The Parade of Comics Activity Book was produced by Saalfield in USA in 1968. The activity book features a variety of comic book characters, shown in comic strip style scenes, which requires children to place a color sticker in a designated spot, with the remainder of the image required to be colored in with crayons.

The Saalfield Publishing Company was founded by Arthur Saalfield in 1900. They produced a large number of children’s activity books under a variety of brands.

The Parade of Comics Activity Book contains 12 black and white pages measuring 21.2cm x 29.2cm. The covers were published in 3 varying colors, with slight word amendments also seen.

Blue Cover

This version contains a blue front and back cover with the product code of 3737 found in the top right hand side, plus the word ‘Saalfield’ in the top left hand side of the front cover. The heading on this version reads ‘Parade of Comics – A Paste Without Paste Book’.

Yellow Cover

This version contains a yellow front and back cover with the product code of 4337 found in the top right hand side, plus the word ‘Artcraft’ in the top left hand side of the front cover. The heading on this version reads ‘Parade of Comics – Push Out And Paste Without Paste’.

Red Cover

This version contains a red front and back cover with the product code of 4349 found in the top right hand side, plus the word ‘Artcraft’ in the top left hand side of the front cover. The heading on this version reads ‘Parade of Comics – Parade of Comics – Push Out And Paste Without Paste’.

All of the Parade of Comics Activity Books also come with 4 sheets containing 45 comic book characters in color, with gum located on the back which require moistening, before being placed within the allocated sections within the activity book. These 4 sheets are found within the activity book, 2 pages just inside the front cover and 2 pages inside the back cover.

Seen on all front covers is the wording ‘by members of THE NEWSPAPER COMICS COUNCIL, INC.’. This is due to the large array of comics book characters found within the activity book, a number of copyright companies are found, including King Features Syndicate, Washington Star Syndicate Inc, NEA Inc, News Syndicate Co. Inc, Hall Syndicate, Chicago Tribute, United Features Syndicate, McNaught Syndicate Inc and many more

The comic book characters featured include Prince Valiant, Dick Tracy, Brenda Starr, Alley, B.C, Li’l. Abner, Winthrop, The Small Society, Rick O’Shay, Off the Record, Mr. Berger, Little Orphan Annie, Steve Canyon, The Better Half, Moon Mullins, Terry and the Pirates, Muggs & Skeeter, Tiger by Bud Blake, Mickey Finn, Mr. Mum, Dolly, Ticker Toons, Snuffy Smith, Henry, Kerry Drake, Gasoline Alley, Smitty, Priscilla’s Pop, Moose, Strictly Business, Ponytail, Family Circus, Still Life, Dondi, Eek & Meek, Mary Worth, Mr. Abernathy, Hi & Lois, Robin Malone, Mrs. Fritz, Mutt & Jeff, Rip Kirby, The Little Woman and Beetle Bailey.

The Phantom is also found in the Parade of Comics Activity Book, both on the front cover and within. On page 10, we see an image of the Phantom, an image illustrated by Sy Barry. Below we see the page prior to the sticker being placed into the activity book, plus the sticker attached on the right.

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