Blue Bolt #v1#6 [6]
(November 1940)

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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1940-09-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Inc.
Editing
David Adams (uncredited)

Issue Notes

BLUE BOLT, Vol. 1, No. 6, November 1940, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1168, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.

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. 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dick Cole / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
W. E. Rowland ?
Inks
W. E. Rowland ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Dick Cole

[The Menace of Marto] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; The Green Sorceress (villain); Marto [Martin Hall] (villain, introduction, death)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cosmic rays precursor. Jack Kirby reused the motif of cosmic rays granting super powers in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #1 as per Comic Book Historians article researched by Alex Grand.

[The Stealing of "Shining Star"] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dick Cole / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

Characters
Phil Carp (villain); Straw-Hat Harry (villain, introduction); Puggo (villain, introduction)

[Professor X Strikes Again] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Bill Everett
Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor X (villain, death); Riggs (villain, introduction); Torpedo Smith (villain, introduction); Barrett (villain, introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Jack Warren
Pencils
Jack Warren
Inks
Jack Warren
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gig him, cowboy--you're ridin' like a tenderfoot!

The Mystery of the Little Men [Part 3] (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stockbridge Winslow
Pencils
Harry Ramsey
Inks
Harry Ramsey
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Dick Cole

Indexer Notes

Text story with Illustration

[Spies On a Train] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

Genre
adventure
Characters
Runaway Ronson; Edgar Monroe (introduction); Operator 7 (villain, introduction); Operator 9 (villain, introduction); Operator 24 (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

All Paul Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul's son.

[The Island of King Robinson: Part 2] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Ramsey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
King Robinson (guest-star)

[The Rustlers of the Indians' Cattle] (Table of Contents: 8)

The White Rider and Super Horse / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
A gang of rustlers (villains, introduction); An Indian tribe (introduction)

Liberty--Long Live Liberty! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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

[Ghost-Town Ghosts] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; war
Characters
Jesse James (villain); his ghost gang (villains); Julius Caesar's ghost (villain, introduction); forty thieves of Bagdad (villains, introduction); Dr. Sherlock (introduction); Patrick Henry (introduction); Daniel Webster (introduction); Solomon (introduction); other ghosts of Ghost Town (introduction)

The Salvage Claw (Table of Contents: 11)

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

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

Genre
adventure
Characters
Capt. Gorling (villain, introduction)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dick Cole
  2. 1. [The Menace of Marto]
    Blue Bolt
  3. 2. [The Stealing of "Shining Star"]
    Dick Cole
  4. 3. [Professor X Strikes Again]
    Sub-Zero
  5. 4. ["Gig him, cowboy--you're ridin' like a tenderfoot!"]
    Pony Tracks
  6. 5. The Mystery of the Little Men [Part 3]
  7. 6. [Spies On a Train]
    Runaway Ronson
  8. 7. [The Island of King Robinson: Part 2]
    Edison Bell
  9. 8. [The Rustlers of the Indians' Cattle]
    The White Rider and Super Horse
  10. 9. Liberty--Long Live Liberty!
    Old Cap Hawkin's Tales
  11. 10. [Ghost-Town Ghosts]
    Sergeant Spook
  12. 11. The Salvage Claw
    The Phantom Sub
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Craig Delich
  • Alex Grand
  • Del Gruber
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore