Big Shot
#48
(August 1944)
Columbia,
1943 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except June and December
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Columbia Comic Corporation
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Standard Art Studios Photo Enlargements / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Standard Art Studios coupon for an 8x10 photo on double weight paper for only 98 cents. Advertisement appears on inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Joe Palooka / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, this bombardmunt's been goin' on all day...
- Genre
- sports; war
- Reprints
- from Joe Palooka daily (McNaught Syndicate) [dates unknown]
Indexer Notes
This is actually a series of one-page stories.
[no title indexed]
The Skyman / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There was a day when the Skyman flew from China...
- Genre
- superhero; adventure; aviation
- Synopsis
- Skyman flies to Padma Nor's home in the mountains of Tibet to take a break from the war, but is followed by Japanese forces, including a spy who has infiltrated Nor's home.
[no title indexed]
Sparky Watts / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sparky, will you go into town...
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Synopsis
- Sparky runs into adventure when he goes into town to get some new batteries for Doc's "invisible ray" torch.
[no title indexed]
Charlie Chan / comic story / 3.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Without expecting it...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- Kirk and Sparks come face to face with foreign spies.
[no title indexed]
Dean Studios Photo Enlargements / advertisement / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Dean Studios will beautifully enlarge your favorite snapshot, photo, Kodak picture, print, or negative to 5x7 inches if you enclose the coupon and a 3-cent stamp for return mailing.
Aces Back to Back
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Synopsis
- Aviation radioman Joe McCloskey survives an encounter with Japanese fighters during a bombing run.
[no title indexed]
Captain Yank / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yank intends to seize control of the locomotive...
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Captain Yank
- Synopsis
- Captain Yank seizes control of the locomotive for a Japanese supply train and guides it into a trap set by Chinese guerrillas.
- Reprints
- from Captain Yank daily (McNaught Syndicate) [dates unknown]
[no title indexed]
Dixie Dugan / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Bud Hale asks Dixie for some advice...
- Genre
- romance; humor
- Synopsis
- Confusion results when Bud Hale asks Dixie for romance advice and she assumes he's in love with Mickey.
- Reprints
- from Dixie Dugan daily (McNaught Syndicate) [dates unknown]
A Dog's Life
All in a Lifetime / cartoon / 0.67 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The family dog has to endure having a pipe stuck in his mouth for the sake of a humorous family photo.
[no title indexed]
Gold Crown Spot Remover and Cleaner / advertisement / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Receive a simulated birthstone ring for free in exchange for selling five boxes of Gold Crown Spot Remover and Cleaner.
[no title indexed]
Vic Jordan / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Kermit Jaediker (credited as Tom Paine); Charles Zerner [as Tom Paine]
- Pencils
- Elmer Wexler
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A British agent assigned to learn how the Nazis get information...
- Genre
- adventure; drama; war
- Synopsis
- Vic sets out to solve the mystery of a murdered British agent who died while assigned to learn how the Nazis get information of Allied convoys.
- Reprints
- from Vic Jordan daily (PM magazine) [dates unknown]
Indexer Notes
Kermit Jaediker and Charles Zerner combined their writing talents under the pseudonym "Tom Paine."
[no title indexed]
Bo / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The new dog is in trouble as usual...
- Genre
- animal; humor
- Synopsis
- The new dog is in trouble as usual and is staying with Bo until everything blows over.
- Reprints
- from Bo daily (McNaught Syndicate) [dates unknown]
[no title indexed]
The Face / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Though Tony Trent is a prisoner in Japan...
- Genre
- superhero; war
- Synopsis
- The Face (Tony Trent) engineers a jail-break from a Japanese POW camp.
[no title indexed]
Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Earn money and prizes for delivering Collier's Magazines in your neighborhood. Advertisement appears on inside back cover.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Sparky Watts -
1.
[no title indexed]
Standard Art Studios Photo Enlargements -
2.
["Golly, this bombardmunt's been goin' on all day..."]
Joe Palooka -
3.
["There was a day when the Skyman flew from China..."]
The Skyman -
4.
["Sparky, will you go into town..."]
Sparky Watts -
5.
["Without expecting it..."]
Charlie Chan -
6.
[no title indexed]
Dean Studios Photo Enlargements -
7.
Aces Back to Back
-
8.
["Yank intends to seize control of the locomotive..."]
Captain Yank -
9.
["When Bud Hale asks Dixie for some advice..."]
Dixie Dugan -
10.
A Dog's Life
All in a Lifetime -
11.
[no title indexed]
Gold Crown Spot Remover and Cleaner -
12.
["A British agent assigned to learn how the Nazis get information..."]
Vic Jordan -
13.
["The new dog is in trouble as usual..."]
Bo -
14.
["Though Tony Trent is a prisoner in Japan..."]
The Face -
15.
[no title indexed]
Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines -
16.
[no title indexed]
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- Daniel Thingvold
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