Big Shot Comics (1940) comic books 1947

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.

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.

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 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.