Blue Bolt #v2#4 [16]
(September 1941)

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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1941-07-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Inc.
Editing
David Adams (editor)

Issue Notes

BLUE BOLT, Vol. 2, No. 4, September, 1941, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1198, Independence Square, 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. 3.

Buried Treasure (Table of Contents)

Dick Cole / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Davis (signed as Davis)
Inks
Bob Davis (signed as Davis)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Dick Cole; Simba Karno

Buried Treasure (Table of Contents: 1)

Dick Cole / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dick and his pal, Eddie, have a map which professes to tell the location of an old steamer...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Dick Cole; Simba Karno

Indexer Notes

Title from the cover.

The Twister in the Everglades (Table of Contents: 2)

The Twister / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill
Pencils
Paul Gustavson
Inks
Paul Gustavson; Bill Everett
Colors
?
Letters
Paul Gustavson

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Twister [Bob Sanders]; Lemuel Barra (wealthy fruit grower, introduction); Janice Barra (Lemuel's daughter, introduction); unnamed Police Chief (introduction); "The Bull" (villain, gang leader, bank robber, murderer, introduction); Bull's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
A group of outcasts in the Florida Everglades, led by a half-breed Creole from Louisiana named "The Bull", attacks a nearby town and kidnaps the daughter of a local fruit grower, holding her for ransom. The Twister hears of this, visits Barra and guarantees the return of his daughter, then sets out on the trail to find her. But the hero is captured when a gang member holds his hand over the Twister's mouth, not allowing him to suck up the wind. The Bull, after hearing of Barra not paying the ransom, sets a fire near the town, planning to incinerate it. The Twister escapes and rescues the girl.
Reprints
Keywords
Florida; The Everglades

Indexer Notes

All Gustavson credits verified and confirmed by Terry Gustafson, Paul's son.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Phantom Sub / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Introducing the cruel, vicious Commander Sooka...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Jack; Slim; Sooka

[Death Is at the Wheel] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Daly
Inks
John Daly
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; superhero

Submersive Activities (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Ray Gill
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Text story with Illustration

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Edison Bell / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Harold DeLay
Pencils
Ray Gill
Inks
Ray Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yippeee! Pago-Pago, here we come!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Edison Bell

Edison Bell's Life Size Model of the S. S. Southern Wind (Table of Contents: 7)

Edison Bell / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ray Gill
Pencils
Harold DeLay
Inks
Harold DeLay
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

1 page diagram of the ship

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The path of the White Rider and his great companion, Superhorse, crosses that of a wagon train...
Genre
western-frontier

[Monroe Doctrine] (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
?

Genre
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Blue Bolt / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Mandel
Inks
Alan Mandel
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now, none of you brave men will ever return to der Fatherland!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Krisko and Jasper / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Warren (credited as Jack A. Warren)
Pencils
Jack Warren (credited as Jack A. Warren)
Inks
Jack Warren (credited as Jack A. Warren)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I give orders no one but the mate was to go ashore!
Genre
adventure; humor

The Case of the One-Eyed Cyclops (Table of Contents: 12)

Sergeant Spook / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural; war
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Buried Treasure
    Dick Cole
  2. 1. Buried Treasure
    Dick Cole
  3. 2. The Twister in the Everglades
    The Twister
  4. 3. ["Introducing the cruel, vicious Commander Sooka..."]
    The Phantom Sub
  5. 4. [Death Is at the Wheel]
    Sub-Zero
  6. 5. Submersive Activities
    Edison Bell
  7. 6. ["Yippeee! Pago-Pago, here we come!"]
    Edison Bell
  8. 7. Edison Bell's Life Size Model of the S. S. Southern Wind
    Edison Bell
  9. 8. ["The path of the White Rider and his great companion, Superhorse, crosses that of a wagon train..."]
    The White Rider and Super Horse
  10. 9. [Monroe Doctrine]
    Old Cap Hawkin's Tales
  11. 10. ["Now, none of you brave men will ever return to der Fatherland!"]
    Blue Bolt
  12. 11. ["I give orders no one but the mate was to go ashore!"]
    Krisko and Jasper
  13. 12. The Case of the One-Eyed Cyclops
    Sergeant Spook
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Smith
  • Jim Van Dore