Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-04-29
Editing: Vin Sullivan (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 series) #14 Edit Cover
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The Skyman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here's a present from the Skyman!
Characters:
Skyman [Allan Turner]

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Vincent Sullivan is credited as the editor on the 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.

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Mortimer the Monk / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Quit stalling!
Characters:
Mortimer

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

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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:Across the cloud-strewn skyways of America...
Characters:
The Skyman [Allan Turner]; Fawn Carroll

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Sparky Watts / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Boody Rogers (credited)
Pencils:
Boody Rogers (credited)
Inks:
Boody Rogers (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Doctor Static, what is dis gadget...
Characters:
Sparky Watts (introduction); Doc Static (introduction)
Reprints (1)

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Captain Devildog / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:America's first line of defense lies...

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Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A meeting of the N.B.A. has been called...
Characters:
Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Mr. Weidebottom
Reprints (0)
  • 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)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In these days of wars and the rumors of wars...
Characters:
Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]

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Charlie Chan / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:With Charlie apparently drowned in the well...
Characters:
Keeno (villain); Francine; Gina; Molu (servant); Kirk
Reprints (0)
  • from Charlie Chan daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

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Dixie Dugan / comic story / 1 page

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I like him--
Characters:
Dixie Dugan; Ginger
Reprints (0)
  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier features Good Deed Dotty.

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Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Deep in the humid jungles of South America...

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Mike the Mascot / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Fred Schwab (signed as Schwab)
Pencils:
Fred Schwab (signed as Schwab)
Inks:
Fred Schwab (signed as Schwab)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Aw--doggone it!
Characters:
Mike the Mascot

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Marvelo / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:If the Indians who live in those mountains...
Characters:
Marvello; Oswald

The Face Makes a Headline
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Face / text story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero

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The Face / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:If it's fight you're looking for...
Characters:
The Face

Indexer Notes

Blake byline credited to Fox in the Who's Who.

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Oliver Drab / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Ray McGill (signed)
Inks:
Ray McGill (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Chee--a nice rainy night...
Characters:
Oliver Drab; Butch
Editing
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Here's a present from the Skyman!"]
    The Skyman
  2. ["Quit stalling!"]
    Mortimer the Monk
  3. ["Across the cloud-strewn skyways of America..."]
    The Skyman
  4. ["Doctor Static, what is dis gadget..."]
    Sparky Watts
  5. ["America's first line of defense lies..."]
    Captain Devildog
  6. ["A meeting of the N.B.A. has been called..."]
    Joe Palooka
  7. ["In these days of wars and the rumors of wars..."]
    Spy-Chief
  8. ["With Charlie apparently drowned in the well..."]
    Charlie Chan
  9. ["I like him--"]
    Dixie Dugan
  10. ["Deep in the humid jungles of South America..."]
    Rocky Ryan
  11. ["Aw--doggone it!"]
    Mike the Mascot
  12. ["If the Indians who live in those mountains..."]
    Marvelo
  13. The Face Makes a Headline
    Face
  14. ["If it's fight you're looking for..."]
    The Face
  15. ["Chee--a nice rainy night..."]
    Oliver Drab
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