Big Shot Comics
#20
(December 1941)
Columbia,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-10-31
- 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
[no title indexed]
The Skyman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Skyman
[no title indexed]
Mortimer the Monk / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mm-m!!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
The Skyman / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brilliant scientist, dynamic man of action...
- Genre
- superhero; adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Skyman
[no title indexed]
Captain Devildog / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When presidential orders were received for United States soldiers...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Captain Hank Steele
Captain Devildog's Firing Squad Experience
Captain Devildog / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Captain Hank Steele
[no title indexed]
Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ham Fisher (credited)
- Pencils
- Ham Fisher (credited)
- Inks
- Ham Fisher (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Joe's training to fight Phantom Dill for the title.
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Joe Palooka
- Reprints
- from Joe Palooka daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Spy-Chief / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A broken window, a dead man, and a wisp of yarn...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Cloak [Jeff Cardiff]
[no title indexed]
Dixie Dugan / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- J. P. McEvoy (credited)
- Pencils
- John Striebel (credited as J. H. Striebel)
- Inks
- John Striebel (credited as J. H. Striebel)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're going out to get everything for Thanksgiving dinner...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dixie Dugan
- Reprints
- from Dixie Dugan Sundays (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Charlie Chan / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Alfred Andriola (signed)
- Pencils
- Alfred Andriola (signed)
- Inks
- Alfred Andriola (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In an attempt to prevent Charlie from uncovering his guilt...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Charlie Chan
- Reprints
- from Charlie Chan daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Deep in the green jungles of Thailand...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Rocky Ryan
[no title indexed]
Oliver Drab / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray McGill (signed as Ray McGill)
- Inks
- Ray McGill (signed as Ray McGill)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sure - I'll give you all th' information tonight...
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Oliver Drab
[no title indexed]
Sparky Watts / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Boody Rogers (credited)
- Pencils
- Boody Rogers (credited)
- Inks
- Boody Rogers (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wake up, Slap Happy...
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Sparky Watts
[no title indexed]
Marvelo / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The night before Christmas...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvelo the Magician; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Marvelo rescues a kidnapped child by turning the kidnappers into children and bringing them to meet Santa Claus.
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[no title indexed]
Mike the Mascot / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gr-r!!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mike
- Synopsis
- Mike fights another dog for a rubber bone.
[no title indexed]
The Face / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mart Bailey (credited)
- Inks
- Mart Bailey (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Face - weird, ugly, fantastic...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Face [Tony Trent]
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Skyman -
1.
["Mm-m!!"]
Mortimer the Monk -
2.
["Brilliant scientist, dynamic man of action..."]
The Skyman -
3.
["When presidential orders were received for United States soldiers..."]
Captain Devildog -
4.
Captain Devildog's Firing Squad Experience
Captain Devildog -
5.
["Joe's training to fight Phantom Dill for the title."]
Joe Palooka -
6.
["A broken window, a dead man, and a wisp of yarn..."]
Spy-Chief -
7.
["We're going out to get everything for Thanksgiving dinner..."]
Dixie Dugan -
8.
["In an attempt to prevent Charlie from uncovering his guilt..."]
Charlie Chan -
9.
["Deep in the green jungles of Thailand..."]
Rocky Ryan -
10.
["Sure - I'll give you all th' information tonight..."]
Oliver Drab -
11.
["Wake up, Slap Happy..."]
Sparky Watts -
12.
["The night before Christmas..."]
Marvelo -
13.
["Gr-r!!"]
Mike the Mascot -
14.
["The Face - weird, ugly, fantastic..."]
The Face
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- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Thingvold
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