Blue Bolt #v9#1 [91]
(June 1948)

Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 Series
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Volume
9
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Premium Group of Comics
Brand
Premium / PG
Editing
Robert Wheeler (credited as Robert D. Wheeler) (editor, general manager); Jane Spaulding Nye (credited) (managing editor); Katharine Urban (credited) (story editor); Mel Cummin (credited) (art advisor)

Issue Notes

Indicia title: BLUE BOLT.

Safe! With Dick Cole! (Table of Contents)

Dick Cole / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al McWilliams
Inks
Al McWilliams
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; sports
Characters
Dick Cole
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
? [as the editors]
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside-front cover; letters from Gerald Dove, Nuala Keary, Peggy Joyce Lawson, Lindel Martin, Duane Patterson (and others unknown; indexed copy title-stripped).

[Safe! with Dick Cole] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dick Cole / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Hearne
Inks
Jack Hearne
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
While Rod Cole roots strenuously for his brother...
Genre
sports
Characters
Rod Cole (Dick's brother); Laura Bradly (Dick's friend)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Baseball story.

Shadow Boxing (Table of Contents: 3)

Two-Ton O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils
Art Helfant (signed)
Inks
Art Helfant (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
humor; sports
Characters
Two-Ton O'Toole
Synopsis
Two-Ton O'Toole loses while shadow boxing.

Indexer Notes

No dialogue.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
G'wan - how could your uncle shoot a lion in the head and foot with just one bullet?
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

No feature title on this page.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Kiefer
Inks
Henry Kiefer
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We'd better be getting started, Jerry! It'll be dark before long!
Genre
adventure
Keywords
boys

Anyone Can Make This Conch Horn (Table of Contents: 6)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Hicktown (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
Ray Gill
Pencils
Joe Donohoe
Inks
Joe Donohoe
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey fellers - look at this! Gee! A hundred dollars!
Genre
adventure; sports; teen
Keywords
boys

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

Bluebolts and Nuts / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Is he registered?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

no feature title on this page

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

Rick Richards / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A sinister new-style pirate cleverly uses the implements of modern warfare...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Rick Richards (two-fisted cargo-plane owner); Hugh Fort (Canadian Mountie)

[Lesson #3] (Table of Contents: 11)

Easy Cartooning / activity / 1 page (report information)

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

The Knight of Terror (Table of Contents: 12)

Sgt. Spook / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Larsen ?; Harry Hoffman (signed as Harry Zee Hoffman)
Inks
Howard Larsen ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
How did the daring pilot for Glimpses the Picture Magazine get the name of Blue Bolt?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Blue Bolt [Fred Bolt] (daring pilot for Glimpses the Picture Magazine); Snap Doodle (photographer for Glimpses); Flassini (former partner of Fred Bolt in a circus act)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Milt Hammer
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Remember - the early bird always gets the worm!!
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Safe! With Dick Cole!
    Dick Cole
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Blue Bolt Flashes
  3. 2. [Safe! with Dick Cole]
    Dick Cole
  4. 3. Shadow Boxing
    Two-Ton O'Toole
  5. 4. ["G'wan - how could your uncle shoot a lion in the head and foot with just one bullet?"]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
  6. 5. ["We'd better be getting started, Jerry! It'll be dark before long!"]
    Edison Bell
  7. 6. Anyone Can Make This Conch Horn
  8. 7. Hicktown
  9. 8. ["Hey fellers - look at this! Gee! A hundred dollars!"]
    Fearless Fellers
  10. 9. ["Is he registered?"]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
  11. 10. ["A sinister new-style pirate cleverly uses the implements of modern warfare..."]
    Rick Richards
  12. 11. [Lesson #3]
    Easy Cartooning
  13. 12. The Knight of Terror
    Sgt. Spook
  14. 13. ["How did the daring pilot for Glimpses the Picture Magazine get the name of Blue Bolt?"]
    Blue Bolt the American
  15. 14. ["Remember - the early bird always gets the worm!!"]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
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  • Ramon Schenk
  • Tim Tjarks
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