(January 1943)

Columbia, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-11-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Columbia Comic Corporation
Editing
Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent Sullivan) (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.

"Big Shot" on the cover, "Big Shot Comics" in the indicia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sparky Watts / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hold it steady, Yoo-Hoo!
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Sparky Watts; Yoo-Hoo; Slap Happy
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Frank J. Markey (credited) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On the inside-front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Sparky Watts / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Boody Rogers
Pencils
Boody Rogers
Inks
Boody Rogers
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Today's our big game, Sparky...
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Sparky Watts

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Skyman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When saboteurs, spies, and an unpredictable madman run amok...
Genre
adventure; aviation

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Bo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Beck
Pencils
Frank Beck
Inks
Frank Beck
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wake up, Junior, it's Christmas morning...
Genre
humor; animal
Characters
Bo

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ham Fisher
Pencils
Ham Fisher
Inks
Ham Fisher
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While out of town, Knobby Walsh is unaware...
Genre
sports
Reprints
  • from Joe Palooka newspaper strips

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Charlie Chan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alfred Andriola
Inks
Alfred Andriola
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Despite Steve Carson's intercession for his son...
Genre
detective-mystery
Reprints
  • from Charlie Chan newspaper strips

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Yank / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Tinsley
Inks
Frank Tinsley
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Back at Palu Island...
Reprints
  • from Captain Yank newspaper strips
Keywords
Palu Island

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
J. P. McEvoy
Pencils
John Striebel
Inks
John Striebel
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ma Dugan sold Pa's old chair to a junk dealer.
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Dixie Dugan newspaper strips

Jarring the Japs (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
By daring raids into Nazi-held Holland...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Rocky Ryan

Indexer Notes

Last appearance. Whitney's signature on page 6 pointed out by Mark Minett via the GCD Error Tracker.

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

The Face / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mart Bailey
Inks
Mart Bailey
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Washed ashore after a terrific naval battle...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Face
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Hold it steady, Yoo-Hoo!"]
    Sparky Watts
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["Today's our big game, Sparky..."]
    Sparky Watts
  4. 3. ["When saboteurs, spies, and an unpredictable madman run amok..."]
    The Skyman
  5. 4. ["Wake up, Junior, it's Christmas morning..."]
    Bo
  6. 5. ["While out of town, Knobby Walsh is unaware..."]
    Joe Palooka
  7. 6. ["Despite Steve Carson's intercession for his son..."]
    Charlie Chan
  8. 7. ["Back at Palu Island..."]
    Captain Yank
  9. 8. ["Ma Dugan sold Pa's old chair to a junk dealer."]
    Dixie Dugan
  10. 9. Jarring the Japs
  11. 10. ["By daring raids into Nazi-held Holland..."]
    Rocky Ryan
  12. 11. ["Washed ashore after a terrific naval battle..."]
    The Face
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky