Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-05-31
Editing: Vin Sullivan (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 series) #3 Edit Cover
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Charlie Chan; Joe Palooka; The Skyman / cover / 1 page

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Letters:
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  • Genre:detective-mystery; sports; adventure; aviation
Characters:
Skyman; Charlie Chan; Joe Palooka
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.

Bombings in Tumal City
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The Skyman / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; aviation
Characters:
The Skyman [Allan Turner]; Fawn Carroll; Mayor Foxx; Doctor Jenkins; Doctor Burton

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Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Knowing Joe's true identity...
Characters:
Joe Palooka; Red; Knobby Walsh; Smokey
Reprints (0)
  • from Joe Palooka daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

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The Face / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Michael Blake (credited)
Pencils:
Mart Bailey (signed as M B)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (signed as M B)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Known to the world only as a grim, elusive phantom...
Characters:
The Face [Tony Trent]; Glory Young; Hook Horner;

Indexer Notes

Bailey signs (as MB) on the final page. Blake byline credited to Fox in the Who's Who.

George Lost All But Hope/Gardener's Vision
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The Bungle Family / comic story / 2 pages

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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; domestic

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Tom Kerry District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ken Ernst (signed)
Inks:
Ken Ernst (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:People on a little street in New York.
Characters:
Tom Kerry; "Musical Molly" Marvin (corpse); Rory Dolan (villain)

The Skyman Encounters Kidnapers
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The Skyman / text story / 2 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (illustrations)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (illustrations)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure; aviation
Characters:
The Skyman

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Marvelo Monarch of Magicians / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Arriving in an Arizona town...
Characters:
Marvelo; Zee (manservant); Ted Hardy; Blackie;

[no title indexed]
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Mike the Mascot / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Fred Schwab (credited)
Pencils:
Fred Schwab (credited)
Inks:
Fred Schwab (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Fred Schwab (credited)
  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Let's hope that Mike will behave himself...
Characters:
Mike the Mascot

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Dixie Dugan / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I feel very independent, Mickey...
Characters:
Dixie Dugan; Mickey; Imogene
Reprints (0)
  • From Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier of each page 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:From the sun-scorched plains of middle India...
Characters:
Rocky Ryan; Roy; Chief Balah; Princess Fleur

Indexer Notes

Whitney signs on the sixth panel of page 5.

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Jibby Jones / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
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Letters:
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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:No more books...
Characters:
Jibby Jones; Waldo; Brenda

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Mortimer the Monk / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Fred Schwab (credited)
Pencils:
Fred Schwab (credited)
Inks:
Fred Schwab (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Fred Schwab (credited)
  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Bah!---I'm tired of being a mere house pet...
Characters:
Mortimer the Monk
Reprints (1)

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Charlie Chan / comic story / 4.5 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:While Charlie Chan tracks the killer of Norda Noll...
Characters:
J. C. Kornweller; Lugo Mance; Lucky Norton; Detective Kirk Casey
Reprints (0)
  • from Charlie Chan daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Newspaper strip reprints

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Off-Side! / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Joe Metzer (credited as Jo Metzer)
Pencils:
Joe Metzer (credited as Jo Metzer)
Inks:
Joe Metzer (credited as Jo Metzer)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Joe Metzer (credited as Jo Metzer)
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ball one...

Indexer Notes

Four unrelated gag panels.

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Spy-Chief / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:spy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The United States of America is feeling the influences of a foreign war!
Characters:
Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]; The Chief; Captain Jim Murphy; Tommy Brown
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Charlie Chan; Joe Palooka; The Skyman
  2. Bombings in Tumal City
    The Skyman
  3. ["Knowing Joe's true identity..."]
    Joe Palooka
  4. ["Known to the world only as a grim, elusive phantom..."]
    The Face
  5. George Lost All But Hope/Gardener's Vision
    The Bungle Family
  6. ["People on a little street in New York."]
    Tom Kerry District Attorney
  7. The Skyman Encounters Kidnapers
    The Skyman
  8. ["Arriving in an Arizona town..."]
    Marvelo Monarch of Magicians
  9. ["Let's hope that Mike will behave himself..."]
    Mike the Mascot
  10. ["I feel very independent, Mickey..."]
    Dixie Dugan
  11. ["From the sun-scorched plains of middle India..."]
    Rocky Ryan
  12. ["No more books..."]
    Jibby Jones
  13. ["Bah!---I'm tired of being a mere house pet..."]
    Mortimer the Monk
  14. ["While Charlie Chan tracks the killer of Norda Noll..."]
    Charlie Chan
  15. ["Ball one..."]
    Off-Side!
  16. ["The United States of America is feeling the influences of a foreign war!"]
    Spy-Chief
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