Blue Bolt #v4#4 [40]
(November 1943)

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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly November to June; bi-monthly July to October
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Inc.
Editing
Stanley Beaman ?

Issue Notes

The comic's title is simply 'Blue Bolt' on the cover and in the indicia

I Fly for Vengeance (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tom Gill (signed as TG)
Inks
Tom Gill (signed as TG)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; war

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

Ye editors' page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

This is the inside-front cover

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

Dick Cole / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
George Kapitan (signed)
Pencils
Al Fagaly (signed)
Inks
Al Fagaly (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Simba Karno and Dick Cole go to New York to aid Simba's step sister...
Genre
adventure

I Fly for Vengeance (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Boyden Sparkes
Pencils
Tom Gill (signed as T. Gill)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; war
Characters
Lt. Com. Clarence E. Dickinson

Brave Norway Fights Back (Table of Contents: 4)

Stamp Collecting / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eugene Pollock (credited as Eugene L. Pollock)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Edison Bell / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Eddie Bell has all of the neighborhood kids working on inventions...
Genre
adventure

Nellie Warn't a Lady (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The helicopter, which some scientists say may be the family car...
Genre
non-fiction; history

Ghost Meets Ghost! (Table of Contents: 8)

Fearless Fellers / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Gill (signed)
Inks
Henry Kiefer (signed as H. Kiefer)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; teen

Blue Bolt Meets the Cretan Guerrillas! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Barry (signed)
Inks
John Giunta (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

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

Krisko and Jasper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dah-gon-nit! This compass is goin' 'round in circles -- and so are we!
Genre
humor

Jerry 'Tags' a Slacker! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
George Kapitan (signed as Kapitan)
Pencils
John Jordan (signed as Jordan)
Inks
John Jordan (signed as Jordan)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; war

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

Bluebolts and Nuts / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Martin Filchock
Pencils
Martin Filchock
Inks
Martin Filchock
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They went that'a way!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
One-panel jokes
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. I Fly for Vengeance
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Ye editors' page
  3. 2. ["Simba Karno and Dick Cole go to New York to aid Simba's step sister..."]
    Dick Cole
  4. 3. I Fly for Vengeance
  5. 4. Brave Norway Fights Back
    Stamp Collecting
  6. 5. ["Eddie Bell has all of the neighborhood kids working on inventions..."]
    Edison Bell
  7. 6. Nellie Warn't a Lady
  8. 7. ["The helicopter, which some scientists say may be the family car..."]
    Old Cap Hawkins' Tales
  9. 8. Ghost Meets Ghost!
    Fearless Fellers
  10. 9. Blue Bolt Meets the Cretan Guerrillas!
    Blue Bolt the American
  11. 10. ["Dah-gon-nit! This compass is goin' 'round in circles -- and so are we!"]
    Krisko and Jasper
  12. 11. Jerry 'Tags' a Slacker!
    Sergeant Spook
  13. 12. ["They went that'a way!"]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky