Big Shot #99
(March 1949)

Columbia, 1943 Series
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Volume
9
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Columbia Comic Corporation
Editing
Thomas DeAngelo (Managing Editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sparky Watts / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; superhero

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

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

Script
Boody Rogers (credited)
Pencils
Boody Rogers (credited)
Inks
Boody Rogers (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
After the conflict of atom bombs...
Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Sparky Watts; Dotty Dash
Synopsis
Sparky is still in the world of giant bugs. He meets his sweetheart Dotty and persuades her to marry him, they being the last two people alive.

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

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
J. P. McEvoy (credited as McEvoy)
Pencils
John Striebel (credited as Striebel)
Inks
John Striebel (credited as Striebel)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Golly--training for a fight is hard work!
Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Dixie Dugan; Bill Kenaston; Herb Edmiston; Bud' Mickey
Reprints
  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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

Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Lank Leonard (credited)
Pencils
Lank Leonard (credited)
Inks
Lank Leonard (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wish you had gone to the fights...
Genre
humor
Characters
Mickey Finn; Uncle Phil; Clancy
Reprints
  • from Mickey Finn Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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

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

Script
Marion Bailey (credited as Marty Marion)
Pencils
Mart Bailey (credited as Marty Marion)
Inks
Mart Bailey (credited as Marty Marion)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, dear!
Genre
humor
Characters
Brass Knuckles; Ginger

Who's Got the Diamonds? (Table of Contents: 5)

Bumpy / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mart Bailey (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
drama
Characters
Bump; Jack Beerymore; Frederic Bons; Butsy Ratsoff; Cynthia

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

Skyman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney ? (credited)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get set to jump, Diamond...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Skyman [Allen Turner]; Fawn Carroll; Diamond (crook); Rocco (crook)

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

Tony Trent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nice to be back at the Court of the Two Sisters, eh, Babs?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Tony Trent; Babs Trent
Synopsis
Tony and his wife Babs are in New Orleans at Mardi Gras. Thieves try to steal the famous necklace belonging to Rex, the King of Mardi Gras, little realizing that he has had a paste copy made. Tony reveals the plot.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sparky Watts
  2. 1. ["After the conflict of atom bombs..."]
    Sparky Watts
  3. 2. ["Golly--training for a fight is hard work!"]
    Dixie Dugan
  4. 3. ["I wish you had gone to the fights..."]
    Mickey Finn
  5. 4. ["Oh, dear!"]
    Brass Knuckles
  6. 5. Who's Got the Diamonds?
    Bumpy
  7. 6. ["Get set to jump, Diamond..."]
    Skyman
  8. 7. ["Nice to be back at the Court of the Two Sisters, eh, Babs?"]
    Tony Trent
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Keith Chandler
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Dan Stevenson
  • Daniel Thingvold