# Big Shot Comics

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{{Short description|American comic book series}}
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'''''Big Shot Comics''''' was an American [comic book](/source/comic_book) series published  by [Columbia Comics](/source/Columbia_Comics) during the period in the 1940s that fans and historians refer to as the [Golden Age of comic books](/source/Golden_Age_of_comic_books). An anthology title, the series included a mix of superheroes, costumed crimefighters, crusading [district attorney](/source/district_attorney)s, heroic [magicians](/source/Magician_(fantasy)) and others, both in original stories and in reprinted [newspaper](/source/newspaper) [comic strips](/source/comic_strip)  from the [McNaught Syndicate](/source/McNaught_Syndicate), including ''[Dixie Dugan](/source/Dixie_Dugan)'', ''[Joe Palooka](/source/Joe_Palooka)'', and the [movie](/source/movie) series spin-off ''[Charlie Chan](/source/Charlie_Chan)''.

== Publication history ==
''Big Shot'' ran 104 issues, cover-dated May 1940 to August 1949. With issue #30 (Dec. 1942), the title was shortened to simply ''Big Shot''.

== Overview ==
Original characters included [The Face](/source/Face_(character)), Sparky Watts, [Skyman](/source/Skyman_(Columbia_Comics)), Brass Knuckles, Marvelo and [Spy-Master](/source/Spy-Master).

Although the character Skyman was intended to be the leader of the title, the character did not have the star power that the publisher hoped for. Sparky Watts, a superhero parody character created by [Boody Rogers](/source/Boody_Rogers), started in issue 14, and judging by the number of covers and solo books, had the highest popularity.

==References==
* {{Grand Comics Database search |search= big+shot |type= title |title= ''Big Shot'' and ''Big Shot Comics'' }}

Category:Comics magazines published in the United States
Category:1940 comics debuts
Category:1949 comics endings
Category:Magazines established in 1940
Category:Magazines disestablished in 1949
Category:Golden Age comics titles

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