Digital Comic Museum - Big Shot Comics 013


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Big Shot Comics 013 (c2c)

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comic by krankyboy/rangerhouse fund
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Username:	Poztron
Comment:	Nice clear scans, with some color correction (I guess) but not _too_ much. Nicely edited and trimmed. And some top-notch art by Ogden Whitney and Fred Guardineer with two stories each. Nice work!

Issue: #13
Published: May 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Vin Sullivan [as Vincent Sullivan]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Sullivan credited in the indicia on inside front cover. 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.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Captain Devildog
Genre:	War
Characters:	Captain Devildog The Skyman [Allen Turner] (full Figure Inset) The Face [Tony Trent] (inset) Joe Palooka (inset)

Comic Story (11 pages)
Featuring:	The Skyman
Synopsis:	Skyman saves Fawn and an army major from being blown up in their launch by a torpedo. He is told that mysterious submarines have been preying on the U.S. Merchant Marine the past two months, and no ship is sunk; they just disappear in mid-ocean.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Paul Dean] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Skyman [Allen Turner] Fawn Carroll U.S. Army Major Commander Innes Submarine Commander (villain) Submarine Crew Members (villains, One Dies)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Captain Devildog of the U.S. Marines
Synopsis:	The colonel and Captain Devildog are informed that inventor Powell has been captured by a notorious girl bandit who seeks the man's special two-way radio. Through Powell's invention, Steele communicates as the wooden god Deli to convince the natives and Pari to release the inventor.
Genre:	War
Characters:	Captain Devildog [Captain Hank Steele] (a Marine, Introduction) Kelly (mechanic) Un-named Colonel Chester Powell (inventor) Pari (villain, Girl Bandit) Jungle Natives (villains)

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Mike the Mascot
Synopsis:	Mike wakes up one morning feeling strange, then notices a flower, sniffs it, and suddenly gets Spring fever.
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Mike The Mascot Cosmo The Trained Rabbit (death)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Joe Palooka
Synopsis:	Knobby believes that Weidebottom accepted money from a gambler to have Joe lose to Duke Dropper in an exhibition fight. When Joe's promoter attempts to get a rematch, Duke refuses. So Knobby comes up with a sure-fire scheme to get that match.
Genre:	Drama Sports
Characters:	Joe Palooka [also As Mike Bean] Knobby Walsh (Joe's Manager) Weidebottom Un-named Sports Editor In Kansas City Panther Scott (boxer) Donahue Duke Dropper (boxer) Johnny (villain, Promoter) Synder (villain, A Promoter)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Spy-Chief
Synopsis:	Jeff and his friend see Jeff's dog in action. Jeff believes that Rex can be effectively used to trail spies. Lars has created a new type of rifle and believes that spies are after it. However, once the spies succeed in taking the rifle, Jeff uses Rex to trail them and round them up.
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff] Rex (Jeff's Dog, Introduction) Lars (Jeff's Friend) Foreign Spies (villains)

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Jibby Jones
Synopsis:	Butch reminds Jibby that the big baseball game against the Indians is today, but when Butch fails to show up to play, Jibby decides to put Jane in the outfield for the Indians.
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Jibby Jones Jane Jones (Jibby's Sister) Mr. Jones (Jibby And Jane's Father) Mrs. Jones (Jibby And Jane's Mother) Butch Stinky

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Charlie Chan
Synopsis:	Charlie, Kirk and Gina are on their way to Kornweller's cabin by airplane but are not aware that several crooks are at the controls.
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Charlie Chan Kirk Barrow Gina Lane J. C. Kornweller (movie Producer) Berzelius Keno (villain) Keno's Men [Tommy Other Un-named] (villains, Crooks) Local Natives [Molu Others Un-named] (villains)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	The Bungle Family
Synopsis:	Mr. Bungle is carrying home a huge armload of packages when rain starts, so he buys an umbrella at a store. But when he gets ready to leave the rain has stopped, so he leaves the umbrella closed with disastrous results.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	George Bungle Mrs. Jo Bungle

Comic Story (6 pages)
Synopsis:	After quelling a mutiny, Rocky continues his quest for the white whale that spawns near the bed of valuable pearls. Landing ashore, he seeks natives to act as pearl divers, but all refuse until they see Rocky himself dive.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Rocky Ryan Doe Ames Island Natives [Hekai Korula (native Chief) Malu (native Chief's Son) Rest Un-named] Doc

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Dixie Dugan
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Dixie Dugan (career Girl) Mickie (Dixie's Friend) Imogene (Dixie's Niece)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians
Synopsis:	Marvelo is approached by two men who relate to him a story from 1783 in which a French frigate carrying gold to the New World foundered on the rocks. They know the exact location of the ship but desire Marvelo's assistance in order to help them recover the gold.
Genre:	Fantasy Superhero
Characters:	Marvelo Zee (Marvello's Assistant) Dr. Crenby (Geologist) Reilly (villain) Leberts (villain)

Comic Story (8 pages)
Synopsis:	The Face swipes the Sandstone Buddha from a pair of crooks, then seeks out a Dr. Franck to learn more about the object. Thinking that there is more to the doctor's explanation, Tony decides to examine the object himself and makes a startling discovery.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Face [Tony Trent] (radio Commentator) Jinny Gildernest Dr. Franck (villain, Society Doctor, Sandstone Collector) Franck's Henchmen (villains)

Comic Story (1 page)
Synopsis:	Mortimer accidently breaks a valuable vase while sliding down a banister and repairs it with startling results from its owner.
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Mortimer (a Monkey) Mortimer's Owner

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