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Issue: Big Shot Comics #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #7 of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagColumbia
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Columbia Comic Corporation
On Sale Date: 09/30/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Vin Sullivan [as Vincent Sullivan]
Disclose Notes: 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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joe Palooka; Skyman
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Skyman; Marvelo (inset); Charlie Chan (inset); Rocky Ryan (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A previous indexer credited Ogden Whitney with pencils and inks, but there is nothing of his style evident. Comparing the style with his "Jibby Jones" stories Creig Flessel seems more likely. At any rate, the faces of the main characters are by their respective artists.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Big Shot Comics
First Line: Breaking all records..
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. House ad for Big Shot Comics.
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Joe and the Killers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Joe Palooka
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Ann Howes; Ma Palooka
First Line: Missing for many months...
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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 Death Lenses of Count Alexis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Skyman
Character(s): The Skyman [Allan Turner]; Fawn Carroll; Count Alexis
First Line: Adventurous and daring - Man of action...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Whitney signs in the sixth panel of page 10.
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The Skyman Attacks at Night

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Skyman
Character(s): The Skyman [Allan Turner]; Emmett Clarkson
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Three illustrations by Whitney are lifted from previously published Skyman stories.
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Slick Severn's Bootleggers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Tom Kerry District Attorney
Character(s): Tom Kerry; Slick Severn
First Line: A two-fisted fighting man...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Tornado Weapon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Spy-Chief
Character(s): Spy-Chief [Jeff Daniels]; "The Inventor"
First Line: The United States Fleet holds war games...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Camping Trip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Creig Flessel
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Jibby Jones
Character(s): Jibby Jones; Samson; Jibby's mother
First Line: Staying home is alright...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Flossie
Character(s): Flossie
First Line: Gimme a glass...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Kidnapping of David Frome, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Charlie Chan
Character(s): Charlie Chan; Kirk; Steffi; Colonel Bamba; Carla Jura; David Frome
First Line: Charlie and Kirk, in the thick of an impending South Americna revolution...
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Reprint Notes: from Charlie Chan daily (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mike the Mascot
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Peril in Angkor-Thom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rocky Ryan
Character(s): Rocky Ryan; Doe Ames (introduction)
First Line: Travelling north from Tibet...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Whitney signs on the sixth panel of the final page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Dixie Dugan
Character(s): Dixie Dugan; her mother; her father; Imogene
First Line: Happy landing on your first solo flight, Dixie!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Four Sundays: two full pages, two half pages (on one comic page). The top tier of the full pages is "Good Deed Dotty", by the same creators.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Facts from the Files
First Line: Eels rank next to the turkey...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five unrelated fact panels.
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The Menace of Molanga

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Marvelo
Character(s): Marvelo; Zee (manservant); Doris Morrel; Mr. Morrel; Malanga (witch doctor)
First Line: Prince of all magicians...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bungle Family
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The top tier is "Short Stories", by the same creator.
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Zigzag Sondrow's Fur Robberies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Michael Blake] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Face
Character(s): The Face [Tony Trent]; J. I. Cox; Hank Baron
First Line: Tony Trent acts as commentator...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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