Blue Bolt #v4#12 [48]
(July-August 1944)

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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly from November to June, inclusive; bi-monthly July to October, inclusive
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Inc.
Editing
Robert Wheeler (editor and general manager); Jane Spaulding Nye (associate editor)

Issue Notes

Indicia title: BLUE BOLT

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fearless Fellers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Henry Kiefer (signed as HCK)
Inks
Henry Kiefer (signed as HCK)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children; adventure; teen

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On the inside front cover.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Wilcox (signed)
Inks
Jim Wilcox (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With summer vacation at hand...
Genre
adventure

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the Fearless Fellers volunteer to help out in the War Bond Carnival...
Genre
children; adventure; teen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Sniffy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! You dropped sumpin'!!!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

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
Joe, you remember, don't you, when the Italian island...
Genre
war; history

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When a member of the local baseball team...
Genre
children

Edison Bell's Baseball Game (Table of Contents: 7)

Edison Bell / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children

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

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

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
From their small island, Krisko and Jasper see a strange object...
Genre
humor

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Before they take up their new assignment in Australia...
Genre
adventure

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jerry and Sergeant Spook move into the kitchen...
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural; war

Forced Landing (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer
Letters
typeset

Genre
children

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

Bluebolts and Nuts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aw - they nosed us out 70 to 6!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

8 single-panel gags.

Captain Tootsie and the Haunted House (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fearless Fellers
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Blue Bolt Flashes
  3. 2. ["With summer vacation at hand..."]
    Dick Cole
  4. 3. ["When the Fearless Fellers volunteer to help out in the War Bond Carnival..."]
    Fearless Fellers
  5. 4. ["Hey! You dropped sumpin'!!!"]
    Sniffy
  6. 5. ["Joe, you remember, don't you, when the Italian island..."]
    Old Cap Hawkins' Tales
  7. 6. ["When a member of the local baseball team..."]
    Edison Bell
  8. 7. Edison Bell's Baseball Game
    Edison Bell
  9. 8. ["From their small island, Krisko and Jasper see a strange object..."]
    Krisko and Jasper
  10. 9. ["Before they take up their new assignment in Australia..."]
    Blue Bolt the American
  11. 10. ["Jerry and Sergeant Spook move into the kitchen..."]
    Sergeant Spook
  12. 11. Forced Landing
  13. 12. ["Aw - they nosed us out 70 to 6!"]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
  14. 13. Captain Tootsie and the Haunted House
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Mike Nielsen
  • John Pannozzi
  • Jim Van Dore