Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-11-29
Editing: Vin Sullivan (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 series) #9 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Face; Skyman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You did a great job "Face" in rounding up those crooks!
Characters:
Face [Tony Trent]; Skyman [Allan Turner]; Joe Palooka (inset); Marvelo (inset); Rocky Ryan (inset)

Indexer Notes

A previous indexer credited the artwork to Ogden Whitney, but this looks more like Creig Flessel's work.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Happy New Year / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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?
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Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

[Hanner's Tunnel Terror]
(Table of Contents: 2)

The Skyman / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Wing roars high...
Characters:
The Skyman [Allan Turner]; Fawn Carroll; Hanners (villain)

Indexer Notes

Whitney signs on the fourth panel of the final page.

[The Stock Market Plunge]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:drama; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Joe - Will you give me your autograph...
Characters:
Knobby Walsh; Mr. Howe; Ann Howe
Reprints (0)
  • from Joe Palooka daily (The McNaught Syndiccate)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Mike the Mascot / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
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Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

[The Blue Tie Diamond Robberies]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Tom Kerry District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:drama; crime
Characters:
Tom Kerry; Travis

[The Z-9 Sabotage]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Spy-Chief / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Americas (sic) expand their navy...
Characters:
Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]; Nagda Norris

[The Skating Lesson]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Jibby Jones / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Jibby Jones; his mother; Elsie Lee

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

The Bungle Family / comic story / 1 page

Script:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Pencils:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Inks:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Reprints (0)
  • from The Bungle Family Sunday (The MvNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier is a strip entitled "Testimonials", by the same creator.

pantomime; wordless story

[The Macaw Mystery, Part 1]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Charlie Chan / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Alfred Andriola (credited)
Pencils:
Alfred Andriola (credited)
Inks:
Alfred Andriola (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Having rescued David Frome...
Characters:
Kirk Barrow; David Frome; Miss Parrish; Mr. Richter
Reprints (0)
  • from Charlie Chan daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[Peril in Pola]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sailing southward with Doe Ames and her father...
Characters:
Rocky Ryan; Doe Ames; Professor Ames (Doe's father, introduction)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
Pencils:
John Striebel (credited as J. H. Striebel) (signed as J. H. Striebel)
Inks:
John Striebel (credited as J. H. Striebel) (signed as J. H. Striebel)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm dying to find a different place to eat, Mickey.
Characters:
Dixie Dugan; Mickey; Gracie
Reprints (0)
  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Kid Stuff / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Albert Chartier (credited)
Pencils:
Albert Chartier (credited)
Inks:
Albert Chartier (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mommy, Billy's out again!

Indexer Notes

Seven unrelated gag panels.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Film Flashes / illustration / 1 page

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Letters:
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  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When Dick Powell came to Hollywood...
Characters:
Dick Powell; Joan Blondell; Mickey Rooney

[The Hidden Treasure of the Haunted House]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Marvelo / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Marvelo? I must have your help at once!
Characters:
Marvelo; Kate

The Face's Hi-Jacking Episode
(Table of Contents: 15)

The Face / text story / 2 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Face [Tony Trent]; Dutch; Zack; Bill

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations.

[The Tony Trent Impersonator]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Face / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Face [Tony Trent]; Babs Walsh; Muscles Macquire

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Oddities from Here 'n' There / comic story / 1 page

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?
Letters:
?

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Let's Play Games / activity / 1 page

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Letters:
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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Start from the cow and try to lead it to the barn...

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed]
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Skyman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["You did a great job "Face" in rounding up those crooks!"]
    Face; Skyman
  2. [no title indexed]
    Happy New Year
  3. [Hanner's Tunnel Terror]
    The Skyman
  4. [The Stock Market Plunge]
    Joe Palooka
  5. [no title indexed]
    Mike the Mascot
  6. [The Blue Tie Diamond Robberies]
    Tom Kerry District Attorney
  7. [The Z-9 Sabotage]
    Spy-Chief
  8. [The Skating Lesson]
    Jibby Jones
  9. [no title indexed]
    The Bungle Family
  10. [The Macaw Mystery, Part 1]
    Charlie Chan
  11. [Peril in Pola]
    Rocky Ryan
  12. ["I'm dying to find a different place to eat, Mickey."]
    Dixie Dugan
  13. ["Mommy, Billy's out again!"]
    Kid Stuff
  14. ["When Dick Powell came to Hollywood..."]
    Film Flashes
  15. [The Hidden Treasure of the Haunted House]
    Marvelo
  16. The Face's Hi-Jacking Episode
    The Face
  17. [The Tony Trent Impersonator]
    Face
  18. [no title indexed]
    Oddities from Here 'n' There
  19. ["Start from the cow and try to lead it to the barn..."]
    Let's Play Games
  20. ["The Skyman America's national hero!"]
    Skyman
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