Big Shot Comics (1940) comic books

Stories and art by Ogden Whitney, Ham Fisher, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. On a dangerous winding road, Charlie Chan faces the beautiful Zara and The Master, the spies behind the terrorist bombings. Sparky Watts travels with Slap Happy to visit Slap's parents, who haven't seen him since his feet were mutated to gigantic size by cosmic rays. Dixie Dugan and Mickey dress as nurses to cheer up Mickey's ailing uncle, in a story with some good-girl art by John Striebel. Vic Jordan; Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; The Ashes of Mr. Acropolis. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ray Krank, Tom DeAngelo, Ogden Whitney, Ham Fisher, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Charlie Chan returns to San Francisco to close the trap on the remaining members of the spy ring. Sparky and company try to help war orphans, and a young Joe Palooka contemplates equality and democracy. While Dixie Dugan is dressed as a nurse for a joke, a doctor takes her along on an urgent call. The cover features a PSA to "Fight Infantile Paralysis," better known as polio. Vic Jordan; Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; All in a Lifetime; Happy New Year, Jim!. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Charles Stern, Tom DeAngelo, Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. In Tunisia, Captain Yank rescues a mysterious veiled woman, who demands to see the U.S. commander. Slap Happy wants to go ice skating to impress beautiful Lana Lucious, but his fantastically large feet require sleds for skates. Dixie Dugan learns that wealthy Ronnie Kinter has only been pretending to be sick to get away from his family. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Mister Two Heads. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ray Krank, Charles Stern, Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Charlie Chan stows away on a Japanese ship to track the saboteurs, but he is detected and captured. Slap Happy, Sparky and Doc Static are shipwrecked on an island, but they are not alone. Dixie Dugan tries to determine if the runaway soda jerk is really the wealthy Ronnie Kinter. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; The Monkeys of Mr. Wun. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ray Krank, Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. A killer stalks the creators of the Dream Drug, which causes criminals to have nightmares until they confess their crimes. A painting is so horrible, people flee the art gallery to get away from it - so naturally, Sparky's pal Slap Happy wins it in a raffle. Kirk and Charlie Chan battle escaped spies Zara and Everett on a ship bound for Axis Japan. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Manhattan Manhunt. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Captain Yank and a squad of Italian freedom fighters must evade Nazi tanks to escape with captured fuel trucks, but Yank has a plan. Slap Happy sets out to capture radium thieves for the reward. Dixie Dugan and her friends stumble on a millionaire's deserted cabin in the woods. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; How To Cook a Monkey. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ray Krank, Ham Fisher, Elmer Wexler, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Captain Yank and Wanda head to Cairo on a new assignment. Junior gets Bo a job as a security dog. Brass Knuckles faces a wrestler many times his size in the ring. Plus a vintage PSA ("from the War Advertising Council in cooperation with the War Production Board and the Office of War Information") for wartime paper salvage, an early form of recycling. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; The King of QWERTYUIOP. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ray Krank, Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. When Fawn is abducted by Nazi spies, Skyman gets out his new jet-powered plane, Feather, which can hover in midair. Sparky, Hedy and Slap Happy vacation at Mr. Hodgers' ranch in Texas, and try to help him raise the money for his mortgage before Mr. Gold seizes the property. Charlie Chan tells the story of when he went after The Gentleman Thief. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Skyman Rides the Whirlwind. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. The "last Nazi," an escaped war criminal, hijacks a plane to escape justice, and Skyman takes wing in pursuit. Sparky and Slap Happy battle escaped outlaws while on vacation at Mr. Hodgers' ranch in Texas. Charlie Chan tries to prove a man is innocent of killing his wife, despite the evidence suggesting otherwise. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; The Man Who Stole the Sixth Avenue L. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. A Skyman impostor, complete with customized Wing plane, tries to frame Skyman for his crimes. While listening to their favorite radio program, The Lone Stranger, Doc Static accidentally turns Sparky Watts into a living radio. Captain Biggs wants to arrest The Face for murder, leading to trouble for Willy and Tony, the two men behind The Face's mask. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Swindler's Homecoming. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ed Moritz, Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie and Rosamond try to jump-start a middle-aged romance between Mr. Shipley and Rosie's aunt. Sparky Watts tries to help Doc Static capitalize on his "living radio" idea, but a random Frank Sinatra broadcast gets Sparky mobbed with infatuated women who think he sings like Frankie. Skyman seeks the thugs who've purloined a jade necklace from the J. Wadsworth Long art collection. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Double Date With Deep-Sea. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Tony and Willy, the first two men to wear the mask of The Face, travel into the mountains of China and learn the fate of General Lee-Ahng, the third and final Face. Doc Static's "living radio" device continues to cause confusion for the unsuspecting. Skyman gets pulled into backstage shenanigans at a stage play and winds up battling two actual clowns who want to sabotage the production, in an offbeat tale. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Double Date With Deep-Sea. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. No longer hiding behind the mask of The Face, Tony Trent continues to battle crime under his own name. Slap Happy is cast as the lead in a Hollywood movie, but the GMG studio doesn't know about the living-radio invention that makes him such a great singer. As America transitions from World War II to the postwar period, Captain Yank makes his final appearance. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Double Date With Deep-Sea. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Don Dean, Ham Fisher, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Bo the dog can't compete with the new kitten for cuteness, so he decides to adopt it instead. Slap Happy accidentally winds up in the pilot's seat when Doc Static is testing out his new invention, a remote-control drone plane. The debut of Cranberry Boggs, a sort of Northeastern Li'l Abner with lobster-traps and Codville, instead of Sadie Hawkins and Dogpatch. Bizarre pre-psychedelic cover was featured in Scott Shaw!'s Oddball Comics. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Jamie Cuthbert and the Dublin Terror. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Don Dean, Ham Fisher, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie Dugan springs into action after a handsome stranger breaks his leg, but a lawnmower makes for an odd-looking splint. Sparky Watts dreams that he's married to the worst wife ever, and his superpowers are no help. Charlie Chan helps track down kidnappers who've taken a young boy hostage. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Paddy Doyle. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom DeAngelo, Don Dean, Ham Fisher, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Skyman encounters an artist who uses his paintings as a way to case buildings for future robberies. Fragile millionaire Spencer Strongheart looks exactly like super-powered Sparky Watts, which causes some confusion after Spencer is kidnapped. Charlie Chan and Kirk find themselves in a strange situation after a plane crashes on a beautiful, reclusive woman's property. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Pistols in the Morning. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ogden Whitney, Tom DeAngelo, Don Dean, Ham Fisher, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Skyman flies down to meet Fawn in Mexico and instead encounters her exact duplicate, who's not happy to meet him. Story (and cover) greets Skyman artist Ogden Whitney on his return from service in WWII. Spencer Strongheart, world's weakest millionaire and lookalike of super-powered Sparky Watts, asks to change places with Sparky to learn to be a better man. Charlie Chan pursues Cameo Carey and her brother Derek after they kidnap two men. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Squire Kingman Comes to Propose. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ogden Whitney, Tom DeAngelo, Don Dean, Ham Fisher, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Granny is scandalized that Cranberry Boggs went and got himself a tattoo, until she sees what it says. When Sparky Watts winds up walking down the aisle with the fiancee of lookalike Spencer Strongheart, only his super-speed can save him from marriage. Dixie Dugan's mysterious, wealthy new beau wants to transform her into a debutante, and she's not sure how she feels about that. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; The Revolution and a Bit of Dentistry. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ogden Whitney, Tom DeAngelo, Don Dean, Ham Fisher, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Skyman secretly plans to launch his latest ship to the moon itself, but Fawn finds out about it, and so does a gangster who wants the rocket for himself. Slap Happy becomes the latest target of Coquette Circe, the beautiful woman who drives ugly men to suicide. Tony Trent is angry after stunt-flier Hellcat Rankin takes Tony's fiancee Babs with him on his latest dangerous flight. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All in a Lifetime; Jamie Cuthbert's Duel. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ogden Whitney, Tom DeAngelo, Don Dean, Jeff Machamer, Ham Fisher, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Skyman launches his experimental spaceship toward the moon, unaware that he's carrying two stowaways. Doc Static suggests to Sparky Watts that a road trip is the best way to cure Slap Happy's ills. After he reads a comic book to his niece and nephew, Brass Knuckles dreams that he is Superman spoof Dooperman on an encounter with the Moon Men. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Husband; Squire Kingsman's Front Tooth. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Gardner Fox, Ogden Whitney, Tom DeAngelo, Don Dean, Jeff Machamer, Ham Fisher, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Skyman finds two surprising things on the moon: Fawn, his stowaway girlfriend, and fugitive Nazis. Sparky Watts becomes a rainmaking machine after Slap Happy accidentally knocks him skyward. Charlie Chan reveals the story of the Lottery Murders. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All in a Lifetime; Hollywood Husband; Good Old Bumpy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ogden Whitney, Tom DeAngelo, Don Dean, Ham Fisher, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Joe Palooka convinces his trainer Knobby to give another fighter some good advice, even though Knobby's already bet against him. This was the last appearance of Joe Palooka in Big Shot; he next appeared in Joe Palooka (1945 Harvey) #1. Doc Static's new invention puts Sparky Watts into suspended animation, and he is carried off by hungry vultures. After crash-landing his ship on the moon, Skyman encounters a moon-girl and escaped Nazi war criminals, including Hitler himself! Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Good Old Bumpy: Help Wanted. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ogden Whitney, Tom DeAngelo, Don Dean, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Charlie Chan investigates the murders of the Post family. Doc Static's new automatic lawnmower also paints the house and eliminates pesky door-to-door salesmen, but gets stuck on Sparky's head when Slap Happy tries to give him a haircut. Skyman discovers Hitler hiding out among the Nazi war criminals on the moon; unfortunately, Skyman has amnesia after his spaceship crashed. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All in a Lifetime; Good Old Bumpy: Little Monsters. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ogden Whitney, Tom DeAngelo, Don Dean, Lank Leonard, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. In his debut in the pages of Big Shot, Irish-American cop Mickey Finn wants to attend the FBI academy, but his Uncle Phil just wants a free trip to Washington. Doc Static's new remote-control machine causes nothing but problems, especially when a greedy millionaire gets wind of it. On the moon, amnesiac Skyman doesn't recognize either his gal Fawn or Adolf Hitler, but he's got bigger problems: an attack of giant moon-rats. Babs remembers how she first met Tony Trent and The Face, in a one-issue revival of The Face in response to reader demand. Plus a PSA for US Savings Bonds featuring a photo/cartoon version of screen legend Danny Kaye. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All in a Lifetime; Good Old Bumpy: Little Monsters. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Tom DeAngelo, Jeff Machamer, Don Dean, Lank Leonard, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Tony Trent finds a doctor who can cure Babs of her tropical disease, but first he must elude the two sinister men following him. Cosmic rays cause Slap Happy to regress quickly to infancy, and Sparky Watts has to figure out how to change him back. Skyman tries to protect Fawn and Vega the moon-girl from the giant moon-rats, but after that he still has to deal with Hitler's bid to take over the moon-people. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All in a Lifetime; Hollywood Husband; Good Old Bumpy: Mmm-m-m-m! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Tom DeAngelo, Victor Vacarezza, Don Dean, Lank Leonard, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie Dugan's new friends are sentenced to prison because of her testimony in court. Crooks hypnotize Sparky Watts into helping them rob a bank, but they don't know about his superpowers. Skyman gives the giant moon-rats the Ellen Ripley treatment, thanks to a handy airlock. Plus a PSA for US Savings Bonds featuring comedy legend Groucho Marx! Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All in a Lifetime; June Bride; Good Old Bumpy: Big Moments. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Don Dean, Lank Leonard, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Bo the dog is worried when he hears rumors about a dog food shortage. Sparky Watts decides to see if he can use his superpowers to stop a tornado. Skyman's plan to turn the moon-people against Hitler hits a snag when a missile from Earth strikes the moon. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All in a Lifetime; Good Old Bumpy: Aftermath. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Don Dean, Lank Leonard, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie Dugan thinks her Pa's finally lost it when he starts building an ark for all the animals. The tornado lands Sparky Watts in a lost valley where women are warriors and men do the housework, and he must battle Two-Ton Gertie after making a sexist comment. Skyman makes a desperate gamble to keep Hitler from taking over the moon. Also, the final appearance of Charlie Chan in Big Shot; his next appearance was in Charlie Chan (1948 Crestwood/Prize/Charlton) #1. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All in a Lifetime; June Bride; Good Old Bumpy: The Empty Cupboard. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Don Dean, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Mickey Finn graduates from the FBI academy, in a story with a cameo by J. Edgar Hoover himself. By defeating Two-Ton Gertie, Sparky Watts is made king of the lost valley, but that also means he gains multiple wives - whether he wants them or not. Kurt meets has fate and Vega is injured, as Skyman learns Hitler's true plans for the moon and its moon-people. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All in a Lifetime; My Fair Lady. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Boody Rogers. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Don Dean, Lank Leonard, Renny McEvoy, Jim Fabian, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie Dugan goes on her first date with her boss, despite her better judgment. Back from the lost valley, Sparky Watts introduces Hattie the Horrible, a talking spike-helmet with feet who hates women, in another wacky Boody Rogers tale. On the moon, Hitler plans to hypnotize Skyman and command him to build nuclear bombs for his attack on Earth. Another bizarre cover by Boody Rogers is worth a good long look. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Johnnie; June Bride; Bumpy: Trouble for Everyone. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lank Leonard. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, Renny McEvoy, Jim Fabian, Marion Bailey, Don Dean, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. When Bo the dog gets lost, his family resorts to putting up flyers. When Sparky Watts shakes hands with arm-wrestling champ Uncle Cactus, the two super-grips combined cause their hands to fuse together, in another wacky Boody Rogers tale. Under hypnosis, Skyman reveals his identity and the secret of nuclear energy to Hitler's moon-soldiers, but Fawn refuses to believe it. Plus a PSA about Air Force Day on August 1, 1947, the 40th anniversary of US military air service. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Johnnie; All in a Lifetime; Meet Strangling Susie. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, Renny McEvoy, Jim Fabian, Don Dean, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. When Tony Trent investigates a warehouse fire and river pirates, his fiancee Babs and her date are forced to come along, an awkward situation. Sparky Watts and the gang travel with Uncle Cactus to his home, Horn-Toad Ranch in Arizona, in a story with some great Boody Rogers art. Skyman's ruse allows his friends to get to Hitler's spaceship, but Skyman himself is still moonbound. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Johnnie; All in a Lifetime; Bumpy: Call the Cops. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, Renny McEvoy, Jim Fabian, Don Dean, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. A dress dummy seems like a good parrot cage to Cranberry Boggs, but the resulting talking mannequin throws Cap'n Gramps for a loop. While in Arizona, Slap Happy buys the biggest cowboy boots ever, but his "talking" mule isn't impressed, in another wacky Boody Rogers story. Skyman makes a nerve-wracking climb up the outside of a rocket as it blasts off from the moon. Big Shot Game Page; Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Johnnie; All in a Lifetime; Visitors for Tony Trent. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, Renny McEvoy, Jim Fabian, Don Dean, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie Dugan's mom is hired to make evening gowns for a dozen men, for a college "powder puff" drag revue. Slap Happy reads Mother Goose rhymes for the first time, and thinks they're reports of actual events. As Skyman and his team escape the moon, Adolf Hitler, tied to a rocket, meets a final fate that only Bucky Barnes could truly appreciate. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Johnnie; All in a Lifetime; Tony Trent's Peril. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, Renny McEvoy, Jim Fabian, Don Dean, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie Dugan and her family are alarmed when it appears that Ma's new client is carrying a time bomb in his suitcase. Slap Happy and Hattie the Horrible make a bet on which one of them will get married first. Tony Trent marries Babs Walsh, his longtime fiancee; a text story in the same issue describes the bachelor party for Tony, the man who was once The Face. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Johnnie; All in a Lifetime; Tony Trent's Bachelor Party. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, Renny McEvoy, Jim Fabian, Don Dean, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie Dugan and her family learn more about Ma's mysterious new client - but can they believe him? While visiting a carnival with Sparky Watts, Hattie the Horrible proposes to his high school sweetheart, Bonny Pinfeathers. Skyman wants to pursue the Venusians who have kidnapped Fawn, but first he must convince the moon-people to give him fuel - and that means a fight. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Johnnie; All in a Lifetime; Flight Home. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Boody Rogers. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, Renny McEvoy, Jim Fabian, Don Dean, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Junior has run away from home, and Bo the dog sets out to find him. Slap Happy is the best man at Hattie the Horrible's wedding to Bonny. On board the alien craft with Skyman in pursuit, Fawn and Gloria see the horrifying true faces of the Venusians. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Johnnie; All in a Lifetime; Bumpy: It's the Root of All Evil. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, Renny McEvoy, Jim Fabian, Don Dean, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Tony Trent and Babs are trapped in a Latin American country during a revolution. McFiddle the inventor shows Slap Happy and Doc Static his inventions, including a pie stretcher, heated ice cream, and a topless umbrella for sunny days, in another wacky Boody Rogers story. The alien spacecraft that has Fawn and Gloria is headed for Venus just in time for space-typhoon season, unless Skyman can catch them first. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Johnnie; All in a Lifetime; Bumpy: The Million To One Shot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, Renny McEvoy, Jim Fabian, Don Dean, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie Dugan's Ma gets the full New York treatment after she's hired to design costumes for a Broadway show. Chuck Waggin, the man with nine lives, has located the legendary Lost Dutchman gold mine, but he needs Sparky Watts' help to get to it, in another wacky Boody Rogers story. After crash-landing on Venus, Skyman is rescued by the locals, but not all of them trust the Earthman named Skyman. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Johnnie; All in a Lifetime; A Gentleman Calls. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Big Shot goes to 32 pages of content with this issue. Dixie Dugan is offered the lead in the Broadway show her mother is designing the costumes for. On their quest to find the legendary Lost Dutchman gold mine, Sparky Watts and Chuck Waggin encounter Jumbo Figniggle, a teenage giant, in another wacky Boody Rogers story. Fawn is forced to take part in a deadly Venusian lottery while Skyman fights to find and rescue her. Sparky Watts: Jumbo Figniggle; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent: The Score Is Settled; Skyman: Night Flight; Brass Knuckles; Enter Benny Ratsoff. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. At the urging of Bradley, Dixie secretly studies for the lead role in his new play at a boarded-up old theater. While Slap Happy gets his nose stuck in a bowling ball, Sparky Watts brings his new giant pal home to meet the gang, in another wacky Boody Rogers story. Skyman has Flash Gordon-style adventures soaring through the skies of Venus. Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Bumpy: Limehouse Louey Takes Over. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie learns that Bradley had ulterior motives in casting her in the play, and their secret rehearsal spot is revealed. Doc Static's anti-cosmic ray machine shrinks the wrong parts of Slap Happy and teen giant Jumbo, in another wacky Boody Rogers story. On the trail of Fawn, Skyman must battle the gigantic Venusian Dogs of Doom. Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Bumpy: The Whites of the Enemy's Eyes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. A photo in the newspaper gives everybody the wrong idea about what Dixie and Bradley were up to in the old vaudeville theater. Doc Static loses his glasses and accidentally shrinks everybody but Sparky Watts with his anti-cosmic ray machine, in another wacky Boody Rogers story. Fawn and Skyman are finally reunited on the Venusian ship, but their troubles aren't over yet. Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All's Well. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mart Bailey. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Bradley escapes out the window as his convoluted plan is revealed, leaving his brother and Dixie to get to know each other better. Slap Happy's head is shrunk to microscopic size and he, Jumbo and Chuck have the minds of babies, as things get stranger for Sparky Watts in classic Boody Rogers fashion. Fawn and Skyman must find Deuce and the other captured humans before they can escape Venus and return to Earth. Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Bumpy: I Wonder What's Become of.... 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mart Bailey. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. While in New York City, Dixie Dugan fears that Pa is getting mixed up with gangsters. Doc and Sparky Watts have their hands full with three babies, until the baby-sitter agency sends over beautiful, red-headed and super-capable Dotty Dash. Fawn and Skyman return to Earth for the first time since their outer space/Nazi moon-men/Venusian adventure began in issue #69. Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Bumpy: Mr. Greenwood Tells All. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie Dugan discovers that the unsavory-looking characters Pa is consorting with are actually theatrical producers. Dotty Dash tells Sparky Watts she wouldn't marry him if he were the last man on Earth, but an alien invasion means she may get her wish. Skyman must rescue Fawn after she stumbles on a wax sculptor's deadly "House of Wax" secret. Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Bumpy: Friends of Mr. Greenwood. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. The Dugans back an off-Broadway show featuring old vaudeville stars, but does it have the potential to be a hit? Sparky Watts is the only survivor of a worldwide alien attack, and to make matters worse, he's lost his superpowers. Through a misunderstanding, an inept correspondence-course detective thinks that Skyman stole Fawn's purse, and sets out to get it back. Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Bumpy: One Exciting Night. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Brass Knuckles is taken in by a door-to-door carpet salesman, only to learn he accidentally bought a flying carpet. Sparky Watts, the last man on Earth, meets the last woman on Earth - his would-be girlfriend Dotty Dash. Skyman targets an unscrupulous housing contractor. Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Bumpy: Diamonds and Stuff. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Crooks work out a perfect armored-car robbery, but unfortunately for them the sole witness is Fawn, girlfriend of Skyman. Now that Sparky Watts really is the last man on Earth, he finally convinces Dotty to marry him. While Tony Trent and Babs are at Mardi Gras, thieves try to steal the King's necklace. Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Bumpy: Whos Got the Diamonds? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Passing ghosts read Brass Knuckles' book manuscript and decide it's so terrible, they should rewrite it themselves. Returning to reality, Sparky Watts learns that his gal Dotty will marry him after all, even if he's not the last man on Earth. Tony and Babs Trent are captured by enemy forces during a pleasure cruise. Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Bumpy: Limehouse Louie Again. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.