Blue Bolt #v9#4 [94]
(September 1948)

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Volume
9
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Premium Group of Comics
Editing
Robert D. Wheeler (Editor and General Manager); Katharine Urban (Story Editor); Mel Cummin (Art Director)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dick Cole / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Hearne
Inks
Jack Hearne
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Blue Bolt Flashes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I am an all-comic reader.
Synopsis
Letters from readers.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover, black-and-white.

Letters from Jean Stanley, Maxine Friedman, Ted Duffield, Delores Minnich, Margaret Shawen, Herbert Kirschenbaum, Barnard Petty, JoAnne Kosina, and Maryjane Naples (and others unknown as the index copy is title stripped).

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

Dick Cole / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Wilcox (signed)
Inks
Jim Wilcox (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dick Cole and his pals, Bark Hall and Slip'ry...

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

cartoon / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer
Pencils
Milt Hammer
Inks
Milt Hammer
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
O.K., why is a garbage can called an antique??
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

6 cartoons

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We've eaten everything, Edison!
Genre
drama

Sled-Mobile (Table of Contents: 5)

activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lazarus (signed)
Inks
Harry Lazarus (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

cartoon / 0.9 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer
Pencils
Milt Hammer
Inks
Milt Hammer
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I hope you had good manners at Jimmy's party...
Genre
humor; children

Featuring the Robot Rod (Table of Contents: 7)

Grover and Bonnie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Callahan ?
Pencils
Jack Callahan
Inks
Jack Callahan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

last app. in 4MOST COMICS #23

Easy Cartooning Lesson 6 (Table of Contents: 8)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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

Sarge Has His Say (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When adventure calls Blue Bolt, the roving skypilot...
Genre
drama; superhero

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

cartoon / 0.82 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And why do people who live in the tropical countries enjoy going to jail???
Genre
humor; children

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

Dink / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I think were in th' wrong kind of business, Egghead!!
Genre
humor; children

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rick Richards, the hard-hitting millionaire, battles...
Genre
drama

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

cartoon / 0.75 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So your pop got a new job as bookkeeper on a duck farm, huh???
Genre
humor; children
Synopsis
Four gag cartoons.

Indexer Notes

Upper right-hand corner of page is an ad.

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

Two-Ton O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils
Art Helfant (signed)
Inks
Art Helfant (signed)
Letters
Art Helfant ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who am I gonna fight tonight, Rusty?
Genre
humor; sports
Characters
Two-Ton O'Toole; Rusty; "Killer" Diller
Synopsis
Two-Ton loses a fight.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover, black-and-white.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dick Cole
  2. 1. ["I am an all-comic reader."]
    Blue Bolt Flashes
  3. 2. ["Dick Cole and his pals, Bark Hall and Slip'ry..."]
    Dick Cole
  4. 3. ["O.K., why is a garbage can called an antique??"]
  5. 4. ["We've eaten everything, Edison!"]
    Edison Bell
  6. 5. Sled-Mobile
  7. 6. ["I hope you had good manners at Jimmy's party..."]
  8. 7. Featuring the Robot Rod
    Grover and Bonnie
  9. 8. Easy Cartooning Lesson 6
  10. 9. Sarge Has His Say
  11. 10. ["When adventure calls Blue Bolt, the roving skypilot..."]
    Blue Bolt
  12. 11. ["And why do people who live in the tropical countries enjoy going to jail???"]
  13. 12. ["I think were in th' wrong kind of business, Egghead!!"]
    Dink
  14. 13. ["Rick Richards, the hard-hitting millionaire, battles..."]
    Rick Richards
  15. 14. ["So your pop got a new job as bookkeeper on a duck farm, huh???"]
  16. 15. ["Who am I gonna fight tonight, Rusty?"]
    Two-Ton O'Toole
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt