Sparky

SPARKY [1965-77] was a D C Thomson entry that fell between the two stools of  BIMBO and  .BEANO, somewhat uneasily aimed at this post-nursery market, with some early stories like DREAMY DAVE and DOZY DORA taking on an almost Alice in Wonderland- styled ambience. SPARKY looked curiously dated in comparison to many contemporary 60s comic-titles, and the choice of artists in this very early period made for a sometimes jarring mixture, but nevertheless much of this comic's output of the early period remains just as memorable as more widely-seen comic shenanigans of the period.

Very early SPARKY was put together by ex-adventure comics writers and editors, who perhaps second-guessed what the street-sussed reader of 1965-68 craved in comics readership.......