Blue Bolt #v4#6 [42]
(January 1944)

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

Issue Notes

BLUE BOLT, Vol. 4, No. 6, January, 1944, published monthly from November to June inclusive, bi-monthly July to October, inclusive by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1198, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

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

Blue Bolt Flashes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
The Editors
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
?
Pencils
James Wilcox
Inks
James Wilcox
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Christmas holidays are over and the winter term at Farr Military Academy...
Genre
adventure

I Fly For Vengeance (part 3 of 4) (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill [as T. Gill] (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Indexer Notes

based on a factual story

Stamps at the Soviet Front (Table of Contents: 4)

Stamp Collecting / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eugene L. Pollock
Letters
typeset

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, who's next? Jimmy just scored a direct hit on Berlin!

Edison Bell Bombs the Axis (Table of Contents: 6)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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

Synopsis
build a model bomber

A Good Job (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
American boys flying P.40 Warhawk fighter planes...
Genre
non-fiction; history; war

Buried Treasure! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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

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

Blue Bolt the American / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Blue Bolt is in North Africa, after having escaped from the Nazi stronghold in Crete!
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; Heinie (introduction, Blue Bolt's new daredevil buddy)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art corrections from Craig Delich. Barry was penciling the strip in 1943, as was Giunta, while Giunta supplied the inks.

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

Krisko and Jasper / comic story / 5 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
The "Sea-Bees" (construction battalion) get ready to move into advanced positions...
Genre
humor; war

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Jordan
Inks
John Jordan
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When a long-haired music master...

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! Cut that out -- it tickles!!
Genre
humor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Blue Bolt Flashes
  3. 2. ["The Christmas holidays are over and the winter term at Farr Military Academy..."]
    Dick Cole
  4. 3. I Fly For Vengeance (part 3 of 4)
  5. 4. Stamps at the Soviet Front
    Stamp Collecting
  6. 5. ["Okay, who's next? Jimmy just scored a direct hit on Berlin!"]
    Edison Bell
  7. 6. Edison Bell Bombs the Axis
  8. 7. A Good Job
  9. 8. ["American boys flying P.40 Warhawk fighter planes..."]
    Old Cap Hawkins' True Tales
  10. 9. Buried Treasure!
    Fearless Fellers
  11. 10. ["Blue Bolt is in North Africa, after having escaped from the Nazi stronghold in Crete!"]
    Blue Bolt the American
  12. 11. ["The "Sea-Bees" (construction battalion) get ready to move into advanced positions..."]
    Krisko and Jasper
  13. 12. ["When a long-haired music master..."]
    Sergeant Spook
  14. 13. ["Hey! Cut that out -- it tickles!!"]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Craig Delich
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tim Tjarks
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky