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Publisher: Columbia

Title: Big Shot
Issue: 43
Page Count: 60
Publish Date: February 1944
Volume: 4
Contributors: Editor: Vin Sullivan

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Big Shot Comics #43
Owner: walclark

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:Sparky Watts
Pages:1
Pencils:Tom DeAngelo [as TDA] (signed)
Inks:Tom DeAngelo [as TDA] (signed)
Genre:humor
Characters:Sparky Watts; Adolph Hitler


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:1
Pencils:? (photograph)
Inks:? (photograph)
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Herr Schmutz's Spy Ring - comic story
Features:Sparky Watts
Pages:10
Pencils:Boody Rogers
Inks:Boody Rogers
Genre:satire-parody; superhero
Characters:Sparky Watts; Herr Schmutz (introduction, villain); the Eye (introduction, villain); Burton; Doc Static; General Powers; Senator Smutherline; Slap Happy
Synopsis:General Powers and Senator Smutherline use Sparky as bait to lure out a Nazi spy ring.


Story Title: More Army Life - comic story
Features:Joe Palooka
Pages:1
Pencils:Ham Fisher
Inks:Ham Fisher
Genre:humor; war
Characters:Joe Palooka; Jerry Leemy
Synopsis:Jerry volunteers to search for a raiding party that's overdue to report; when Jerry fails to report within two hours, Joe offers to go in search of Jerry and the raiding party.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Joe Palooka
Pages:1
Pencils:Ham Fisher
Inks:Ham Fisher
Genre:humor; military
Characters:Jerry Leemy; Joe Palooka


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Joe Palooka
Pages:1
Pencils:Ham Fisher
Inks:Ham Fisher
Genre:humor; war
Characters:Joe Palooka; Jerry Leemy
Synopsis:A captain and a sergeant are impressed when they witness Jerry's feats on the field - not realizing that Jerry is motivated by a bee inside his pants.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Joe Palooka
Pages:1
Pencils:Ham Fisher
Inks:Ham Fisher
Genre:humor
Characters:Little Max
Synopsis:Little Max finds a way to do his part for the war effort.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Joe Palooka
Pages:1
Pencils:Ham Fisher
Inks:Ham Fisher
Genre:humor; war
Characters:Jerry Leemy; Joe Palooka
Synopsis:Jerry hams it up in front of a cameraman filming a battle.


Story Title: The Synthetic Rubber Formula, Part 4 - comic story
Features:Captain Yank
Pages:4
Pencils:Frank Tinsley
Inks:Frank Tinsley
Genre:war
Characters:Dr. Lin; Wing; Capt. Yank; Wong; Chu-Ling
Synopsis:Capt. Yank and his companions join a group of traveling pilgrims to sneak past Japanese soldiers to reach Hangchow.


Story Title: The Pet Show - comic story
Features:Bo
Pages:6
Pencils:Frank Beck
Inks:Frank Beck
Genre:humor
Characters:Bo (a dog); Junior; Mr. Brown; Wilfred; Bertram
Synopsis:The day before a pet show, Bo spends the night chasing after cats leaving him tired and lethargic at the competition.


Story Title: The Hydraulic Boomerang, Part 5 - comic story
Features:Charlie Chan
Pages:4
Pencils:Alfred Andriola
Inks:Alfred Andriola
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Charlie Chan; Admiral Rudley; Sparks; Gina; Capt. Recker; Hans; Otto; Zara; J. Edgar Hoover; Kirk


Story Title: The Redwood Forest, Part 5 - comic story
Features:Dixie Dugan
Pages:6
Pencils:J. H. Streibel
Inks:J. H. Streibel
Characters:Dixie Dugan; Mickey; Bud Hale; Mr. Wood; Mr. Wolfe; Rellini
Synopsis:After preparing an "accident" for Dixie, Mickey, and Hale, Wolfe and Rellini coerce Wood into signing away his timberland.


Story Title: The Coastal Plan - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:spy; war
Characters:Wilhelm Von Glick; Private Glauber; Lt. Lasser; Thomas McBride; Johan Stevennson


Story Title: The Submersible Aircraft Carrier - comic story
Features:Skyman
Pages:6
Pencils:Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:Ogden Whitney (signed)
Genre:aviation; war
Characters:Skyman; Admiral McGuire
Synopsis:Skyman discovers that the Japanese are using a submersible aircraft carrier as a base of operations to strike at targets.


Story Title: The Exposure of Major Koenig - comic story
Features:Vic Jordan
Pages:4
Pencils:Paine
Inks:Paine
Genre:spy
Characters:Vic Jordan; Adrienne; Godfrey Hawks [Capt. Koenig]


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:All in a Lifetime
Pages:1
Pencils:Frank Beck
Inks:Frank Beck
Genre:humor
Reprinted:from All in a Lifetime newspaper strip


Story Title: Flat-Top Floogie - comic story
Features:Face
Pages:8
Pencils:Ogden Whitney (Mart Bailey)
Inks:Ogden Whitney
Genre:war
Characters:Flat-Top Floogie; Face [Tony Trent]; Lt. Haroll; Jinx Jenton


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:National Radio Institute
Pages:1
Pencils:?; ? (photographs)
Inks:?; ? (photographs)
Letters:typeset
Characters:J. E. Smith (photo)


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:MoToR's Auto Repair Manual
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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