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Issue: Big Shot #48 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1944
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Issues: #48 of 71 Issues
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Publisher: FlagColumbia
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Columbia Comic Corporation
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 4
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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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Disclose Notes: Standard Art Studios coupon for an 8x10 photo on double weight paper for only 98 cents. Advertisement appears on inside front cover.
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Genres: sports, war
First Line: Golly, this bombardmunt's been goin' on all day...
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Reprint Notes: from Joe Palooka daily (McNaught Syndicate) [dates unknown]
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Pages: 5
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Genres: superhero
First Line: There was a day when the Skyman flew from China...
Synopsis: Skyman flies to Padma Nor's home in the mountains of Tibet to take a break from the war, but is followed by Japanese forces, including a spy who has infiltrated Nor's home.
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Genres: humorous, superhero
First Line: Sparky, will you go into town...
Synopsis: Sparky runs into adventure when he goes into town to get some new batteries for Doc's "invisible ray" torch.
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Genres: mystery
First Line: Without expecting it...
Synopsis: Kirk and Sparks come face to face with foreign spies.
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Aces Back to Back

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Genres: adventure
Synopsis: Aviation radioman Joe McCloskey survives an encounter with Japanese fighters during a bombing run.
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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Captain Yank
First Line: Yank intends to seize control of the locomotive...
Synopsis: Captain Yank seizes control of the locomotive for a Japanese supply train and guides it into a trap set by Chinese guerrillas.
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Genres: romantic
First Line: When Bud Hale asks Dixie for some advice...
Synopsis: Confusion results when Bud Hale asks Dixie for romance advice and she assumes he's in love with Mickey.
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Reprint Notes: from Dixie Dugan daily (McNaught Syndicate) [dates unknown]
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Pages: 5
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A Dog's Life

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The family dog has to endure having a pipe stuck in his mouth for the sake of a humorous family photo.
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Disclose Notes: Receive a simulated birthstone ring for free in exchange for selling five boxes of Gold Crown Spot Remover and Cleaner.
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Writer(s): Charles Zerner [as Tom Paine]
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Genres: adventure, drama
First Line: A British agent assigned to learn how the Nazis get information...
Synopsis: Vic sets out to solve the mystery of a murdered British agent who died while assigned to learn how the Nazis get information of Allied convoys.
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Reprint Notes: from Vic Jordan daily (PM magazine) [dates unknown]
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Kermit Jaediker and Charles Zerner combined their writing talents under the pseudonym "Tom Paine."
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Genres: nature
First Line: The new dog is in trouble as usual...
Synopsis: The new dog is in trouble as usual and is staying with Bo until everything blows over.
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Pages: 5
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Genres: superhero, war
First Line: Though Tony Trent is a prisoner in Japan...
Synopsis: The Face (Tony Trent) engineers a jail-break from a Japanese POW camp.
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Pages: 6
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Disclose Notes: Earn money and prizes for delivering Collier's Magazines in your neighborhood. Advertisement appears on inside back cover.
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