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Issue: Blue Bolt #4 [4] Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #4 [4] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/10/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: BLUE BOLT, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1940, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1198, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Zero Man
Character(s): Sub-Zero Man
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
In Content Item: FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #1 published December 2011
as Blue Bolt v1#4 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Shrinking Serum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Green Sorceress (villain); Maj. Varikhan (villain, introduction, death); Gallus (villain, introduction, death)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as Bertoff Shrinks the Blue Bolt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt TPB #[nn] published June 1998
as The Shrinking Serum [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Simon and Kirby #[nn] published May 2009
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as The Shrinking Serum [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Colossus, Famous Circus Gorilla At Large!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Pete (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Colossus (a gorilla, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Green Turtle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sub-Zero Man
Character(s): The Green Turtle (villain, introduction); Wu Chang (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction); Sub-Zero Man (new costume)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Rocket Car

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Kidnapping of Super Horse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The White Rider and Super Horse
Character(s): Ace (villain, introduction); his partner (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pony Tracks
Character(s): Chief Pack-a-Poke (introduction)
First Line: You've done gone and got us right into th' middle of a bad fix again!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Mystery of the Little Men [Part 1]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dick Cole
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with Illustration
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Three Men From Alcatraz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Runaway Ronson
Character(s): Runaway Ronson; Tony Greko (villain, introduction); Hank (villain, introduction); another convict (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: All Paul Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul's son.
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No Taxation Without Representation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Old Cap Hawkin's Tales
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Pages: 2
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The Four-Alarm Coverup

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Nick Tarey (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 5
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Tong-Lu-Mong

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lu Mong (villain, introduction, death); the Tong-Lu-Mong (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Vulture Men From the Void

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside back cover.

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