Blue Bolt #113
(May 1952)

Star Publications, 1949 Series
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Volume
?
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Star Publications Inc.
Brand
A Star Comic
Editing
L. B. Cole

Issue Notes

The cover title is "Blue Bolt Weird Tales". The indicia title is "Blue Bolt", per Frank Motler.

The Unknown Presence (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
L. B. Cole (signed as L. B. Cole)
Inks
L. B. Cole (signed as L. B. Cole)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

The Unknown Presence (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jay Disbrow
Pencils
Jay Disbrow
Inks
Jay Disbrow
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Carol has dreams of her dead brother Harry, who pleads with her to come to his grave so he can be released from Death. She goes to his grave at night only to realize she was being contacted by his deceased enemy Angus Grund who then escapes from the grave.
Reprints

The Mystery of the Catacombs (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jay Disbrow
Pencils
Jay Disbrow
Inks
Jay Disbrow
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man gets trapped inside some ancient catacombs in Rome, and is attacked by a pack of feral beast men.
Reprints

The Ghoul of the North (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jay Disbrow
Pencils
Jay Disbrow
Inks
Jay Disbrow
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A reporter and some scientists encounter a shape shifting ogre-like creature guarding an Indian burial ground in Alaska.
Reprints

Death in the Sea (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Terror of the Green Faces (Table of Contents: 5)

Spacehawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Basil Wolverton
Pencils
Basil Wolverton
Inks
Basil Wolverton
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

The Black Room (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jay Disbrow
Pencils
Jay Disbrow
Inks
Jay Disbrow
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Hector Thorg, an evil and paranoid hunchback, lives with his wealthy good looking brother in a huge mansion. He kills his brother so he can inherit the estate by leading him into the dreaded "Black Room", a sealed off room with a huge guillotine and pit inside that was used by the mansion's original owner for executions. Afterwards he begins luring guests one by one into the room thinking they are going to expose him. The law are onto him and swarm the mansion trapping him in the room and sealing it off. Centuries later his ghost roams the mansion preying on any who enter the home.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Unknown Presence
  2. 1. The Unknown Presence
  3. 2. The Mystery of the Catacombs
  4. 3. The Ghoul of the North
  5. 4. Death in the Sea
  6. 5. Terror of the Green Faces
    Spacehawk
  7. 6. The Black Room
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike White