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Big Shot Comics (1940) 52

  • Issue #52
    Big Shot Comics (1940) 52
    • Sticker on cover. Tape on a few interior pages and cover.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • Spine roll, cover coming loose at single center staple, water damage, slight mold.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    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.