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Issue: Big Shot Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #4 of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagColumbia
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Columbia Comic Corporation
On Sale Date: 06/28/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (22 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Vin Sullivan
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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, sports
Feature(s): Charlie Chan; Joe Palooka
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Kid Gloom; Charlie Chan (climbing into the ring); Dixie Dugan; Mentallo; The Skyman (ringside)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Skyman
Character(s): The Skyman; Hiram Delver (villain); Bobby
First Line: Already legendary in the land of his birth...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Whitney signs the third panel of the final page.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Joe Palooka
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Red; Smokey; Mrs. Palooka; Matilda Newton; J. D. Hogue; Miss Stoofer
First Line: Since his disappearance...
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Reprint Notes: from Joe Palooka dailies (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Michael Blake] (credited)
Penciller(s): Mart Bailey
Inker(s): Mart Bailey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Face
Character(s): The Face [Tony Trent]; Sir Bertram; Babs Walsh; 'Snatch' Scully
First Line: Tony Trent, radio commentator of radio station WBSC...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Blake byline credited to Fox in the Who's Who.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): H. J. Tuthill
Penciller(s): H. J. Tuthill
Inker(s): H. J. Tuthill
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): H. J. Tuthill
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Short Stories
First Line: Back, Leo!
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Reprint Notes: header for The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
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Bounced

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Bungle Family
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Reprint Notes: from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): H. J. Tuthill
Penciller(s): H. J. Tuthill
Inker(s): H. J. Tuthill
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): H. J. Tuthill
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Short Stories
First Line: What! Gone. The Milky Way.
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Reprint Notes: header for The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
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Bad Luck Homer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Bungle Family
Character(s): Homer
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Reprint Notes: from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ken Ernst
Inker(s): Ken Ernst
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Tom Kerry District Attorney
Character(s): Tom Kerry; Miss Yolanda Rolff; James the chauffeur; Mr Eavens; Mrs Eavens; Tommy Eavens
First Line: I want you to take this locomotive...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: As fine an example of "Good Girl" art in an early mainstream comic as one could wish for.
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The Face Stalks Crime

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Michael Blake] (credited)
Penciller(s): Mart Bailey
Inker(s): Mart Bailey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Face
Character(s): The Face [Tony Trent]; Doctor Sorrell
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.

The balance of the second page is taken up with the Statement of Ownership.
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Film Flashes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Arthur (signed)
Penciller(s): Will Arthur (signed)
Inker(s): Will Arthur (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Will Arthur
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Errol Flynn; Sabu; Alfred Hitchcock
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Charlie Chan
Character(s): Charlie Chan; Kirk; Gina Lane; Sally Minton
First Line: You made arrangements to meet Gina Lane...
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Reprint Notes: frpm Charlie Chan daily (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Circus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jibby Jones
First Line: One seat in the front row please!
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rocky Ryan
Character(s): Rocky Ryan; Red; Fleur
First Line: Fleeing from Bhutanese bandits...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Good Deed Dotty
Character(s): Good Deed Dotty
First Line: Oh th' poor man...
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Reprint Notes: header to Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dixie Dugan
Character(s): Dixie Dugan; her father; her mother
First Line: But there must be some mistake...
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Reprint Notes: from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Good Deed Dotty
Character(s): Good Deed Dotty
First Line: What a nice kitty, he doesn't bother th' goldfish
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Reprint Notes: header to Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
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Pages: 0.2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dixie Dugan
Character(s): Dixie Dugan; Imogene; Ted
First Line: Ray - Ted broke the tape!
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Reprint Notes: from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Good Deed Dotty
Character(s): Good Deed Dotty; Lester
First Line: You must not do that.
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Reprint Notes: header to Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
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Pages: 0.2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dixie Dugan
Character(s): Dixie Dugan
First Line: Wotta day!
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Reprint Notes: from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: Newspaper strip reprints
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Marvelo Monarch of Magicians
Character(s): Marvelo; Zee (servant); Wolf (villain )
First Line: Aboard the ship "Bermuda Baron"...
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Pages: 6
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The Death of Lura

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Spy-Chief
Character(s): Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]; Lura (villainess); Harkness (henchman); Congressman Dakins
First Line: Jeff Cardiff - The Spy-Chief - sent Lura, the notorious international spy, to a federal prison...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Fred Schwab
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Mortimer the Monk
Character(s): Mortimer the Monk
First Line: Hey Mortimer!! Come on out!!
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Pages: 1

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