Big Shot #41
(December 1943)

Columbia, 1943 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1943
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Columbia Comic Corporation
Editing
Vin Sullivan

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

[Battle in the Phillipines] (Table of Contents: 1)

Skyman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

[Sparky Escapes the Submarine] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Indexer Notes

"strip reprints up to page 2, panel 3, then original; this is the story in which Sparky originally died, but he survives in this story"

[The Hydraulic Boomerang, Part 3] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

Genre
detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[War Games] (Table of Contents: 4)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

strip reprints; possibly assisted by Al Capp

[The Synthetic Rubber Formula, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Yank / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Pet Show Preparations] (Table of Contents: 6)

Bo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Substitute Bullet of Major Koenig] (Table of Contents: 7)

Vic Jordan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Wexler
Pencils
Paine
Inks
Paine
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

Test Dive (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[The Redwood Forest, Part 3] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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

All in a Lifetime / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Reprints
  • from All in a Lifetime newspaper strip

[The Sacrifice of Babbling Brooks] (Table of Contents: 11)

Face / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (Mart Bailey)
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [Battle in the Phillipines]
    Skyman
  3. 2. [Sparky Escapes the Submarine]
    Sparky Watts
  4. 3. [The Hydraulic Boomerang, Part 3]
    Charlie Chan
  5. 4. [War Games]
    Joe Palooka
  6. 5. [The Synthetic Rubber Formula, Part 2]
    Captain Yank
  7. 6. [The Pet Show Preparations]
    Bo
  8. 7. [The Substitute Bullet of Major Koenig]
    Vic Jordan
  9. 8. Test Dive
  10. 9. [The Redwood Forest, Part 3]
    Dixie Dugan
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    All in a Lifetime
  12. 11. [The Sacrifice of Babbling Brooks]
    Face
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold