Blue Bolt #v3#5 [29]
(October 1942)

Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-08-12
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press, Inc.
Editing
Stanley Beaman ?

Issue Notes

Indicia title: BLUE BOLT. 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. 4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sergeant Spook / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Jordan (signed)
Inks
John Jordan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sergeant Spook; Jerry
Reprints
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Buy a Share in America -- Buy U.S. War Savings Bonds and Stamps (Table of Contents: 1)

Ye Editors' Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

This is the inside-front cover

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

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

Script
George Kapitan?
Pencils
Al Fagaly (signed)
Inks
Al Fagaly?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Because of the war, the traditions of the Farr Military Academy have to be...

The Moaning Ghosts! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Mickey Spillane (signed)
Pencils
John Jordan (signed)
Inks
John Jordan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sergeant Spook; Jerry
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Who's Who indicates that Jordan only did pencils on this strip.

[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
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Guardian of our air lanes - and nemesis of the enemy's undersea's flotillas!

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)
Inks
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look sharp, Cowboy!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Daly
Inks
John Daly
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The White Rider, while on vacation, follows the trail of a mountain lion...

"We'll Be Back!" (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
General MacArthur
Reprints

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

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

Script
Ray Gill?
Pencils
Ray Gill?
Inks
Ray Gill?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, Hank, it looks as if you're all set for the big Labor Day race tomorrow.

Bandits of the Skies! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Mandel (signed)
Inks
Alan Mandel
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's th' only way I can get those farm boys up!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
8 one-panel spot gag cartoons.

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

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sergeant Spook
  2. 1. Buy a Share in America -- Buy U.S. War Savings Bonds and Stamps
    Ye Editors' Page
  3. 2. ["Because of the war, the traditions of the Farr Military Academy have to be..."]
    Dick Cole
  4. 3. The Moaning Ghosts!
    Sergeant Spook
  5. 4. ["The Guardian of our air lanes - and nemesis of the enemy's undersea's flotillas!"]
    The Phantom Sub
  6. 5. ["Look sharp, Cowboy!"]
    Krisko and Jasper
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Sub-Zero
  9. 8. ["The White Rider, while on vacation, follows the trail of a mountain lion..."]
    The White Rider and Super Horse
  10. 9. "We'll Be Back!"
    Old Cap Hawkins' True Tales
  11. 10. ["Well, Hank, it looks as if you're all set for the big Labor Day race tomorrow."]
    Edison Bell
  12. 11. Bandits of the Skies!
    Blue Bolt the American
  13. 12. ["It's th' only way I can get those farm boys up!"]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
  14. 13. ["The ForeMost Comic Magazine"]
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