Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-10-31
Editing: Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent Sullivan) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 series) #20 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
Characters:
Skyman

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.

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Mortimer the Monk / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mm-m!!

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

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The Skyman / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Brilliant scientist, dynamic man of action...
Characters:
Skyman

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Captain Devildog / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When presidential orders were received for United States soldiers...
Characters:
Captain Hank Steele

Captain Devildog's Firing Squad Experience
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Captain Devildog / text story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:war
Characters:
Captain Hank Steele

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Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Pencils:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Inks:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Joe's training to fight Phantom Dill for the title.
Characters:
Joe Palooka
Reprints (0)
  • from Joe Palooka daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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Spy-Chief / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A broken window, a dead man, and a wisp of yarn...
Characters:
The Cloak [Jeff Cardiff]

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Dixie Dugan / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We're going out to get everything for Thanksgiving dinner...
Characters:
Dixie Dugan
Reprints (0)
  • from Dixie Dugan Sundays (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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Charlie Chan / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In an attempt to prevent Charlie from uncovering his guilt...
Characters:
Reprints (0)
  • from Charlie Chan daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Deep in the green jungles of Thailand...
Characters:
Rocky Ryan

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Oliver Drab / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sure - I'll give you all th' information tonight...
Characters:
Oliver Drab

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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:Wake up, Slap Happy...
Characters:
Sparky Watts

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Marvelo / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The night before Christmas...
  • Keywords:Christmas
Characters:
Marvelo the Magician; Santa Claus
Synopsis:
Marvelo rescues a kidnapped child by turning the kidnappers into children and bringing them to meet Santa Claus.

Indexer Notes

last appearance

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Mike the Mascot / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gr-r!!
Characters:
Mike
Synopsis:
Mike fights another dog for a rubber bone.

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The Face / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Mart Bailey (credited)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Face - weird, ugly, fantastic...
Characters:
The Face [Tony Trent]
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Skyman
  2. ["Mm-m!!"]
    Mortimer the Monk
  3. ["Brilliant scientist, dynamic man of action..."]
    The Skyman
  4. ["When presidential orders were received for United States soldiers..."]
    Captain Devildog
  5. Captain Devildog's Firing Squad Experience
    Captain Devildog
  6. ["Joe's training to fight Phantom Dill for the title."]
    Joe Palooka
  7. ["A broken window, a dead man, and a wisp of yarn..."]
    Spy-Chief
  8. ["We're going out to get everything for Thanksgiving dinner..."]
    Dixie Dugan
  9. ["In an attempt to prevent Charlie from uncovering his guilt..."]
    Charlie Chan
  10. ["Deep in the green jungles of Thailand..."]
    Rocky Ryan
  11. ["Sure - I'll give you all th' information tonight..."]
    Oliver Drab
  12. ["Wake up, Slap Happy..."]
    Sparky Watts
  13. ["The night before Christmas..."]
    Marvelo
  14. ["Gr-r!!"]
    Mike the Mascot
  15. ["The Face - weird, ugly, fantastic..."]
    The Face
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