Sparkington J. Northrup was an American orphan adopted and raised by Lord Wellington of Suppleshire, England. After he returned to America on his adopted father’s behest, he became Blue Beetle’s boy sidekick. He wore a simplified version of Beetle’s costume and called himself “Sparky.” This character and the sidekick Spunky may be one and the same, but no comic states this explicitly, and Spunky has a different alter-ego.
Description Sparkington J. Northrup was an American orphan adopted and raised by Lord Wellington of Suppleshire, England. After he returned to America on his adopted father’s behest, he became Blue Beetle’s boy sidekick. He wore a simplified version of Beetle’s costume and called himself “Sparky.” This character and the sidekick Spunky may be one and the same, but no comic states this explicitly, and Spunky has a different alter-ego.
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