncho Bill; Chris Crusty; Frankie Doodle; Dynamite Dunn; Danny Dingle; El Bombo; Unbelievable - But True. 64 pages, Full Color.
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