Blue Bolt #v2#12 [24]
(May 1942)

Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-03-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Inc.
Editing
Stanley Beaman ?

Issue Notes

BLUE BOLT Vol. 2 No. 12, May 1942, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1198, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.

Index revised from a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dick Cole / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Davis
Inks
Bob Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
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Ye Editors' Page (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

The editors give biographical background on several of the artists. On the inside front cover.

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

Dick Cole / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Davis
Pencils
Bob Davis
Inks
Bob Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Farr School is steeped in tradtion...

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

Sub-Zero / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Daly
Inks
John Daly
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a 70-mile-an-hour race against time...
Reprints

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

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

Script
Kermit Jaediker (signed)
Pencils
John Jordan (signed)
Inks
John Jordan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sergeant Spook and Jerry called the pup 'Bozo'...

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

Krisko and Jasper / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)
Pencils
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)
Inks
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Krisko and Jasper have been blown out of the skies...

Christophe, the Black Emperor of Haiti (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Eugene L. Pollock
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Stamp collecting page.

Terror in the Grass (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mickey Spillane
Letters
Typeset
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Existence and reprint of this sequence first provided by Arthur Lortie, 6/29/2006. Location confirmed from scan.

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

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

Script
Ray Gill (credited)
Pencils
Harold DeLay (credited)
Inks
Harold DeLay (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
All set? Boy, we could out-ride a hurricane...

Convert Your Rowboat into a Sailboat (Table of Contents: 9)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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

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

The White Rider and Super Horse / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As the steel trails of the iron horse wound their way westward...
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Phantom Sub / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill O'Connor [as FOS]
Pencils
Ben Flinton [as FOS]
Inks
Leonard Sansone [as FOS]
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Naval Intelligence in Washington is all aflutter...
Reprints

Les Terribles (Table of Contents: 12)

Old Cap Hawkins' Tales / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

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

Blue Bolt the American / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Mandel (signed)
Inks
George Mandel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We shoulda done this long ago!

Indexer Notes

Surreal story which repeatedly breaks the fourth wall.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm sorry but there is no one named Lucifer Smottz working here...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
8 one-panel spot gag cartoons.

Indexer Notes

Page is divided into 9 panels: one for the title, and 8 cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dick Cole
  2. 1. Ye Editors' Page
  3. 2. ["Farr School is steeped in tradtion..."]
    Dick Cole
  4. 3. ["It's a 70-mile-an-hour race against time..."]
    Sub-Zero
  5. 4. ["Sergeant Spook and Jerry called the pup 'Bozo'..."]
    Sergeant Spook
  6. 5. ["Krisko and Jasper have been blown out of the skies..."]
    Krisko and Jasper
  7. 6. Christophe, the Black Emperor of Haiti
  8. 7. Terror in the Grass
  9. 8. ["All set? Boy, we could out-ride a hurricane..."]
    Edison Bell
  10. 9. Convert Your Rowboat into a Sailboat
  11. 10. ["As the steel trails of the iron horse wound their way westward..."]
    The White Rider and Super Horse
  12. 11. ["Naval Intelligence in Washington is all aflutter..."]
    The Phantom Sub
  13. 12. Les Terribles
    Old Cap Hawkins' Tales
  14. 13. ["We shoulda done this long ago!"]
    Blue Bolt the American
  15. 14. ["I'm sorry but there is no one named Lucifer Smottz working here..."]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
  16. 15. ["4Most Comics Back Again by Popular Demand"]
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  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Pat Lang
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  • Jim Van Dore
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