Blue Bolt #v3#1 [25]

(June 1942)

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Ye Editors' Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Characters:

John Daly (Sub-Zero artist); Jack Warren (Krisko & Jasper artist)

Synopsis:

Short biographies of two comic artists

Indexer Notes

this is the inside-front cover

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

Dick Cole, Wonder Boy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Bob Davis

Pencils:

Bob Davis

Inks:

Bob Davis

Colors:

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Letters:

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First Line of Dialogue or Text:

It is June, and the cadets of Farr Military Academy look forward with high spirits...

The Great Minko (Table of Contents: 3)

Sergeant Spook / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

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Pencils:

John Jordan (signed)

Inks:

John Jordan?

Colors:

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Letters:

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Characters:

Sergeant Spook; Jerry (Spook's psychic sidekick); villain: The Great Minko

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

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

Script:

Bill O'Connor

Pencils:

Ben Flinton

Inks:

Leonard Sansone

Colors:

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Letters:

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First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Out of the blue, striking with deadly accuracy, come vicious aerial torpedoes...

Liberty or Death! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

Henry Kiefer

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

Henry Kiefer

Colors:

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Letters:

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Characters:

Patrick Henry

The Giant of Antwerp (Table of Contents: 6)

Stamp Talks / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Eugene L. Pollock

Letters:

typeset

Synopsis:

Mythical history of the city of Antwerp, with commemorative stamps

A Case of Poison Ivy (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Mickey Spillane

Letters:

Typeset

Characters:

Jerry Harper (reporter)

Reprints:

• in Blue Bolt (Gerald G. Swan, 1950 ? series) #17 ([circa 1950?])
• in Four-Most Boys Comics (Star Publications, 1949 series) #38 (January-February 1950)
• In "PRIMAL SPILLANE: THE EARLY STORIES, 1941-1942", (edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers, Jr., Gryphon Books, 2003).

Indexer Notes

Reprint information is from the book "PRIMAL SPILLANE: THE EARLY STORIES, 1941-1942", (edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers, Jr., Gryphon Books, 2003), provided by Arthur Lortie, 6/29/2006.

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

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Pencils:

Ray Gill (signed)

Inks:

Harold DeLay (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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First Line of Dialogue or Text:

After escaping from the island in crude sailing boats, Eddie, Jerry, Anton and Bill...

Fly this Model Aero-Trainer (Table of Contents: 9)

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Synopsis:

How to build Edison Bell's model aero-trainer

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

Script:

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Pencils:

John Daly

Inks:

John Daly

Colors:

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Letters:

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First Line of Dialogue or Text:

I have to leave town for a while and I expect you to behave yourself!

Characters:

Sub-Zero; Freezum (his Eskimo side-kick)

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

Script:

Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]

Pencils:

Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]

Inks:

Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]

Colors:

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Letters:

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First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Krisko and Jasper are on an island somewhere in the center of the ocean,

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White Rider and Super Horse / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text:

From the hidden valley, where they were born with strength to fight crime and injustice,...

Characters:

The White Rider; Cloud (the superhorse); Tito Romero (bank-robber)

Reprints:

• in Four-Most Boys Comics (Star Publications, 1949 series) #37 (November-December 1949)

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

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

Script:

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Pencils:

Alan Mandel

Inks:

Alan Mandel

Colors:

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Letters:

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First Line of Dialogue or Text:

During the great emergency of war, the American forces are suddenly hindered...

Characters:

Blue Bolt; Lois (his costumed assistant); Dr. Bertoff (his mentor); villain: The Green Sorceress

Reprints:

• in Blue Bolt (Star Publications, 1949 series) #110 (August 1951)

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

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

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Back Again by Popular Demand (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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