Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940
Editing: Vin Sullivan (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 series) #10 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

The Skyman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Ogden Whitney ? (Skyman figure)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney ? (Skyman figure)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; aviation
Characters:
The Skyman; Charlie Chan (tied to conning tower); The Face (inset); Joe Palooka (inset); Charlie Chan (inset)

Issue Data

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

comic story / 1 page

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?
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Indexer Notes

Inside Front-Cover

[The Cosmic Ray Weapon]
(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
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:At the social event of the season...
Characters:
Fawn Carroll; Allan Turner [The Skyman]

Indexer Notes

Whitney signs on the first panel of the final page.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Mike the Mascot / comic story / 2 pages

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

[The Breadloaf Bomber Plans]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Spy-Chief / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; spy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Plans for the Dawson bomber...
Characters:
Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]; Mr. Dawson; Old Jake; MacDonald

The Day Before the Big Fight.
(Table of Contents: 5)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Pencils:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Inks:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Darling, I'm worried.
Characters:
Joe Palooka; Ann Howe; Knobby Walsh; Buddy Peters, the Australian Assassin; Mike Jacobs
Reprints (0)
  • from Joe Palooka daily (The McNaught Syndiccate)

Indexer Notes

strip reprints; Inside Front-Cover

[The Terch Kidnapping Case]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Tom Kerry District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Teach kidnapping case...
Characters:
Tom Kerry; Officer Clancy; Chicago Al; Li Teach

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 1 page

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Zere weel be a prize...
Characters:
Dixie Dugan; her mother
Reprints (0)
  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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

Off-Side / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
Joe Metzer (credited as Jo Metzer)
Pencils:
Joe Metzer (credited as Jo Metzer)
Inks:
Joe Metzer (credited as Jo Metzer)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hoist away Louie - we caught a whopper

Indexer Notes

Three single panel gag cartoons.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

The Bungle Family / comic story / 1 page

Script:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Pencils:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Inks:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gum. One stick. Yes sir.
Characters:
George Bungle
Reprints (0)
  • from The Bungle Family Sunday (The MvNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

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

[The Macaw Mystery, Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 10)

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:Finding Shalet's door open...
Characters:
David Frome; Kirk Barrow; Shallet; Miss Parrish; Mr. Richter
Reprints (0)
  • from Charlie Chan daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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

Film Facts / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Helen Vinson's speciality...
Characters:
James Stewart; Helen Vinson

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

Potts the Butler / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Vin Sullivan (signed)
Pencils:
Vin Sullivan (signed)
Inks:
Vin Sullivan (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:My cold is so bad I can hardly talk.
Characters:
Potts the Butler

Indexer Notes

A previous indexer misread the signature as "Jim Sullivan".

[Land of the Blue Glass Tower]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Returning from the underground Antarctic city of Pola...
Characters:
Doe Ames; Rocky Ryan; Targo; Blusto

Marvelo's Railroad Adventure!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Marvelo / text story / 2 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Marvelo; Zee

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustrations.

While travelling by train, Marvelo's man Zee is reading a copy of "Big Shot Comics".

[The Troglodytes of Matto Grosso]
(Table of Contents: 15)

Marvelo / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:After deep sea fishing...
Characters:
Marvelo; Frank Burt; his father

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 1 page

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mornin'
Characters:
Dixie Dugan; Ma Dugan; Pa Dugan
Reprints (0)
  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier is "Good Deed Dotty", by the same creators.

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

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

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?
Letters:
?

[The Dude Ranch Kidnapping]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Face / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Tony Trent - popular radio commentator...
Characters:
The Face [Tony Trent]; Babs Walsh; Uncle Bill Walsh; Ferret

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 19)

Mortimer the Monk / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Skyman
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. [The Cosmic Ray Weapon]
    The Skyman
  4. [no title indexed]
    Mike the Mascot
  5. [The Breadloaf Bomber Plans]
    Spy-Chief
  6. The Day Before the Big Fight.
    Joe Palooka
  7. [The Terch Kidnapping Case]
    Tom Kerry District Attorney
  8. ["Zere weel be a prize..."]
    Dixie Dugan
  9. ["Hoist away Louie - we caught a whopper"]
    Off-Side
  10. ["Gum. One stick. Yes sir."]
    The Bungle Family
  11. [The Macaw Mystery, Part 2]
    Charlie Chan
  12. ["Helen Vinson's speciality..."]
    Film Facts
  13. ["My cold is so bad I can hardly talk."]
    Potts the Butler
  14. [Land of the Blue Glass Tower]
    Rocky Ryan
  15. Marvelo's Railroad Adventure!
    Marvelo
  16. [The Troglodytes of Matto Grosso]
    Marvelo
  17. ["Mornin'"]
    Dixie Dugan
  18. [no title indexed]
    Facts from Here 'n' There
  19. [The Dude Ranch Kidnapping]
    Face
  20. [no title indexed]
    Mortimer the Monk
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