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Big Shot Comics (1940) 42

  • Issue #42
    Big Shot Comics (1940) 42
    • Centerfold detached. Staple rust.

    Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Gardner Fox, Ogden Whitney, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Jeff MacHamer, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Doc Static takes away Sparky's powers so he can join the Navy, but the side-effect is an ever-growing beard; meanwhile, crooks make off with the cosmic-ray machine. Vic Jordan sets out to find the source of the strange yellow clay and prove that Koenig is a Nazi spy. Charlie Chan investigates the plane crash that killed the inventor of the hydraulic boomerang. Vic Jordan; Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; All in a Lifetime; Hollywood Husband; Hot Rescue. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.