Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-03-28
Editing: Vin Sullivan (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 series) #13 Edit Cover
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Captain Devildog / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:war
Characters:
Captain Devildog; The Skyman [Allen Turner] (full figure inset); The Face [Tony Trent] (inset); Joe Palooka (inset)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Sullivan credited in the indicia on inside front cover.

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.

Big Shot Comics Introduces...(next issue)
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Sparky Watts / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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The Skyman / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
? [as Paul Dean] (signed)
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Skyman [Allen Turner]; Fawn Carroll; U.S. Army Major; Commander Innes; submarine commander (villain); submarine crew members (villains, one dies)
Synopsis:
Skyman saves Fawn and an army major from being blown up in their launch by a torpedo. He is told that mysterious submarines have been preying on the U.S. Merchant Marine the past two months, and no ship is sunk; they just disappear in mid-ocean.
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Indexer Notes

Vin Sullivan sometimes used the penname "Paul Dean."

Masthead also reads "America's National Hero!"

The Fusileer is a weapon of Skyman's that uses a combination of cosmic, cathode and polar rays.

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Captain Devildog of the U.S. Marines / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
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  • Genre:war
Characters:
Captain Devildog [Captain Hank Steele] (a Marine, introduction); Kelly (mechanic); un-named Colonel; Chester Powell (inventor); Pari (villain, girl bandit); jungle natives (villains)
Synopsis:
The colonel and Captain Devildog are informed that inventor Powell has been captured by a notorious girl bandit who seeks the man's special two-way radio. Through Powell's invention, Steele communicates as the wooden god Deli to convince the natives and Pari to release the inventor.

Indexer Notes

Art and lettering credits from Craig Delich.

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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:Oh hum!! Time to get up!!
Characters:
Mike the Mascot; Cosmo the Trained Rabbit (death)
Synopsis:
Mike wakes up one morning feeling strange, then notices a flower, sniffs it, and suddenly gets Spring fever.

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

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Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:drama; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Knobby believes Weidebottom......
Characters:
Joe Palooka [also as Mike Bean]; Knobby Walsh (Joe's manager); Weidebottom; un-named Sports Editor in Kansas City; Panther Scott (boxer); Donahue; Duke Dropper (boxer); Johnny (villain, promoter); Synder (villain, a promoter)
Synopsis:
Knobby believes that Weidebottom accepted money from a gambler to have Joe lose to Duke Dropper in an exhibition fight. When Joe's promoter attempts to get a rematch, Duke refuses. So Knobby comes up with a sure-fire scheme to get that match.
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  • from Joe Palooka daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

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Spy-Chief / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (signed)
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  • Genre:spy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Against the insidious and stealthy inroads........
Characters:
Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]; Rex (Jeff's dog, introduction); Lars (Jeff's friend); foreign spies (villains)
Synopsis:
Jeff and his friend see Jeff's dog in action. Jeff believes that Rex can be effectively used to trail spies. Lars has created a new type of rifle and believes that spies are after it. However, once the spies succeed in taking the rifle, Jeff uses Rex to trail them and round them up.

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Craig Delich.

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Jibby Jones / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey - Jibby - come over in th' lot......
Characters:
Jibby Jones; Jane Jones (Jibby's sister); Mr. Jones (Jibby and Jane's father); Mrs. Jones (Jibby and Jane's mother); Butch; Stinky
Synopsis:
Butch reminds Jibby that the big baseball game against the Indians is today, but when Butch fails to show up to play, Jibby decides to put Jane in the outfield for the Indians.

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Craig Delich; the art matches Flessel's style.

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Charlie Chan / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Kirk, Gina and Charlie.......
Characters:
Kirk Barrow; Gina Lane; J. C. Kornweller (movie producer); Berzelius Keno (villain); Keno's men [Tommy; other un-named] (villains, crooks); local natives [Molu; others un-named] (villains)
Synopsis:
Charlie, Kirk and Gina are on their way to Kornweller's cabin by airplane but are not aware that several crooks are at the controls.
Reprints (0)
  • from Charlie Chan daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich. The Who's Who indicates that Andriola drew this feature from 1940-49 for Columbia.

Continued next issue.

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Short Stories / comic story / 0.1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You, Gladiola, are a lonely little widow...
Characters:
Gladiola; Rudolph Hotshots
Synopsis:
Rudy gets married and thinks that he is the boss in the house.
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Indexer Notes

The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page.

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The Bungle Family / comic story / 0.9 page

Script:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Pencils:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Inks:
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Rain!...Have to buy an umbrella.
Characters:
George Bungle; Mrs. Jo Bungle
Synopsis:
Mr. Bungle is carrying home a huge armload of packages when rain starts, so he buys an umbrella at a store. But when he gets ready to leave the rain has stopped, so he leaves the umbrella closed with disastrous results.
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  • from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

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

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Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:On the trail of the white whale........
Characters:
Rocky Ryan; Doe Ames; island natives [Hekai; Korula (native Chief); Malu (native Chief's son); rest un-named]; Doc
Synopsis:
After quelling a mutiny, Rocky continues his quest for the white whale that spawns near the bed of valuable pearls. Landing ashore, he seeks natives to act as pearl divers, but all refuse until they see Rocky himself dive.

Indexer Notes

Script from Craig Delich.

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"Good Deed" Dotty / comic story / 0.1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh......That poor doggy...
Characters:
Dotty; a dog
Synopsis:
Seeing a dog with a bandaged leg trying to kick at his fleas, Dotty gets a back scratcher and helps the dog out.
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  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier of the "Dixie Dugan" Sunday page.

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Dixie Dugan / comic story / 0.9 page

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I can't understand Imogene...
Characters:
Dixie Dugan (career girl); Mickie (Dixie's friend); Imogene (Dixie's niece)
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  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

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

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"Good Deed" Dotty / comic story / 0.1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll fix him...
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Dotty; classroom teacher; boy prankster
Synopsis:
Dotty has a rather unique way of dealing with a boy prankster in class who likes to trip kids walking down the aisle.
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  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier to the "Dixie Dugan" Sunday page.

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Dixie Dugan / comic story / 0.9 page

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yes - Imogene might get into lots of mischief...
Characters:
Dixie Dugan (career girl); Mickie (Dixie's friend); Imogene (Dixie's niece)
Synopsis:
Imogene and her playmate interrupt Dixie's bridge game, and their apologies are not really heartfelt.
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, Monarch of Magicians / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:If anyone can do it, Marvello can!
  • Keywords:Cape Breton Island
Characters:
Marvelo; Zee (Marvello's assistant); Dr. Crenby (Geologist); Reilly (villain); Leberts (villain)
Synopsis:
Marvelo is approached by two men who relate to him a story from 1783 in which a French frigate carrying gold to the New World foundered on the rocks. They know the exact location of the ship but desire Marvelo's assistance in order to help them recover the gold.

The Rocking Chair Riddle
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Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians / text story / 2 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (spot illustrations)
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Fred Guardineer (spot illustrations)
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typeset
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters:
Marvelo; Zee; Mr. Jenkins (Marvelo's friend at museum); thief (villain)
Synopsis:
Marvelo receives a frantic call from Mr. Jenkins at the Natural History Museum who reports a rather unusual crime: the theft of a rocking chair from the Colonial American exhibit. Jenkins is puzzled because the chair is practically worthless and asks for Marvelo's help catching the culprit and uncovering the reason for the theft.

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The Face / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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The Face [Tony Trent] (radio commentator); Jinny Gildernest; Dr. Franck (villain, society doctor, sandstone collector); Franck's henchmen (villains)
Synopsis:
The Face swipes the Sandstone Buddha from a pair of crooks, then seeks out a Dr. Franck to learn more about the object. Thinking that there is more to the doctor's explanation, Tony decides to examine the object himself and makes a startling discovery.
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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:Sliding down a banister...
Characters:
Mortimer (a monkey); Mortimer's owner
Synopsis:
Mortimer accidently breaks a valuable vase while sliding down a banister and repairs it with startling results from its owner.

Indexer Notes

Script and art credits by Craig Delich. The Who's Who indicates that Schwab was the writer-artist on this feature at this time.

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The Skyman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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advertisement / 1 page

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    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Captain Devildog
  2. Big Shot Comics Introduces...(next issue)
    Sparky Watts
  3. ["Heroic figure of the airways of America......"]
    The Skyman
  4. ["Captain Hank Steele, known to his fellow Marines......"]
    Captain Devildog of the U.S. Marines
  5. ["Oh hum!! Time to get up!!"]
    Mike the Mascot
  6. ["Knobby believes Weidebottom......"]
    Joe Palooka
  7. ["Against the insidious and stealthy inroads........"]
    Spy-Chief
  8. ["Hey - Jibby - come over in th' lot......"]
    Jibby Jones
  9. ["Kirk, Gina and Charlie......."]
    Charlie Chan
  10. ["You, Gladiola, are a lonely little widow..."]
    Short Stories
  11. ["Rain!...Have to buy an umbrella."]
    The Bungle Family
  12. ["On the trail of the white whale........"]
    Rocky Ryan
  13. ["Oh......That poor doggy..."]
    "Good Deed" Dotty
  14. ["I can't understand Imogene..."]
    Dixie Dugan
  15. ["I'll fix him..."]
    "Good Deed" Dotty
  16. ["Yes - Imogene might get into lots of mischief..."]
    Dixie Dugan
  17. ["If anyone can do it, Marvello can!"]
    Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians
  18. The Rocking Chair Riddle
    Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians
  19. ["The Face is the mysterious....."]
    The Face
  20. ["Sliding down a banister..."]
    Mortimer the Monk
  21. ["Tell me, readers: would you like to....."]
    The Skyman
  22. [no title indexed]
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