Sparkler

Sparkler was a weekly comic published by Amalgamated Press, launched on 20 October 1934 as a relaunch of My Favourite. It was merged into Crackers on 5 August 1939.

It featured the work of artists such as Jack Greenall, Ray Bailey and Arthur Martin.

Bailey contributed a strip entitled "The Chimps", reportedly the first strip for a British comic in which the artist was credited, and "Hopeful Horice". Sparkler also reprinted the Canadian comic strip Robin Hood and Company.

Other strips include:
 * "Beric the Briton" (John McCail)
 * "Buster, Linda and Pip" (Roy Wilson)
 * "The Crew of the Ocean Wave" (Percy Cocking)
 * "Far Away From Home" (Vincent S. Daniel)
 * "Freddie Flipp and Uncle Bunkle" (Bertie Brown)
 * "Good Knight Gilbert" (Roy Wilson)
 * "Lieutenant Daring and Jolly Roger" (Roy Wilson)
 * "Muffin and Crumpet" (reprint of "Merry and Bright", from Merry and Bright, by Roy Wilson)
 * "The Mystery of Study 13" (H. M. Brock)
 * "Robin Hood" (Roy Wilson)
 * "Starr of the Silver Screen" (Hilda Boswell)
 * "Strongheart the Magnificent" (G. W. Backhouse)
 * "Swift Shaw" (R. J. McDonald)
 * "Wonderwings" (Stephen Chapman)
 * "Wurzel Farm" (Bert Hill)