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Issue: Blue Bolt Weird Tales #118
Publication Date: April 1953
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Issues: #118 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagStar Publications
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Star Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: indicia title: BLUE BOLT WEIRD TALES
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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 series
Format Notes:  
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The Creature in the Fens

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Horrible moans and screams permeate the depths of the dark...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Creature in the Fens

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Zeek; Sheriff; Hank; Bill; Clem; Tagona (alien)
Synopsis: A flying saucer lands in the Everglades and alien creature Tagona emerges. He kills various people who stumble across his presence. Tagona is confronted by swamp hermit Zeek, who reveals himself to be Tagona's enemy Zafara Zaran, emperor of Arcturus, who banished Tagona 3,000 years earlier. Tagona kills Zafara but before he dies the old man says his descendants will take up the hunt until Tagona is destroyed.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Adventures #11 published January 1963
as The Creature in the Fens [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is an open-ended story with the monster remaining free at the conclusion and one character stating in the last panel "I'm gonna track it down if it's the last thing I do."
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Box of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: An evil swami is found guilty of his crimes and is sentenced to death. Before his death, he vows to destroy all the jury members who convicted him from beyond the grave. After the execution, a mysterious box is sent to each of the jurors' homes. When opened, it unleashes a spectral monster that kills the victims.
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Adventures #11 published January 1963
as Box of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Horror of the Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Adventures #11 published January 1963
as Horror of the Future [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.
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Weird Nightmare

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Adventures #11 published January 1963
as Weird Nightmare.. [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Savage Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
Synopsis: All about the tarsier, a Philippine jungle animal.
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Reprint Notes: Some panels omitted to cut it down to 2/3 of a page.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The White Spirit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jungle Jo
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJungle Jo #3 published September 1950
was The White Spirit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10

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