Blue Bolt
#v1#3 [3]
(August 1940)
Novelty / Premium / Curtis,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-06-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Novelty Press Inc.
- Editing
- David Adams (uncredited)
Issue Notes
BLUE BOLT, Vol. 1, No. 3, August 1940, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1168, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
[no title indexed]
Blue Bolt / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]
- Reprints
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[The Green Sorceress Reforms]
Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; The Green Sorceress (villain)
- Reprints
-
in Blue Bolt (Star Publications, 1949 series) #107 (November 1950) which is reprinted -
in Blue Bolt (Gerald G. Swan, 1950 ? series) #4 -
in Blue Bolt (Magazine Management, 1953 series) #3 ([November 1953]) - in Magnificent Superheroes of Comics Golden Age (Vintage Features, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
- in The Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1 - 1917-1940 (1997)
- in Blue Bolt TPB (Verotik, 1998 series) (June 1998)
- in The Simon and Kirby Library (Titan, 2010 series) #[nn] - Science Fiction (March 2013)
-
[The Stolen Formula]
Dick Cole / comic story / 7 pages
- Characters
- Anson (villain, introduction); One-Ear (villain, introduction)
[The Arsonists]
Sub-Zero Man / comic story / 10 pages
- Characters
- Janet (introduction); her father (introduction); A deputy fire commissioner (villain, introduction); an arson gang (villains, introduction)
[Mystery at the Russell Ranch]
The White Rider and Super Horse / comic story / 7 pages
- Characters
- A foreman (villain, introduction); Jim Travis (villain, introduction); Jason (introduction); his son (introduction, death); Russell (introduction)
- Reprints
- in White Rider (Accepted, 1958 series) #5 ([1958 ?])
-
[no title indexed]
Pony Tracks / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I say, old chappie, ridin' to th' hounds, eh, what?
Sub-Zero's Adventures On Earth [Part 3]
text story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Sub-Zero Man
Indexer Notes
Text story with Illustration
[Rescue Mission To Hamlin]
Runaway Ronson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Runaway Ronson
Indexer Notes
All Paul Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul's son.
[The Lion That Was Framed For Murder]
Sergeant Spook / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; war
- Characters
- Rollo (villain, introduction); Ace (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction); Phipps (introduction, death)
[The Pirate Tramp Steamer]
The Phantom Sub / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The crew of the GOOD SAMARITAN (villains, introduction, death)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Blue Bolt -
1.
[The Green Sorceress Reforms]
Blue Bolt -
2.
[The Stolen Formula]
Dick Cole -
3.
[The Arsonists]
Sub-Zero Man -
4.
[How To Smash the Atom]
Edison Bell -
5.
[Mystery at the Russell Ranch]
The White Rider and Super Horse -
6.
["I say, old chappie, ridin' to th' hounds, eh, what?"]
Pony Tracks -
7.
Sub-Zero's Adventures On Earth [Part 3]
-
8.
[Rescue Mission To Hamlin]
Runaway Ronson -
9.
Remember the Alamo!
Old Cap Hawkin's Tales -
10.
[The Lion That Was Framed For Murder]
Sergeant Spook -
11.
[The Pirate Tramp Steamer]
The Phantom Sub -
12.
["In this episode the mysterious lone wolf of the void tangles with a tough enemy..."]
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This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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