Issue: #13
Published: May 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Vin Sullivan [as Vincent Sullivan]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Sullivan credited in the indicia on inside front cover.
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.
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Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Big Shot Comics Introduces...(next issue) |
Featuring: |
Sparky Watts |
Synopsis: |
Illustrated promotional advertisement for Sparky Watts, a feature starting in the next issue. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Boody Rogers (signed) | Inks: Boody Rogers (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Adventure Humor |
Characters: |
Sparky Watts |
Comic Story (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Short Stories |
Synopsis: |
Rudy gets married and thinks that he is the boss in the house. |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Gladiola Rudolph Hotshots |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
The Bungle Family |
Synopsis: |
Mr. Bungle is carrying home a huge armload of packages when rain starts, so he buys an umbrella at a store. But when he gets ready to leave the rain has stopped, so he leaves the umbrella closed with disastrous results. |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
George Bungle Mrs. Jo Bungle |
Comic Story (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
"Good Deed" Dotty |
Synopsis: |
Seeing a dog with a bandaged leg trying to kick at his fleas, Dotty gets a back scratcher and helps the dog out. |
Genre: |
Humor Children |
Characters: |
Dotty A Dog |
Comic Story (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
"Good Deed" Dotty |
Synopsis: |
Dotty has a rather unique way of dealing with a boy prankster in class who likes to trip kids walking down the aisle. |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Dotty Classroom Teacher Boy Prankster |
Text Story (2 pages) |
The Rocking Chair Riddle |
Featuring: |
Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians |
Synopsis: |
Marvelo receives a frantic call from Mr. Jenkins at the Natural History Museum who reports a rather unusual crime: the theft of a rocking chair from the Colonial American exhibit. Jenkins is puzzled because the chair is practically worthless and asks for Marvelo's help catching the culprit and uncovering the reason for the theft. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Fred Guardineer (spot illustrations) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Fantasy Superhero |
Characters: |
Marvelo Zee Mr. Jenkins (Marvelo's Friend At Museum) Thief (villain) |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Mortimer the Monk |
Synopsis: |
Mortimer accidently breaks a valuable vase while sliding down a banister and repairs it with startling results from its owner. |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab ? | Pencils: Fred Schwab ? | Inks: Fred Schwab ? |
Genre: |
Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
Characters: |
Mortimer (a Monkey) Mortimer's Owner |
Advertisement (1 page) |
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Credits: |
Pencils: ? (photos) | Inks: ? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
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