Blue Bolt #v9#8 [98]
(March-April 1949)

Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Volume
9
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Premium Group of Comics
Editing
Robert Wheeler (credited as Robert D. Wheeler) (editor & general manager); Katharine Urban (credited) (story editor); Mel Cummin (credited) (art director)

Issue Notes

Copyright 1949 by the Premium Service Co., Inc. "Blue Bolt" in indicia. Index revised from a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dick Cole / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Inks
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; sports
Keywords
ice hockey
Cover Thumbnail for Blue Bolt (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v9#8 [98]
Edit cover
Cover gallery

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Hearne
Inks
Jack Hearne
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chadmon Academy, a prep school for wealthy boys...
Genre
sports
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

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

Bluebolts and Nuts / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betcha don't know why they use knots instead of miles on the ocean?
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

No feature name.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Striking against the foes of his big league baseball team...
Genre
sports

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

Boitram the Boiglar / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Art Helfant (credited)
Pencils
Art Helfant (credited)
Inks
Art Helfant (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Art Helfant
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh! Oh! Here comes that pesky magician...
Genre
humor

Jo-Jo Goes Shopping (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor

Junior Fingerprint Set (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
drama; children

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Robert Wheeler (credited as Robert D. Wheeler)
Letters
typeset

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

Bluebolts and Nuts / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
O.K., 'n how can your uncle be banker in a bakery??
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

No feature name.

Draw Funny Faces with Letters of the Alphabet... (Table of Contents: 10)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Kiefer
Inks
Henry Kiefer
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
All right, fellows, hold those ice yachts steady!
Genre
adventure

Skate Sail (Table of Contents: 12)

Edison Bell / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Heathcliff the Hobo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils
Art Helfant (signed)
Inks
Art Helfant (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Art Helfant
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've gotta find Hotspur!
Genre
humor
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dick Cole
  2. 1. ["Chadmon Academy, a prep school for wealthy boys..."]
    Dick Cole
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Blue Bolt Flashes
  4. 3. ["Betcha don't know why they use knots instead of miles on the ocean?"]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
  5. 4. ["Striking against the foes of his big league baseball team..."]
    Rick Richards
  6. 5. ["Oh! Oh! Here comes that pesky magician..."]
    Boitram the Boiglar
  7. 6. Jo-Jo Goes Shopping
  8. 7. Junior Fingerprint Set
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. ["O.K., 'n how can your uncle be banker in a bakery??"]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
  11. 10. Draw Funny Faces with Letters of the Alphabet...
  12. 11. ["All right, fellows, hold those ice yachts steady!"]
    Edison Bell
  13. 12. Skate Sail
    Edison Bell
  14. 13. ["I've gotta find Hotspur!"]
    Heathcliff the Hobo
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.