Digital Comic Museum - Big Shot Comics 002 (paper)


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June, 1940 - 400 dpi scan of a coverless copy.
Front cover found online, back cover from Heritage. IFC and IBC from existing scan, upscaled.
Featuring Skyman, Joe Palooka, The Face, The Bungle Family, Tom Kerry, Marvelo, Dixie Dugan, Rocky Ryan, Jibby Jones, Charlie Chan, Spy-Master, and more!

Scanned for Christmas, 2023.

Issue: #2
Published: June 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Vin Sullivan
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date and the volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 455644. Volume and issue number not in the indicia. May 1, 1940 on sale date confirmed from an online copy at the Digital Comic Museum (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=17986, retrieved June 27, 2015), on page 2 marked with on sale date of May 1, 1940.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Charlie Chan; Joe Palooka; Marvelo
Credits:	Pencils: Ogden Whitney ? (see notes) \| Inks: Ogden Whitney ? (see notes)
Characters:	Charlie Chan Joe Palooka Marvelo

Comic Story (11 pages)
Featuring:	The Skyman
Credits:	Script: Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean] (credited)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Skyman Karl Korford (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Joe Palooka
Credits:	Script: Ham Fisher \| Pencils: Ham Fisher \| Inks: Ham Fisher \| Letters: Ham Fisher
Genre:	Adventure Sports
Characters:	Joe Palooka Red

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	The Face
Credits:	Script: Gardner Fox [as Michael Blake] (credited) \| Pencils: Mart Bailey \| Inks: Mart Bailey
Characters:	The Face [Tony Trent]' The Goldmaster (villain) Jeff Peters

Comic Story (2 pages)	Tiger Hunting/The Loser Wins
Featuring:	The Bungle Family
Credits:	Script: H. J. Tuthill \| Pencils: H. J. Tuthill \| Inks: H. J. Tuthill \| Letters: H. J. Tuthill

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Tom Kerry District Attorney
Characters:	Tom Kerry Harry Tall Arrow Gilbert Davis

Text Story (2 pages)	The Revolt That Failed
Credits:	Script: Jack Anthony (credited) \| Pencils: ? (illustration) \| Inks: ? (illustration) \| Colours: ? (illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Characters:	Dick (hero - Surname Not Given) General Francisco Miguel Castro

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Marvelo Monarch of Magicians
Credits:	Pencils: Fred Guardineer \| Inks: Fred Guardineer
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Marvelo Clifford Van Ester Mrs. Van Ester Zee The Hottentot Doctor Hayles

Comic Story (3 pages)
Featuring:	Dixie Dugan
Characters:	Dixie Dugan Lawrence Lovey

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Rocky Ryan
Characters:	Rocky Ryan Roy Colonel Buckridge Khusha Khan

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Jibby Jones
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Jibby Jones Janie

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Charlie Chan
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Charlie Chan J. C. Cornweller

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Spy-Master
Genre:	Adventure Spy
Characters:	The Spy-Master [Jeff Cardiff] James Gregory

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