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- ↑ The Sparky Book 1968. London: D. C. Thomson & Co Ltd. 1967. p. 50.
- ↑ "Sparky's Golden Jubilee". Comics UK. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ↑ "The Sparky File, 1965 - 1977". The glorious 12-year Reichs-Pudding. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
