Big Shot
#52
(January 1945)
Columbia,
1943 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, except December and June
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Columbia Comic Corporation
- Editing
- Tom DeAngelo (managing editor)
[no title indexed]
Sparky Watts / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come back, Yoo Hoo, -- you're crabbin' the act!
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Slap Happy; Yoo Hoo
- Keywords
- New Year
[no title indexed]
Joe Palooka / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once upon a time...
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Characters
- Joe Palooka
- Synopsis
- In a flashback to Joe's youth, Joe can't understand why the kids running the Christmas party don't want to invite certain kids.
- Reprints
- from Joe Palooka (McNaught Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Joe Palooka / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mail just came in so I brought yours Joe
- Genre
- military; sports
- Characters
- Don; Joe Palooka; Harry Grepps; Myrt
- Synopsis
- Joe receives a letter from Harry telling what's happening back in the states.
- Reprints
- from Joe Palooka (McNaught Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Joe Palooka / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here he is again!
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Characters
- Weidebottom; Knobby Walsh
- Synopsis
- Weidebottom tries to get a post office for his constituency.
- Reprints
- from Joe Palooka (McNaught Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Joe Palooka / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ho ho ho
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Characters
- Joe Palooka; Miss Hemingway; Bateese
- Synopsis
- Bateese promises his girl he won't take another drink.
- Reprints
- from Joe Palooka (McNaught Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Joe Palooka / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- London New Year's Eve
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Bateese; Joe Palooka
- Synopsis
- Joe and Bateese get lost in London looking for the New Year's party they were invited to.
- Reprints
- from Joe Palooka (McNaught Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Skyman / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Professor Peter Turner and his nephew Allen cooked up the most powerful explosive in the world, they were asking for trouble and they got it...!"
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Peter Turner; Allen Turner [Skyman]; Drom (villain; introduction); Sue St. Marie
- Synopsis
- As soon as it is invented the explosive V-69 is stolen.
[no title indexed]
Sparky Watts / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Boody Rogers
- Pencils
- Tom DeAngelo (signed)
- Inks
- Tom DeAngelo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We children in U.S. very fortunate to enjoy Xmas out of war zone!
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Slap Happy; Yoo Hoo; Sparky Watts; Hank; Lem
- Synopsis
- Sparky and company try to help some war orphans.
[no title indexed]
Charlie Chan / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Charlie, Gina, and Kirk are on the trail of a spy ring!
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Charlie Chan; Gina; Kirk; J. Edgar Hoover; Sparks; Karl; Everett Morgan; Zara
- Synopsis
- Charlie Chan returns to San Francisco to catch the other members of the spy ring.
- Reprints
- from Charlie Chan (McNaught Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
Happy New Year, Jim!
text story / 1.67 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ray; Frankie; Rita; Doc Ogden
- Synopsis
- Ray writes a letter to his brother Jim in the army telling of the crazy things happening at home.
[no title indexed]
Captain Yank / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Raiding the secret Jap mine...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Captain Yank; Marshal Chevenko; Wing Lin; Marianne Dupleix; Dan; Colonel Musette
- Synopsis
- Yank finishes up his mission in Siberia and goes to his next assignment in Tunisia.
- Reprints
- strip reprints?
[no title indexed]
Dixie Dugan / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dixie and Mickey dress as nurses...
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Characters
- Mickey; Dixie Dugan; Ronnie Kinter
- Synopsis
- Dixie is dressed as a nurse and a doctor takes her with him on a house call.
- Reprints
- strip reprints
[no title indexed]
All in a Lifetime / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Happy new year!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Six one-panel cartoons.
[no title indexed]
Vic Jordan / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Vic and Else contact Doctor Hausman...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Vic Jordan; Else; Doctor Hausman; Hilda; Broeck; Richard; Willy
- Synopsis
- Vic disguises himself as a gestapo captain to find a British spy's suitcase.
- Reprints
- strip reprints
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[no title indexed]
Bo / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Junior is curing a puppy of car sickness....
- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Bo; H. P. Burns
- Synopsis
- Bo is jealous of a puppy that Junior is training to not be carsick.
[no title indexed]
The Face / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tony Trent narrowly escaped death...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Tony Trent [The Face]; Wild Bill Soggans; Biggs; Babs; Major Hedaki; General Yato; Father Bonner; Captain Araki
- Synopsis
- Tony and Father Bonner are accused of murdering two Japanese officers, and Babs and Bill are after the pygmy who took the mask of The Face.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Come back, Yoo Hoo, -- you're crabbin' the act!"]
Sparky Watts -
1.
["10 power telescope"]
-
2.
["Once upon a time..."]
Joe Palooka -
3.
["Mail just came in so I brought yours Joe"]
Joe Palooka -
4.
["Here he is again!"]
Joe Palooka -
5.
["Ho ho ho"]
Joe Palooka -
6.
["London New Year's Eve"]
Joe Palooka -
7.
["When Professor Peter Turner and his nephew Allen cooked up the most powerful explosive in the world, they were asking for trouble and they got it...!""]
Skyman -
8.
["We children in U.S. very fortunate to enjoy Xmas out of war zone!"]
Sparky Watts -
9.
["Charlie, Gina, and Kirk are on the trail of a spy ring!"]
Charlie Chan -
10.
Happy New Year, Jim!
-
11.
[no title indexed]
-
12.
["Raiding the secret Jap mine..."]
Captain Yank -
13.
["Dixie and Mickey dress as nurses..."]
Dixie Dugan -
14.
["Happy new year!"]
All in a Lifetime -
15.
["Vic and Else contact Doctor Hausman..."]
Vic Jordan -
16.
["Junior is curing a puppy of car sickness...."]
Bo -
17.
["Tony Trent narrowly escaped death..."]
The Face -
18.
["Amaze your friends with magic"]
-
19.
["3 big values in one"]
-
20.
["Electric football"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- Gregory Fischer
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
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