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Issue: Blue Bolt #5 [5] Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1940
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Issues: #5 [5] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/14/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: BLUE BOLT, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): W. E. Rowland
Inker(s): W. E. Rowland
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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War In the Fourth Dimension

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; The Green Sorceress (villain); the Unholy One (villain, introduction); Major Kadronin (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as Secret Gateway to the World Beyond the Flame [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt TPB #[nn] published June 1998
as War in the Fourth Dimension [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as War in the Fourth Dimension [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Havoc In Hollywood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Phil Carp (villain, introduction); Betty Lee (introduction); Bert Hart (introduction); Mr. Cole (Dick's father, introduction); Brown (introduction); Ed (introduction); Petey (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Zero; District Attorney Johnson (introduction); Hogan (introduction, Policeman, death); Professor X (villain, introduction)
First Line: At the height of a terrific storm, the Sub-Zero Man sees...
Synopsis: Professor X succeeds in killing a patrolman who once put him in jail and now threatens the D.A. who prosecuted the case. Sub-Zero is called in, but nearly loses his life in the electric chair before his wits save his life.
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In Content Item: FlagSupermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 #[nn] published February 2009
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #1 published December 2011
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The character is still referred to as Sub-Zero Man once in the story.
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The Island of King Robinson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): King Robinson (introduction)
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Pages: 2
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The Relentless Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jesse James's ghost (villain); Bob Ford's ghost (villain); their ghost gang (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 5
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Don't Fire Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Old Cap Hawkin's Tales
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pony Tracks
Character(s): Kerley Koonskin (a buffalo hunter, introduction)
First Line: Kerley Koonskin, buffalo hunter, trapper, and trader...
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Pages: 5
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The Mystery of the Little Men [Part 2]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dick Cole
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Pages: 2
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Death and a Watch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Runaway Ronson
Character(s): Runaway Ronson; Doc Shelton (introduction, death); Riker (villain, introduction); Riker's gang (villains, 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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Revenge For a Horse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The White Rider and Super Horse
Character(s): Matt Hart (villain, introduction); his two partners (villains, introduction); Bob Gridley (introduction); Annie (introduction); her father (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Action In the Arctic Circle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 8

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