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Spark Publications

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Status
  
defunct (1946)

Fiction genres
  
superhero

Country of origin
  
United States of America

Publication types
  
Comic books

Founded
  
1944

Fiction genre
  
Superhero

Imprints
  
Fact & Fiction Publications

Headquarters location
  
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Headquarters
  
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Key people
  
Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin

Spark Publications was a short-lived comic book publisher in the mid-1940s, during the Golden Age of Comic Books. The company was established and owned by Ken Crossen, who was the creator and writer of the Green Lama. Most of their comics was produced by a studio run by Jerry Robinson and Mort Meskin. Other creators who worked for Spark included Joseph Greene and Mac Raboy. The combination of Robinson, Meskin, and Raboy, using similar styles, gave Spark's books a sort of house style.

Contents

During their short existence Spark put out fifteen issues of three titles: two issues of Atoman, eight of The Green Lama (a series they picked up from Crestwood Publications), and five of Golden Lad.

Solely a publisher of superhero comics, the company was too small to survive the shrinking of the market post-World War II.

Characters

  • Atoman
  • Golden Girl
  • Golden Lad
  • Green Lama (first published by Crestwood/Prize Comics and in pulp magazines)
  • Lieutenant Hercules
  • Shaman & Flame
  • Swift Arrow
  • Titles published

  • Atoman Comics (2 issues, 1946)
  • Golden Lad (5 issues, 1945/46)
  • Green Lama (8 issues, 1944–46)
  • References

    Spark Publications Wikipedia