Big Shot #55
(April 1945)

Columbia, 1943 Series
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Volume
5
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly except June and December
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Columbia Comic Corporation
Editing
Thomas DeAngelo (Managing Editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Brass Knuckles / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Joe Palooka / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Joe and Jerry were left behind...
Reprints
  • from newspaper strips.

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

Skyman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Krank (signed)
Inks
Ray Krank (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We are such things as dreams are made on...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll be right out, Slaphappy...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kirk parachutes to the deck of the Maru...
Genre
detective-mystery
Reprints
  • from newspaper strips.

Manhattan Manhunt (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mart Bailey
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Mart Bailey ? (Marty)
Pencils
Mart Bailey ?
Inks
Mart Bailey ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee! How can I ever meet such an angel?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Yank / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cut off from the rest of the commando...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ronnie doesn't know that his ring...
Reprints
  • from newspaper strips.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Bo / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bo is treated royally by junior...

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

Face / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Mart Bailey (signed)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With suicidal fury...
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Brass Knuckles
  2. 1. ["Joe and Jerry were left behind..."]
    Joe Palooka
  3. 2. ["We are such things as dreams are made on..."]
    Skyman
  4. 3. ["I'll be right out, Slaphappy..."]
    Sparky Watts
  5. 4. ["Kirk parachutes to the deck of the Maru..."]
    Charlie Chan
  6. 5. Manhattan Manhunt
  7. 6. ["Gee! How can I ever meet such an angel?"]
    Brass Knuckles
  8. 7. ["Cut off from the rest of the commando..."]
    Captain Yank
  9. 8. ["Ronnie doesn't know that his ring..."]
    Dixie Dugan
  10. 9. ["Bo is treated royally by junior..."]
    Bo
  11. 10. ["With suicidal fury..."]
    Face
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore