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Issue: Big Shot Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #5 of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagColumbia
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: 07/29/1940
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 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, 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
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joe Palooka
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Dixie Dugan (sitting on beach); Skyman (inset); Charlie Chan (inset); Marvelo (inset)
First Line: Say, Knobby - look at th' cute li'l fish I just caught!!
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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): Skyman
Character(s): The Skyman [Allan Turner]; Fawn Carroll
First Line: Across the airways of America...
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Pages: 11
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, sports
Feature(s): Joe Palooka
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Matilda Birch; J. D. Hogue; Celestino Maria Peppi Martinez
First Line: Poor Joe still thinks he is married...
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Reprint Notes: from Joe Palooka daily (The McNaught Syndicate)
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Tom Kerry District Attorney
Character(s): Tom Kerry; Lynna; Baldy Bill
First Line: The Museum of the City of New York...
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Pages: 6
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An All Wet Day/Looking for Laughs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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: 2
Disclose Notes: The header to each page is a tier entitled "Short Stories" by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Spy-Chief
Character(s): Spy-Chief [Jeff Daniels]
First Line: With war raging between Erola and Ferma..
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Pages: 6
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Joe Palooka Intervenes

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Joe Palooka
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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World Wonders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Charlie Chan
Character(s): Charlie Chan; Gina; Sally; Doctor Aarons; Kirk
First Line: Alone in the barn...
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Reprint Notes: from Charlie Chan dailies (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Professor Jackson's Visit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel (signed)
Inker(s): Creig Flessel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Feature(s): Jibby Jones
Character(s): Jibby Jones; Mrs. Jones (Jibby's mother); Professor Jackson
First Line: Oh, Jibby, Prof Jackson is coming...
Synopsis: Jibby, learning that Professor Jones is coming over to the house for tea, heads for his room and begins reading his comic books. Inspired by a hero called the "Moon Man", Jibby decides to dress as his own super hero......with unexpected results!
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rocky Ryan
Character(s): Rocky Ryan; Roy; Fleur
First Line: After killing the monster man...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Whitney signs on the third panel of the final page.
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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; Imogene; Mr. Kreighbaum the grocer; Dixie's father; Wilbur
First Line: Imogene - run over to the grocery...
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Reprint Notes: from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The top tier of each page consists of "Good Deed Dotty", by the same creators.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Mike the Mascot
Character(s): Mike the Mascot
First Line: Heck! - Things are awfully dull...
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvelo Monarch of Magicians
Character(s): Marvelo
First Line: The stock market has been strangely active...
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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: Hello Mortimer...
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Pages: 1
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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]; Babs Walsh; Doctor Bood (villain)
First Line: Hello, Babs!
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Pages: 6

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