Blue Bolt #v3#2 [26]
(July 1942)

Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-05-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Inc.
Editing
Stanley Beaman ?

Issue Notes

Indicia title: BLUE BOLT

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Phantom Sub / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ben Flinton [as B. Flinton] (signed)
Inks
Ben Flinton [as B. Flinton] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Signed near the bottom-center.

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Dick Cole / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Davis
Pencils
Bob Davis
Inks
Bob Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
School's out at Farr!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Blue Bolt the American / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Mandel
Inks
Alan Mandel
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cities shaken to pieces as if by a giant hand!
Characters
Blue Bolt; Lois; Green Sorceress (villainess)
Reprints

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

Edison Bell / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill
Pencils
Harold DeLay
Inks
Harold DeLay
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, boy! A real jeep car!

Edison Bell's "Drive It Yourself" Jeep Car (Table of Contents: 4)

Edison Bell / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Gill (signed)
Inks
Ray Gill (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Baptised By Fire (Table of Contents: 5)

Old Cap Hawkins' Tales / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Fast Thinking (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mickey Spillane
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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
The ugly head of that terrible god, War, has reared itself...

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

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

Script
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]
Pencils
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]
Inks
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whata you mean, 'A gob on your shoulder'...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

The White Rider and Super Horse / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's this!?
Reprints

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

Sub-Zero / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Daly
Inks
John Daly
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ever see a Jap...?

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

Sergeant Spook / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Mickey Spillane
Pencils
John Jordan
Inks
John Jordan
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Years ago, the last Yankee clipper made its final run from Europe.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Bluebolts and Nuts / cartoon / 0.77 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whew! I'd hate to meet the mouse...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

6 gags that share a page with a small ad and small PSA.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Phantom Sub
  2. 1. ["School's out at Farr!"]
    Dick Cole
  3. 2. ["Cities shaken to pieces as if by a giant hand!"]
    Blue Bolt the American
  4. 3. ["Oh, boy! A real jeep car!"]
    Edison Bell
  5. 4. Edison Bell's "Drive It Yourself" Jeep Car
    Edison Bell
  6. 5. Baptised By Fire
    Old Cap Hawkins' Tales
  7. 6. Fast Thinking
  8. 7. ["The ugly head of that terrible god, War, has reared itself..."]
    The Phantom Sub
  9. 8. ["Whata you mean, 'A gob on your shoulder'..."]
    Krisko and Jasper
  10. 9. ["What's this!?"]
    The White Rider and Super Horse
  11. 10. ["Ever see a Jap...?"]
    Sub-Zero
  12. 11. ["Years ago, the last Yankee clipper made its final run from Europe."]
    Sergeant Spook
  13. 12. ["Whew! I'd hate to meet the mouse..."]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
  14. 13. ["Bulls-Eye Entertainment - Every Issue"]
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