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Issue: Blue Bolt #1 [25] Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #1 [25] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/08/1942
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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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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Liberty or Death

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): members of the 115th infantry (WWI scene)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: title is from the story
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (one drawing and one photo)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ye Editors' Page
Character(s): John Daly (Sub-Zero artist); Jack Warren (Krisko & Jasper artist)
Synopsis: Short biographies of two comic artists
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: this is the inside-front cover
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
First Line: It is June, and the cadets of Farr Military Academy look forward with high spirits...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Great Minko

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Sergeant Spook; Jerry (Spook's psychic sidekick); villain: The Great Minko
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
First Line: Out of the blue, striking with deadly accuracy, come vicious aerial torpedoes...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Liberty or Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Patrick Henry
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Giant of Antwerp

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stamp Talks
Synopsis: Mythical history of the city of Antwerp, with commemorative stamps
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Case of Poison Ivy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Jerry Harper (reporter)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFour-Most Boys Comics #38 published January 1950
as A Case of Poison Ivy [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: In "PRIMAL SPILLANE: THE EARLY STORIES, 1941-1942", (edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers, Jr., Gryphon Books, 2003).
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Reprint information is from the book "PRIMAL SPILLANE: THE EARLY STORIES, 1941-1942", (edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers, Jr., Gryphon Books, 2003).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
First Line: After escaping from the island in crude sailing boats, Eddie, Jerry, Anton and Bill...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Fly this Model Aero-Trainer

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Synopsis: How to build Edison Bell's model aero-trainer
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Zero; Freezum (his Eskimo side-kick)
First Line: I have to leave town for a while and I expect you to behave yourself!
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Krisko and Jasper are on an island somewhere in the center of the ocean,E
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): White Rider and Super Horse
Character(s): The White Rider; Cloud (the superhorse); Tito Romero (bank-robber)
First Line: From the hidden valley, where they were born with strength to fight crime and injustice,...
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In Content Item: FlagFour-Most Boys Comics #37 published November 1949
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Blue Bolt the American
Character(s): Blue Bolt; Lois (his costumed assistant); Dr. Bertoff (his mentor); villain: The Green Sorceress
First Line: During the great emergency of war, the American forces are suddenly hindered...
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Be sure the front door is locked every night!
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Pages: 1
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Back Again by Popular Demand

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dick Cole; The Cadet; Edison Bell; Targeteers
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back-cover house ad for 4Most Comics

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