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| Date | | Number: 8 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Big Shot 8 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | 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. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Feature | Joe Palooka; Skyman |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Skyman; Marvelo (inset); Face (inset); Charlie Chan (inset) |
| Pencils | Creig Flessel ? |
| Inks | Creig Flessel ? |
| First Line | Look, fellers! Here's th' Skyman with more toys! |
| Notes | A previous indexer credited the artwork to Ogden Whitney, but this looks more like Creig Flessel's work. |
| Illustration | Merry Christmas! (1 page) |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Charlie Chan; The Skyman; Rocky Ryan; Marvelo and Zee; The Face; Jigger Jones; Dixie Dugan; Spt-Chief' Mike |
| Notes | Ten vignettes of the main characters who appear regularly, arrayed around a holly wreath, with the message, "Merry Christmas!" All images taken from panels drawn by their regular artists. |
| Comic Story | Norgo's Freeze Weapon / The Skyman (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Norgo blankets parts of the United States with extreme cold and then threatens to do the same to the entire country if the U.S. does not surrender to him. |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Fawn Carroll; Allan Turner [Skyman]; Norgo |
| Script | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| Inks | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| First Line | It is a hot day at Jurgon Beach, Florida. |
| Notes | Ogden Whitney signed the fifth panel of story page 11. |
| Comic Story | Reunion with Knobby (6 pages) |
| Feature | Joe Palooka |
| Genre | Humor; Sports |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Steve; Tony; Weidebottom; Mr. Stookey; Buddy Peters |
| Script | Ham Fisher |
| Pencils | Ham Fisher |
| Inks | Ham Fisher |
| First Line | At last Knobby has found Joe, who is in a Newark jail following the capture of three desperate gangsters. |
| Text Story | Joe Palooka's Christmas Carol (1.7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Joe and Knobby, on their way home for Christmas, stop for the night at a tavern. Overhearing a conversation between a doctor and the tavern proprietor about a down on their luck mother and child, Joe and Knobby decide to help bring the Christmas spirit to the mother and child. |
| Feature | Joe Palooka |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Mrs. Brady; Tom Brady |
| First Line | The snow had started falling early in the afternoon and by nightfall the countryside was blanketed with a coating of pure whiteness. |
| Statement of Ownership | No Title |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Ann L. Horgan (business manager) (credited) |
| Comic Story | The Robot Killer (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tom Kerry investigates a robot that is robbing banks. |
| Feature | Tom Kerry District Attorney |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Tom Kerry |
| Script | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer |
| First Line | With this new radio-controlled robot - and my new germ spray - I can become the greatest criminal of my age! |
| Comic Story | The Hypnotist (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A hypnotist takes control of a bomber squadron and Jeff investigates the threat to U.S. security. |
| Feature | Spy-Chief |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]; "Ace" Gordon; Jack Condon; The Hypnotist |
| Script | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Mart Bailey (signed) |
| Inks | Mart Bailey (signed) |
| First Line | Arming against any possible war emergency, the United States tests its mighty bombers in a long distance trial flight... |
| Notes | Mart Bailey signed the seventh panel of story page 6. |
| Story | Jibby Jones (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Betty is distressed after her uncle tells her that Santa Claus doesn't exist; Jibby and Jane dress up as Santa to prove him wrong. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Betty; Jibby Jones; Jane; Uncle Grump |
| Script | Creig Flessel |
| Pencils | Creig Flessel |
| Inks | Creig Flessel |
| First Line | Huh? |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Movieland Sketches |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Ann Sheridan; Errol Flynn; Don Ameche |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| First Line | Blood in the regular black and white movies is made up of chocolate syrup! |
| Comic Story | The Kidnapping of David Frome, Part 3 (5 pages) |
| Feature | Charlie Chan |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Kirk Barrow; Carla; Biena; Col. Bamba; Borrico; General Jura; Charlie Chan; David Frome |
| Script | Alfred Andriola |
| Pencils | Alfred Andriola |
| Inks | Alfred Andriola |
| First Line | Charlie's ruse works! |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mike attacks Santa Claus believing Santa to be a robber. |
| Feature | Mike the Mascot |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Mike |
| First Line | Gosh! - what a night! |
| Comic Story | Mystery in Metalanim / Rocky Ryan (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Doe receives a message that her father has disappeared while studying the architecture of a partially submerged city and Rocky offers to travel with her to discover what happened. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Doe Ames; Rocky Ryan; Mr. Jonson; Mr. Ames |
| Script | Gardner Fox ? |
| Pencils | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| Inks | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| First Line | Solving the riddle of the lost city of Anghor-Thom with Doe Ames, a girl archaeologist, Rocky prepares to leave her at Saigon... |
| Notes | Ogden Whitney signed the fifth panel of story page 6. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Kid Stuff |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Buckwheat |
| Script | Albert Chartier ? |
| Pencils | Albert Chartier (signed) |
| Inks | Albert Chartier (signed) |
| First Line | If you ask me, Buckwheat, I'm sure glad I ain't no Clark Gable type. |
| Notes | Seven unrelated gag panels. |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Feature | Dixie Dugan |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Imogene; John; Dixie Dugan |
| Script | J. P. McEvoy |
| Pencils | John Striebel |
| Inks | John Striebel |
| First Line | Imogene, dear - your Uncle John is coming over! |
| Notes | The top tier of each page is "Good Deed Dotty", by the same creators. |
| Comic Story | The Chilean Drug Smugglers (6 pages) |
| Feature | Marvelo |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Marvelo; Zee; Captain Esperol |
| Script | Gardner Fox ? |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer |
| First Line | The sport of millionaires - deep sea fishing off the coast of Chile! |
| Comic Story | Too Much Santa Claus (1 page) |
| Synopsis | George wears a Santa Claus suit home and receives a lot of negative attention. |
| Feature | The Bungle Family |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | George Bungle |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill |
| First Line | An elegant fit, sir. |
| Notes | The top tier is a strip entitled "Testimonials", by the same creator. |
| Comic Story | Mystery of the Missing Shoes / The Face (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Tony Trent [The Face]; Ted Bolder; O'Rourke |
| Script | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Mart Bailey |
| Inks | Mart Bailey |
| First Line | On a deserted elevated structure in the city... |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Let's Play Games |
| Script | A. W. Nugent ? |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent (signed) |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent (signed) |
| First Line | A deep-sea game filled with thrills and danger... |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Have you seen our new 1941 catalog? |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for various mail order items from Johnson Smith & Company. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
