(September 1940)

Novelty Press, 1940 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Novelty Press, Inc.
Editing:
David Adams (uncredited)
Format:
Color; Standard Golden Age US; Saddle-Stitched; Newsprint; Ongoing

Issue Notes

BLUE BOLT, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1940, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1198, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sub-Zero Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Bill Everett [as Everett] (signed)
Inks:
Bill Everett [as Everett] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Sub-Zero Man
Reprints:
  • in Amazing Mysteries: The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics Books, 2012 series) #1

[The Shrinking Serum] (Table of Contents)

Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Joe Simon; Al Avison; Al Gabriele
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Green Sorceress (villain); Maj. Varikhan (villain, introduction, death); Gallus (villain, introduction, death)
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Colossus, Famous Circus Gorilla At Large!! (Table of Contents)

Dick Cole / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Davis
Pencils:
Bob Davis
Inks:
Bob Davis
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Pete (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Colossus (a gorilla, introduction)

[The Green Turtle] (Table of Contents)

Sub-Zero Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Larry Antonette?
Pencils:
Larry Antonette
Inks:
Larry Antonette
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
The Green Turtle (villain, introduction); Wu Chang (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction); Sub-Zero Man (new costume)

[The Rocket Car] (Table of Contents)

Edison Bell / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Harry Ramsey
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

[The Kidnapping of Super Horse] (Table of Contents)

The White Rider and Super Horse / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Ace (villain, introduction); his partner (villain, introduction)

["You've done gone and got us right into th' middle of a bad fix again!"] (Table of Contents)

Pony Tracks / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack A. Warren
Pencils:
Jack A. Warren
Inks:
Jack A. Warren
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Chief Pack-a-Poke (introduction)

The Mystery of the Little Men [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stockbridge Winslow
Pencils:
Harry Ramsey
Inks:
Harry Ramsey
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Dick Cole

Indexer Notes

Text story with Illustration


[Three Men From Alcatraz] (Table of Contents)

Runaway Ronson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Paul Gustavson
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Inks:
Paul Gustavson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Tony Greko (villain, introduction); Hank (villain, introduction); another convict (villain, introduction)

No Taxation Without Representation (Table of Contents)

Old Cap Hawkin's Tales / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Kiefer
Pencils:
Henry Kiefer
Inks:
Henry Kiefer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

[The Four-Alarm Coverup] (Table of Contents)

Sergeant Spook / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Malcolm Kildale
Pencils:
Malcolm Kildale
Inks:
Malcolm Kildale
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Nick Tarey (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)

[Tong-Lu-Mong] (Table of Contents)

The Phantom Sub / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill O'Connor
Pencils:
Ben Flinton
Inks:
Leonard Sansone
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Lu Mong (villain, introduction, death); the Tong-Lu-Mong (villain, introduction, death)

The Vulture Men From the Void (Table of Contents)

Spacehawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Basil Wolverton
Pencils:
Basil Wolverton
Inks:
Basil Wolverton
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

On the inside back cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [The Shrinking Serum]
    Blue Bolt
  2. 2. Colossus, Famous Circus Gorilla At Large!!
    Dick Cole
  3. 3. [The Green Turtle]
    Sub-Zero Man
  4. 4. [The Rocket Car]
    Edison Bell
  5. 5. [The Kidnapping of Super Horse]
    The White Rider and Super Horse
  6. 6. ["You've done gone and got us right into th' middle of a bad fix again!"]
    Pony Tracks
  7. 7. The Mystery of the Little Men [Part 1]
  8. 8. [Three Men From Alcatraz]
    Runaway Ronson
  9. 9. No Taxation Without Representation
    Old Cap Hawkin's Tales
  10. 10. [The Four-Alarm Coverup]
    Sergeant Spook
  11. 11. [Tong-Lu-Mong]
    The Phantom Sub
  12. 12. The Vulture Men From the Void
    Spacehawk
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