Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941
Editing: Vin Sullivan (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 series) #21 Edit Cover
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Raja the Arabian Knight / cover / 1 page

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Raja the Arabian Knight / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Zee and I are returning to Brahama...
Characters:
Raja (introduction); Marvelo (last appearance)

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The Skyman / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Paul Dean (credited)
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Paul Dean (credited)
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Paul Dean (credited)
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  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Out of the stratosphere...
Characters:
The Skyman; the Black Lama (introduction; death); Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Winston Churchill

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Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Joe's dog is suspicious of Sluggy...
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  • from newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

Inside Front-Cover

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Dixie Dugan / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You must always think of others...
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  • from newspaper strips.

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Spy-Chief / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In the dark hours of the American War for Independence...
Characters:
The Cloak [Jeff Cardiff, formerly Spy-Chief]; the Cloak I (introduction); George Washington

Jibby Jones Meets Leo
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Jibby Jones / text story / 1.8 pages

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  • Genre:humor

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statement of ownership / 0.2 page

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Ann L. Horgan (business manager) (credited)
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typeset

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Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The trail of the cult of the juggernaut...

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Charlie Chan / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Danton has killed Conway...
  • Keywords:Conway Carnival
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  • from newspaper strips.

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Oliver Drab / comic story / 2 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sergeant--give me the file on Private Drab!

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last appearance

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Sparky Watts / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hedy! My stars, child!

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Captain Devildog / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Captain Hank Steele, famed throughout the land...

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The Face / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Mart Bailey (credited)
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Mart Bailey (credited)
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Mart Bailey (credited)
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  • Genre:crime; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Tony Trent, the radio news commentator...
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Raja the Arabian Knight
  2. ["Zee and I are returning to Brahama..."]
    Raja the Arabian Knight
  3. ["Out of the stratosphere..."]
    The Skyman
  4. ["Joe's dog is suspicious of Sluggy..."]
    Joe Palooka
  5. ["You must always think of others..."]
    Dixie Dugan
  6. ["In the dark hours of the American War for Independence..."]
    Spy-Chief
  7. Jibby Jones Meets Leo
    Jibby Jones
  8. [no title indexed]
  9. ["The trail of the cult of the juggernaut..."]
    Rocky Ryan
  10. ["Danton has killed Conway..."]
    Charlie Chan
  11. ["Sergeant--give me the file on Private Drab!"]
    Oliver Drab
  12. ["Hedy! My stars, child!"]
    Sparky Watts
  13. ["Captain Hank Steele, famed throughout the land..."]
    Captain Devildog
  14. ["Tony Trent, the radio news commentator..."]
    The Face
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