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Item #53810948
Published Jun 1941 by Columbia Comics Group.Big Shot Comics (1940) 14 GD/VG 3.0
2" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Staple rust.
Ended Jul 2 2021 Winning Bid $87 Cover by Ogden Whitney. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Gardner Fox, Ogden Whitney, Ham Fisher, Fred Guardineer, Mart Bailey, Fred Schwab, Ray McGill, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, and Alfred Andriola. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Teen Sparky Watts volunteers to help mad scientist Doc Static with his cosmic-ray experiment, becoming a sort of nerdy Superman, in the debut of this legendary Boody Rogers series. Spy-Chief battles saboteurs who are targeting the US as a "neutral" nation during WWII (this issue was published in the summer of 1941). Marvelo the Magician accompanies archaeologist Oswell on a journey into the forbidden blue mountains of Peru. Skyman; Sparky Watts; Captain Devildog; Joe Palooka; Spy-Chief; Charlie Chan; Rocky Ryan; Dixie Dugan; Mike the Mascot; Marvelo; Mortimer the Monk; The Face; Oliver Drab. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: GD/VG 3.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)