Blue Bolt #v8#9 [87]
(February 1948)

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Volume
8
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Premium Group of Comics
Brand
Premium / PG
Editing
Robert Wheeler (credited as Robert D. Wheeler) (editor and general manager); Jane Spaulding Nye (credited) (managing editor); Phillip Moonan (credited as Phillip E. Moonan) (assistant manager); Mel Cummin (credited) (art director); Al Fago (credited as Alfred V. Fago) (art consultant)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dick Cole / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Inks
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Dick Cole; Laura Bradly; Chuck Bent

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Blue Bolt Flashes / 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 / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Hearne
Inks
Jack Hearne
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Returning east from Arizona for the Christmas holidays, Dick arrives...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Dick Cole; Laura Bradly (his girl); Chuck Bent (villain); Simba Karno

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

Bluebolts and Nuts / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How can people avoid that rundown feeling?
Genre
humor; children

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

Blue Bolt the American / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the ruins of a great Mayan city, Blue Bolt finds himself heels over head...
Characters
Blue Bolt (reporter for Glimpses); Snap Doodle (his photographer)

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

Fearless Fellers / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill
Pencils
Joe Donohoe
Inks
Joe Donohoe
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come on, they must use plenty of locks to lock up criminals.
Genre
adventure; teen

The Young Chef (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
domestic
Characters
Jimmy Bircher

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

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

Script
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's a cannibal, Tim?
Genre
humor; children

A Shot in the Dark (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
drama
Characters
George Woodward

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 9)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Robert Wheeler (credited as Robert D. Wheeler)
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Larsen ?
Inks
Howard Larsen ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jerry and Sergeant Spook discover that the little brown church, abandoned...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What d'ya mean, your brother is a dynamiter...
Genre
humor; children

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

Rick Richards / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rick Richards gives freely of his vast fortune to worthy charities...

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hobby Show Today
Genre
adventure

This Fish Story Is Fun (Table of Contents: 14)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tex Blaisdell
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Build an aquarium

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

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

Script
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed as Milt Hammer)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, how can your big brother be an executioner...
Genre
humor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dick Cole
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Blue Bolt Flashes
  3. 2. ["Returning east from Arizona for the Christmas holidays, Dick arrives..."]
    Dick Cole
  4. 3. ["How can people avoid that rundown feeling?"]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
  5. 4. ["In the ruins of a great Mayan city, Blue Bolt finds himself heels over head..."]
    Blue Bolt the American
  6. 5. ["Come on, they must use plenty of locks to lock up criminals."]
    Fearless Fellers
  7. 6. The Young Chef
  8. 7. ["What's a cannibal, Tim?"]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
  9. 8. A Shot in the Dark
  10. 9. [Statement of Ownership]
  11. 10. ["Jerry and Sergeant Spook discover that the little brown church, abandoned..."]
    Sergeant Spook
  12. 11. ["What d'ya mean, your brother is a dynamiter..."]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
  13. 12. ["Rick Richards gives freely of his vast fortune to worthy charities..."]
    Rick Richards
  14. 13. ["Hobby Show Today"]
    Edison Bell
  15. 14. This Fish Story Is Fun
  16. 15. ["Okay, how can your big brother be an executioner..."]
    Bluebolts and Nuts
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky