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Issue: Sparkling Stars #18 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1946
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Issues: #18 of 32 Issues
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Publisher: FlagHolyoke
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Holyoke Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 16 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Genres: crime
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Genres: crime, western
First Line: Smashing 'Imperial Inc.'...
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Alma Sheppard

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Genres: humorous
First Line: My money stretches far, by heck...
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Penciller(s): A. W. Nugent?
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Feature(s): Puzzle Page
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How the Movies Began

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Forgotten Genius of the Auto

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Genres: jungle
First Line: This time Jungo makes history--prehistory!
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Henry Armstrong

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Andy Rabbit

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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: Call me fat will you!
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Feature(s): Play Time
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Fights a Vicious Cross-Eyed Bull and Saves the Life of Juan

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Mel Ott

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The Case of the Man With Nine Lives

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Amos Alonzo Stagg

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Operation SNAFU

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Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Sad Sack
Synopsis: Sad Sack returns to America to see a "Welcome Soldier" banner in the train station. However, the movie theater and hotel are full (because of all the returning soldiers) and the GI Canteen is closed (because the war is over). Even the park has a "Keep Off the Grass" sign. So Sack ends up sleeping on the train platform, using the "Welcome Soldier" banner as a blanket.
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Advertisement for continuing to donate to the USO, even though the war is over.

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