Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-02-28
Editing: Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent Sullivan) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 series) #12 Edit Cover
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The Bungle Family; Charlie Chan; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Jibby Jones; Joe Palooka; Rocky Ryan; The Skyman / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; domestic; detective-mystery; superhero; sports; adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll stick by her -- she's a grand lady!
  • Keywords:Statue of Liberty
Characters:
The Face; Dixie Dugan; Skyman; Charlie Chan; Joe Palooka; Rocky Ryan; Jibby Jones; Marvelo; George Bungle

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.

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Mortimer the Monk / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ta-ra!

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The Skyman / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero; adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Skyman, daring phantom rider of the airways...
Characters:
Fawn Carroll

Indexer Notes

Whitney signs on panel five of page ten.

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Mike the Mascot / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look Mike--the kids abandoned their sled...

Indexer Notes

last appearance

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Spy-Chief / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:spy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Amid the horrors the sea of war that rises...
Characters:
Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]

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Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Pencils:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Inks:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:drama; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Knobby has been barred all over the country...
Characters:
Knobby Walsh; Mr. Weidebottom; Duke Dropper
Reprints (0)
  • from Joe Palooka daily (The McNaught Syndiccate)

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Tom Kerry District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A water pistol!
Characters:
Tom Kerry; Jim Trumbull; Bill Slade; Nola Slade

Jibby Jones Meets a Problem
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Jibby Jones / text story / 2 pages

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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Jibby Jones; Chubby Higgins; Beany

Indexer Notes

Text story with two illustrations.

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The Bungle Family / comic story / 1 page

Script:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Pencils:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Inks:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; domestic
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm really proud of you today, George.
Characters:
George Bungle; Jo Bungle
Reprints (0)
  • from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

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

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Charlie Chan / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Niall Parish sees Trevor drown...
Characters:
Kirk Barrow; Richter; Niall Parrish; David Frome; Gina
Reprints (1)

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Kid Stuff / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Albert Chartier (credited as Chartier)
Pencils:
Albert Chartier (credited as Chartier)
Inks:
Albert Chartier (credited as Chartier)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The boy next door has a pony too.

Indexer Notes

Seven unrelated gag panels.

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Dixie Dugan / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
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Letters:
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  • Genre:drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I love your apartment, Mildred!
Characters:
Dixie Dugan; Mildred; Little Robbie McNitt
Reprints (0)
  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

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

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Marvelo / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:At the National Bank where Marvelo goes...
Characters:
Marvelo

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Dixie Dugan / comic story / 1 page

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You're unusually gay tonight, dear...
Characters:
Dixie Dugan; her mother
Reprints (0)
  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

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

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Film Flashes / illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In the movies bricks and rocks...
Characters:

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Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A man approaches them...
Characters:
Rocky Ryan; Doe Ames; Cap Carmer;

Indexer Notes

Whitney signs the first panel of the final page.

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Jibby Jones / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jibby--there's a new girl moved in...
Characters:
Jibby Jones; his mother; his sister

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The Face / comic story / 6 pages

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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The man with the horrible face has made himself famous...
Characters:
Tony Trent [The Face]; unnamed Nazi saboteurs

Indexer Notes

Art previously credited to Ogden Whitney.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["I'll stick by her -- she's a grand lady!"]
    The Bungle Family; Charlie Chan; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Jibby Jones; Joe Palooka; Rocky Ryan; The Skyman
  2. ["Ta-ra!"]
    Mortimer the Monk
  3. ["The Skyman, daring phantom rider of the airways..."]
    The Skyman
  4. ["Look Mike--the kids abandoned their sled..."]
    Mike the Mascot
  5. ["Amid the horrors the sea of war that rises..."]
    Spy-Chief
  6. ["Knobby has been barred all over the country..."]
    Joe Palooka
  7. ["A water pistol!"]
    Tom Kerry District Attorney
  8. Jibby Jones Meets a Problem
    Jibby Jones
  9. ["I'm really proud of you today, George."]
    The Bungle Family
  10. ["Niall Parish sees Trevor drown..."]
    Charlie Chan
  11. ["The boy next door has a pony too."]
    Kid Stuff
  12. ["I love your apartment, Mildred!"]
    Dixie Dugan
  13. ["At the National Bank where Marvelo goes..."]
    Marvelo
  14. ["You're unusually gay tonight, dear..."]
    Dixie Dugan
  15. ["In the movies bricks and rocks..."]
    Film Flashes
  16. ["A man approaches them..."]
    Rocky Ryan
  17. ["Jibby--there's a new girl moved in..."]
    Jibby Jones
  18. ["The man with the horrible face has made himself famous..."]
    The Face
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  • Ramon Schenk
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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