(January 1941)

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. 8, January 1941, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1168, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

[The Rescue of Blue Bolt] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Characters:
Green Sorceress (villain); Gen. Ghron (villain, introduction); Col. Chag (villain, introduction); Farno (villain, introduction); Carl Pfeifer (villain, introduction); Prof. Everett Smith (introduction); Ann Barton (introduction)
Reprints:
  • in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1940-1941 [2]

A Vote For Reynolds Is a Vote For Experience (Table of Contents)

Sub-Zero / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Characters:
Boss Reynolds (villain, introduction); Pierce (villain, introduction); Jim Pierce (villain, introduction)

[Prison Break] (Table of Contents)

Dick Cole / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Characters:
Casey (villain, introduction); other convicts (villains, introduction)

["Poney...that looks like two humans in distress!"] (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:
?

The Ray Master [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Andrew McWhiney
Pencils:
Harry Ramsey
Inks:
Harry Ramey
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Indexer Notes

Text story with Illustration


[Maniac In the Snow: Part 1] (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:
Thurston (villain, introduction); Tom Norton (introduction)

[Skate Sails] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Harold DeLay
Inks:
Harold DeLay
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

In Ghost Town (Table of Contents)

Sergeant Spook / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Characters:
Dr. Sherlock (guest-star); John Paul Jones (introduction, ghost); Adm. Dewey (introduction, ghost); Sir Francis Drake (introduction, ghost); George Washington (introduction, ghost); Captain Kidd (villain, introduction); other ghost pirates (villains, introduction)

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death (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:
?

[Prisoners on the Isle of Zorn] (Table of Contents)

The Phantom Sub / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Characters:
Capt. Crule (villain); Prof. Starkson (introduction); Alicia Starkson (introduction)

[The Marshall's Murderers] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Characters:
Three killers (villains, introduction)

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [The Rescue of Blue Bolt]
    Blue Bolt
  2. 2. A Vote For Reynolds Is a Vote For Experience
    Sub-Zero
  3. 3. [Prison Break]
    Dick Cole
  4. 4. ["Poney...that looks like two humans in distress!"]
    Pony Tracks
  5. 5. The Ray Master [Part 2]
  6. 6. [Maniac In the Snow: Part 1]
    Runaway Ronson
  7. 7. [Skate Sails]
    Edison Bell
  8. 8. In Ghost Town
    Sergeant Spook
  9. 9. Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death
    Old Cap Hawkin's Tales
  10. 10. [Prisoners on the Isle of Zorn]
    The Phantom Sub
  11. 11. [The Marshall's Murderers]
    The White Rider and Super Horse
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