Big Shot #59
(September 1945)

Columbia, 1943 Series
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Volume
6
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)

Sparky Watts / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Slap Happy; Ah Choo

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

Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
But Joe--we don't need any acts.
Genre
sports
Reprints
  • from newspaper strips [dates unknown]

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

Skyman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
His true identity concealed...
Genre
superhero

[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
Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can't understand why the 'cosmic rays' wore off...
Genre
humor; superhero

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In Java on a secret mission...
Genre
adventure; war
Reprints
  • newspaper strips [dates unknown]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Mart Bailey [as Marty]
Pencils
Mart Bailey
Inks
Mart Bailey
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get out of my flowers!
Genre
humor

The Man Who Stole the Sixth Avenue L (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mart Bailey
Letters
typeset

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is not always detectives duty...
Genre
detective-mystery
Reprints
  • from newspaper strips [dates unknown]

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

Bo / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bo lost his night watchman job...
Genre
animal
Reprints
  • from newspaper strips [dates unknown]

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ma Dugan is a bit uneasy...
Genre
romance
Reprints
  • newspaper strips [dates unknown]

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

Face / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Mart Bailey
Pencils
Mart Bailey
Inks
Mart Bailey
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tony Trent, recovered from the wounds...
Genre
superhero; war

Indexer Notes

Tony Trent joins the Army in this story.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sparky Watts
  2. 1. ["But Joe--we don't need any acts."]
    Joe Palooka
  3. 2. ["His true identity concealed..."]
    Skyman
  4. 3. ["Can't understand why the 'cosmic rays' wore off..."]
    Sparky Watts
  5. 4. ["In Java on a secret mission..."]
    Captain Yank
  6. 5. ["Get out of my flowers!"]
    Brass Knuckles
  7. 6. The Man Who Stole the Sixth Avenue L
  8. 7. ["It is not always detectives duty..."]
    Charlie Chan
  9. 8. ["Bo lost his night watchman job..."]
    Bo
  10. 9. ["Ma Dugan is a bit uneasy..."]
    Dixie Dugan
  11. 10. ["Tony Trent, recovered from the wounds..."]
    Face
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Daniel Thingvold