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Issue: Sparkling Stars #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1944
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Issues: #7 of 32 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHolyoke
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Holyoke Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/01/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 24 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1944, page 458, registration number B654517. Issue is bound with just one staple due to wartime restrictions.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
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Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Merry Xmas

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Muhrad (Ali's mule)
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Free! Great New Popular Song!

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Penciller(s): ? (illustrations); ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations); ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ? (ad agency)
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): woman playing piano; man playing piano
First Line: You don't have to know a single note of music.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover mail order ad for 'how to' books from Albert Publications, Dept. PS-4, 147 Fourth Avenue, New York 3, New York.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Major Hato
First Line: Headquarters of Military Intelligence Tokio!
Synopsis: The Hell's Angels are tasked with building a secret air field in China to send bombers off to target Tokyo Japan.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The character Lank Strong is not mentioned by name in this story.
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Human Heads

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Which the Indians of Equador [sic] have shrunk to...
Synopsis: Three unsolved mysteries: shrunken heads in Ecuador, white Indians in South America and the predictions of Nostradamus.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Muhrad (Ali's mule); Doctor Livingston
First Line: Oh-h! We fly thru the air with the greatest of...
Synopsis: Ali buys a potion that adds wings to Muhrad, enabling him to fly.
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Pages: 8
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Contest Winners

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Inker(s): ? (photographs; ? (illustrations)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: sports
Character(s): Douglas E. Wright (photograph); Charles Abair (photograph); Irwin Mintz (photograph)
First Line: Douglas E. Wright, 14, of 92 Draper Street...
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Three winners of a baseball quiz conducted by the publishers. Two of the winners attended each game of the 1944 World Series held at St. Louis, all expenses paid. Chuck Abair chose to attend a professional football game in Boston instead.
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Don't Be a Job Hopper

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic, opinion, war
First Line: Our soldiers are sticking to their guns
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Disclose Notes: Page consists of two World War 2 Walt Disney Studio PSA poster illustrations. The second one shows a rattlesnake with the caption "Less Dangerous Than Careless Talk."
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[untitled]

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: The way you look is sure...
Synopsis: Presto shows a few tricks you can perform and Stoogie presents a page of brain-teasers.
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Buster
First Line: Is your sled still for sale, Buster?
Synopsis: Chuck wants to try out Buster's sled before buying it.
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[untitled]

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Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Pug Hammet; Umpty; Ace; policeman; boys of the Boxie Weaver Club; boys of the Pug Hammet Club
First Line: Boxie, meet Pug Hammet, my fighter...
Synopsis: Boxie refuses to take a dive against Pug Hammet. Pug's manager gathers a group of tough boys to battle Boxie's boys using brass knuckles.
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Pvt. Droop Has Missed the War!

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Genres: humorous, military, non-fiction, opinion
Character(s): Pvt. Droop
First Line: Pvt. Droop is over in the hospital.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Article details several hazards that have caused injury and death to servicemen who were unthinking or careless with their actions off the battlefield. 18 cartoon-style illustrations over 5 pages.
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The Man They Couldn't Hang

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): John Lee
First Line: On February 23 1895, John Lee at Exeter, England was...
Synopsis: Three unsolved mysteries: John Lee could not be hanged, a cave wall carving of a mammoth in Arizona and the Death Tree in Dutch Guiana.
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The Castaway

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Walter Berger [as Adolf Hitler]; Heinrich Himmler; Subi (Jungle Queen); Igbat; Warren C. Reilly; Tagu
First Line: On the glassy sea, beneath the tropical sun...
Synopsis: A confusing story about Hitler or Walter Berger, a Hitler double, escaping to Brazil in 1944. Meanwhile, Subi the Jungle Queen, seeks revenge against Igbat, who betrayed her. Igbat teams up with the Berger/Hitler to use the jungles of Brazil to attempt a comeback and dominate the world.
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Modern Mother Goose Rhymes

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Genres: humorous, war
First Line: Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard...
Synopsis: Mother Goose rhymes updated to reflect wartime civilian life with rationing, war bonds, black markets, hoarding and price inflation.
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Disclose Notes: Eight rhymes, each with an illustration.
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Pop; Petey; Slugg McNulty; McNulty (Slugg's dad); Clancy (policeman); Petey's mother
First Line: Who did it?
Synopsis: Petey gets into a fight with Slugg which results in his dad going after Slugg's dad.
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Disclose Notes: Signature on page 4, last panel.
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The Case of the Mother-In Law Fake

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Writer(s): Monty Mulford (credited)
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Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Martha Peters; Jim Peters [also as mother-in-law]; Jiggers; insurance agent; Mrs. Manners; various policemen
First Line: Durrand Draw lectures in a police school
Synopsis: A husband and wife plot a scheme to collect on a $10,000 life insurance policy.
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Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Eat at Tony's

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Writer(s): Jim Inee
Penciller(s): Jim Inee (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Inee (signed)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): sign holder; cigar smoker
Synopsis: Little Augie helps out a man with a billboard
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Disclose Notes: Story told in pantomime.
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[untitled]

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): James Curren; Robert Fulton; Betsy Ross
First Line: Big Bad Wolf is a dangerous animal?
Synopsis: Four topics: a true case of a wolf attacking a person, did Robert Fulton invent the steamboat?, did Betsy Ross design the American flag? and chamois skin is not made from chamois.
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Don't be a Left-over

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ? (ad agency)
Subject Matter
Character(s): woman that can't dance; six dancing couples
First Line: Teach yourself to dance only 15 minutes a day
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Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for three how to dance books from Pickwick Company, Dept. 312, 73 West 44th Street, New York 18, New York.
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New Enlargement 3¢ Stamp

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First Line: Just to get acquainted we will beautiully enlarge your...
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Pages: 0.34
Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for photo enlargements from Dean Studios, Dept. 1011, 211 West 7th Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
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New True-Love and Friendship Sterling Silver Ring

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First Line: What makes both the ring and the matching earrings...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for a ring and pendant from Empire Diamond Company, Dept. 64-EP, Jefferson, Iowa.
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Beautiful Simulated Birthstone Ring Given Away

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First Line: Smart, new, dainty, Sterling Silver Ring set with...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Recruitment ad for Gold Crown Products, Dept. E-231, Jefferson, Iowa.
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Boys and Girls! Here's How I Landed a Movie Contract

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ? (ad agency)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Miss Judith Allen
Character(s): Roger Batton; Judith Allen
First Line: "Ever since I can remember," says Roger Batton...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover mail order ad for Judith Allen's book "How to Get into the Movies" promoted by her student Roger Batton. Available from Miss Judith Allen, Dept. 41, 117 West 48th Street, New York 19, New York.
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Now Any Auto Repair Job Can be "Duck Soup" for You!

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Genres: science and technology
First Line: Now you can "polish off" the hardest jobs the easiest way!
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Disclose Notes: Back cover mail order ad for auto and truck repair manuals from MoToR Book Dept., Desk 121A, 572 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York.

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