Big Shot #103

(July 1949)

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

Sparky Watts / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Boody Rogers (credited)

Pencils

Boody Rogers (credited)

Inks

Boody Rogers (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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South Bend, Ind. Dear Sparky:

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Sparky Watts; Doc; Dotty Dash; Joyce Dash

Synopsis

Readers of Sparky's adventures in Big Shot Comics continue to send in letters regarding his dilemma whether or not to marry the invalided Dotty. There is a preponderance of "against". The long-retired Doc begins reading up on spinal surgery, with a view to operating. Dotty's sister Joyce, who wants Sparky for herself, bad mouths Dotty. The surgery is about to begin.

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

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

J. P. McEvoy (credited as McEvoy)

Pencils

John Striebel (credited as Striebel)

Inks

John Striebel (credited as Striebel)

Colors

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Joe--in a way it's a shame to keep...

Genre

romance

Characters

Dixie Dugan; Joe (zoo keeper); Imogene; Slugger Miles

Reprints

• from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lank Leonard (credited)

Pencils

Lank Leonard (credited)

Inks

Lank Leonard (credited)

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So Phil has finally decided...

Genre

humor

Characters

Mickey Finn; Uncle Phil Finn; "Round Heel" Rooney; Clancy

Reprints

• from Mickey Finn Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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Brass Knuckles / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Marion Bailey (credited as Marty Marion)

Pencils

Mart Bailey (credited as Marty Marion)

Inks

Mart Bailey (credited as Marty Marion)

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Hey! The family downstairs is moving away!

Genre

humor

Characters

Brass Knuckles; Frankie (a ghost); Dracky (another ghost)

Synopsis

A developer tries to tear down the house haunted by Frankie and Dracky, but they just keep building it up again. He agrees to re-erect the house on the roof of the Million Bucks factory.

The Revolution Comes to Jamie Cuthbert (Table of Contents: 5)

Jamie Cuthbert / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mart Bailey (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

sports

Characters

Jamie Cuthbert; Paddy Doyle; Dorothy Cuthbert; Squire Kingsman

Synopsis

A tale of the Revolutionary War in 1775.

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Bo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Beck (credited)

Pencils

Frank Beck (credited)

Inks

Frank Beck (credited)

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Bo and Junior have aided the police...

Genre

animal

Characters

Bo (a dog); Junior

Reprints

• from Bo Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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Tony Trent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mart Bailey (credited)

Pencils

Mart Bailey (credited)

Inks

Mart Bailey (credited)

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One night in Paris...

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

Tony Trent; General Du Guerre; The Fencing Master of Europe

Synopsis

While out walking in Paris one night Tony hears a familiar mocking laugh. He encounters the former resistance leader Du Guerre and offers him assistance with their mutual old foe The Fencing Master of Europe. Tony had fought with him in his guise as The Face. He grabs the General's granddaughter and runs out of the room as a bomb explodes.

Indexer Notes

The Face appears only as a drawing on a sheet of paper.