Adventures of the Big Boy #11 [West]

(1957)

Adventures of Big Boy and the Masked Magician (Table of Contents: 1)

Big Boy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks

Dan DeCarlo ?

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

humor; children; adventure

Characters

Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget; Masked Magician

Synopsis

Big Boy, Dolly and Nugget go to see a performance by the Masked Magician. Big Boy ends up on stage, and Nugget interferes with a trick, exposing the magician as a fake. Later, they encounter the angry magician, who is really a spy and hypnotizes the three of them to steal some secret papers. Big Boy and Dolly figure out how to trick the magician into hypnotizing himself. He turns himself into the police, and Big Boy and Dolly receive a medal.

The Big Boy's Puzzle Page (Table of Contents: 2)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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Genre

humor; children

Synopsis

Crossword puzzle.

Merry Christmas to You All (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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The Big Boy and his Party Prank (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; children

Synopsis

Big Boy attends a party where he doesn't play games with the other kids. When it's time for cake, all the other kids except for Big Boy are too tired to eat.

Help Big Boy Pick the Presidents (Table of Contents: 5)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; children

Synopsis

Activity page is a list of twenty names. Ten are presidents, ten have names that might sound like presidents but are not. Pick the presidents!

The Big Boy's Amazing Maze (Table of Contents: 6)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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Genre

humor; children

Synopsis

Maze activity page.

Scrambled Picture Titles (Table of Contents: 7)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor; children

Characters

5 drawings illustrating scenes from American history. Match the pictures to the titles of the events.

The Big Boy and his Dog House Blues! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; children

Characters

Big Boy, Nugget

Synopsis

Big Boy sees Nugget sleeping out in the rain. He works hard building a dog house. The next time it rains, Nugget is still sleeping outside.

Who Are They? (Table of Contents: 9)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; children

Synopsis

Activity page. Famous names have three words next to them. Pick the one that describes the famous person.

Tune to Adventure (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

That Boy in the Mirror Sure is a Good Hypnotist!

Genre

humor; children

Synopsis

Back cover. Illustration of Big Boy hypnotizing himself in a mirror. Bottom 1/3 is a list of Bob's locations in California and Arizona.