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Issue: Blue Bolt #1 [1]

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Publication Date: June 1940

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Issues: #1 [1] of 101 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Novelty / Premium / Curtis

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press, Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/10/1940

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): David Adams (uncredited)

Notes: BLUE BOLT, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1940, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1168, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.

On sale date from back cover promotional advertisement for this issue in Target Comics (1940 series) #v1#4 [4].

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.

Paper Stock: Newsprint

Binding: Saddle-Stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Format Notes:

Reprinted In3

2 Content Items
- The Human Lightning Streak [Story on Interior Page(s)]2
- Origin of the Sub-Zero Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (13 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Joe Simon

Inker(s): Joe Simon

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Blue Bolt

Character(s): The Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; The Green Sorceress

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Pages: 1

The Human Lightning Streak

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Simon (signed)

Penciller(s): Joe Simon (signed)

Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Blue Bolt

Character(s): Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish] (introduction, origin); Dr. Bertoff (introduction); The Green Sorceress (villain, introduction)

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Blue Bolt #105 published April 1950
as The Human Lightning Streak [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

The Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as The Human Lightning Streak [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: 1 page of this story is reprinted in The Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1.

Origin of Dick Cole

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Davis (signed)

Penciller(s): Bob Davis (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Davis (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dick Cole

Character(s): Dick Cole (introduction, origin); Prof. Blair (introduction); Mr. Turner (introduction); Laura Turner (introduction); Jack Payton (villain, introduction)

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Pages: 6

Peril On the Portugal Run

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)

Penciller(s): William Rowland (signed)

Inker(s): William Rowland (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Page Parks

Character(s): Page Parks [a stewardess] (introduction); Jim Jennings; Dirk Stevens (villain); Chuck Dawson (villain); Dirk Stevens (villain)

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Pages: 4

Origin of the Sub-Zero Man

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Larry Antonette?

Penciller(s): Larry Antonette (signed)

Inker(s): Larry Antonette (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Sub-Zero Man

Character(s): The Sub-Zero Man (a Venusian, introduction, origin); Prof. Abbott (introduction)

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In Content Item: Flag

Blue Bolt #106 published June 1950
as Origin of the Sub-Zero Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

Origin of Sgt. Spook

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Malcolm Kildale?

Penciller(s): Malcolm Kildale (signed)

Inker(s): Malcolm Kildale (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Sergeant Spook

Character(s): Sgt. Spook (a ghost, introduction, origin, death); Riga Majesty (villain, introduction); his spy ring (villains, introduction)

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Pages: 5

Don't Give Up the Ship!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Henry Kiefer [as Kiefer] (signed)

Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer [as Kiefer] (signed)

Inker(s): Henry Kiefer [as Kiefer] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Old Cap Hawkin's Tales

Character(s): Cap Hawkins (introduction); Joey (introduction); Adm. Perry (guest-star in flashback)

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Pages: 3

Origin of White Rider

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The White Rider and His Super Horse

Character(s): White Rider [Peter ----] (introduction, origin); Super Horse [Cloud] (introduction, origin); Peter's parents (introduction, death); the "Old Man" (introduction, death); Arch Manton (villain, introduction, death); Black Jack (villain, introduction, death); their gang (villains, introduction)

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Pages: 6

Sub-Zero's Adventures On Earth [Part 1]

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Stockbridge Winslow (signed)

Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman [as S. G.] (signed)

Inker(s): Sam Glanzman [as S. G.] (signed)

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Sub-Zero

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Pages: 2

Notes: Text story with illustration

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)

Penciller(s): Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Pony Tracks

Character(s): Loco Luke (introduction); Sneezer (introduction)

First Line: Loco Luke and Snoozer, two ramblin cowboys...

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Pages: 6

The Coming of Frankie Stein

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Harold DeLay

Inker(s): Harold DeLay

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Edison Bell

Character(s): Edison Bell (introduction); Mrs. Bell (introduction); Nicky (introduction); Frankie Stein (introduction, a robot)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 3

Runaway and the Rocket

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inker(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Runaway Ronson

Character(s): Runaway Ronson (a train engineer, introduction); Pat (introduction); Chief Thomas (introduction); Radburn (villain, introduction); his accomplice (villain, introduction)

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Pages: 6

Notes: All Paul Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul's son.

Origin of the Phantom Sub

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill O'Connor [as FOS] (signed)

Penciller(s): Ben Flinton [as FOS] (signed)

Inker(s): Leonard Sansone [as FOS] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Phantom Sub

Character(s): Jack Damon (introduction); Slim Dugan (introduction); Mr. Blackburn (introduction, death); Capt. Crule (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)

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Pages: 6