Big Shot #101
(May 1949)

Columbia, 1943 Series
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Volume
10
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)

Dixie Dugan; Brass Knuckles; Mickey Finn / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mart Bailey
Inks
Mart Bailey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

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

Bo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Beck (credited)
Pencils
Frank Beck (credited)
Inks
Frank Beck (credited)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whoa!
Genre
animal; children; crime
Characters
Bo (a dog)
Synopsis
Bo and his owner are collecting old newspapers. They happen upon a pile in a cellar, along with some drums of gunpowder. The couple who own the stash see him but are relived when they check that nothing is missing. By this time, however, the boy has mentioned the gunpowder to officers in a patrol car.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover.

from Bo Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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

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
What's this I hear about Phil winning a goat, Mickey?
Genre
humor
Characters
Mickey Finn; Uncle Phil Finn; Mrs. Finn; Shiboski; Houlihan
Reprints
  • from Mickey Finn Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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

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
Do you take this woman to be your bride...
Genre
drama; superhero
Characters
Sparky Watts; Dotty Dash; Doc; Papa Dash; Joyce Dash; Nell Dash; Bill Dash; Tillie Dash; Willie Dash; Brad Dash; Gladys Dash; Doctor Static
Synopsis
Sparky is getting ready for his marriage with Dotty. He meets her father, brothers and sisters, including Joyce, who wishes she had seen him first. As Dotty starts to walk towards the minister she trips and hits her head on the gramophone. The doctor declares that she will never walk again. Sparky insists the ceremony will continue, but is counseled to consider a life with a disabled wife.

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

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
Won't Imogene be pleased?
Genre
romance
Characters
Dixie Dugan; Mrs. Dugan; Imogene; Pa Dugan
Reprints
  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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

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
This is it!
Genre
humor
Characters
Brass Knuckles; Lawyer O'Gyp; Frankie (a ghost); Dracky (another ghost)
Synopsis
Brass arranges for a family of his friends to move into the house occupied by the ghosts of Frankie and Dracky, in life two eccentric millionaires. They keep moving the furniture out as soon as the family move it in. But Brass calls them to order and they give the family a deed of ownership, kicking O'Gyp out with nothing.

Everybody Gets Into the Act (Table of Contents: 6)

Bumpy / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mart Bailey (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
drama
Characters
Bumpy; John Beerymore; Butsy Ratoff; Inspector Jacques Bonsoir-Bonsoir; Millie; Frederic Bons

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

Skyman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Home sweet home, after two years of pate defoi gras [sic]...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Skyman [Allen Turner]; Fawn Carroll; Benedict [aka Larry Gordon] (crook)
Synopsis
Allen as Skyman flies Fawn and a passenger named Gordon towards home. Fawn accidentally finds a pouch containing a great deal of money. When Gordon (real name Benedict) wakes up he holds a pistol on the pair, then bails out over Scotland. Skyman follows his footprints through the marshy terrain. Benedict is about to shoot him when his foot gets caught in the bog and he starts to sink. Skyman gives him a branch, but he can either save himself using two hands or hold on to the cash.

Indexer Notes

next appearance in RETURN OF THE SKYMAN #1 (A.C.E. Comics, 1987).

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Back in occupied Europe...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Tony Trent; Babs Trent; Princess Elena
Synopsis
Tony and Babs rescue Princess Elena, carrying a bag containing a fortune in jewels, from members of a foreign military group. They are pursued, but find safety in the American Army Officers' Club.

Indexer Notes

Art was previously credited to Ogden Whitney, and while there is a similarity, a comparison with the Skyman story (signed twice by Whitney), which precedes it, strongly suggests otherwise.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dixie Dugan; Brass Knuckles; Mickey Finn
  2. 1. ["Whoa!"]
    Bo
  3. 2. ["What's this I hear about Phil winning a goat, Mickey?"]
    Mickey Finn
  4. 3. ["Do you take this woman to be your bride..."]
    Sparky Watts
  5. 4. ["Won't Imogene be pleased?"]
    Dixie Dugan
  6. 5. ["This is it!"]
    Brass Knuckles
  7. 6. Everybody Gets Into the Act
    Bumpy
  8. 7. ["Home sweet home, after two years of pate defoi gras [sic]..."]
    Skyman
  9. 8. ["Back in occupied Europe..."]
    Tony Trent
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Keith Chandler
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Daniel Thingvold