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Issue: Big Shot Comics #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1940
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Issues: #6 of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagColumbia
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Columbia Comic Corporation
On Sale Date: 08/29/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Number and date on cover only.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Skyman; Charlie Chan; Rocky Ryan (inset)
First Line: Now, fellers, I'll show youse a left jab on th' bag!
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Pages: 1
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Joe Undercover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Joe Palooka
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Buddy Peters; Knobby Walsh; "Anthracite" Hardy
First Line: Hungry and looking for work...
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Reprint Notes: from Joe Palooka daily (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: strip reprints; Inside Front-Cover
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The Cancer Cure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Skyman [Allan Turner]; Fawn Carroll
First Line: In the ultra-modern medical hospital...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Blue Light Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Tom Kerry
Character(s): Tom Kerry; Colleen Leary; Doc Swanson
First Line: As an elderly patrolman is walking his beat...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mike the Mascot
First Line: Why certainly we'll take care of your dog...
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Pages: 2
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The Liquid Air Bomb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Spy-Chief
Character(s): Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]; Mr. Harkins
First Line: In these troubled times....
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Pages: 6
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Jibby Jones Wins a Contest

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Jibby Jones; Frank Markey Hall, Jr.; Jerry Mack
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Pages: 1.75
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Bungle Family
First Line: Phone for me?
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Reprint Notes: from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The top tier is the "Short Stories" strip by the same creator.
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The Kidnapping of David Frome, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Charlie Chan
Character(s): Charlie Chan; Spencer Frome; Mr. Barrow; General Jura; Carla Jura; Colonel Bamba
First Line: Inspector Chan Stop! Wait!
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Reprint Notes: from Charlie Chan daily (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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The Football Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Jibby Jones
Character(s): Jibby Jones; Jane; "King Kong" Peterson; Slug Malone
First Line: We ought to lick Slug Malone's team today...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Moon Mistress

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Rocky Ryan; Queen Moora (villain, introduction, death); La Chega
First Line: Setting off alone from Singali...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dixie Dugan
Character(s): Dixie Dugan; her father; her mother
First Line: Golly it's hot!
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Reprint Notes: from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The top tier on each page features "Good Deed Dotty" by the same creators.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mortimer the Monk
First Line: Zz-z!
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Pages: 1
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The Counterfeit Quarters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Marvelo
Character(s): Marvelo; Butch Benders; Slugger Saunders (villain)
First Line: See this quarter, Marvelo?
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Amazing Faces
First Line: Man who sit on tack...
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Pages: 1
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The Van Doorn Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Face [Tony Trent]; Freddie van Doorn; Marcia; Babs Walsh
First Line: Our feature story tonight...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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