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Issue: Blue Bolt #2 [2] Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1940
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Issues: #2 [2] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/08/1940
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. 2, July 1940, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1168, 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: science fiction
Feature(s): Blue Bolt
Character(s): Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Creator credits confirmed by Shaun Clancy with the Comics History Exchange list on Facebook from the personal records of Larry Antonette which included a copy of the issue he kept as proof of what he had worked on (21 February 2015).
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The Green Sorceress and the Cycotron

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; The Green Sorceress (villain); Dr. Bertoff
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt #106 published June 1950
as The Green Sorceress and the Cyclotron [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #1 published January 1997
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt TPB #[nn] published June 1998
as The Green Sorceress and the Cycotron [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as The Green Sorceress and the Cyclotron [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Stolen Bell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jack Payton (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Volcanic Problem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Zero Man
Character(s): Sub-Zero Man
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In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt #107 published November 1950
as Volcanic Problem [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Nathan Hale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Old Cap Hawkin's Tales
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Trapped In a Gold Mine

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): Dorothy Lane (introduction); Mr. Lane (introduction); Two bandits (villain, 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
Feature(s): Pony Tracks
Character(s): Turkey Tail (introduction)
First Line: Loco Luke and Sneezer, two ramblin' rannys...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Sub-Zero's Adventures On Earth [Part 2]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Zero Man
Character(s): Sub-Zero Man; un-named sledder
Synopsis: Threatened by whalers brandishing harpoons, Sub-Zero saves himself with an ice shield, then a little later discovers a sled nearly covered by snow, harboring a man and his sled dogs. He saves them from the cold and vows to help the sledder bring the much needed supplies to his partner is a nearby shack.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #1 published December 2011
as Sub-Zero's Adventures on Earth [Part 2] [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Continued from the previous issue. Only the first page is reprinted in the Archives edition. Beneath the signature "Blake" are the initials R.H. or R.M.
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Supertrain Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Runaway Ronson
Character(s): Runaway Ronson; A gang of train robbers (villains, introduction for all)
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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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Invisible Paint

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Edison Bell
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Pages: 2
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The Crooks Who Played Ghosts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sergeant Spook
Character(s): The Dead Head Gang [Dapper Dix (villain, introduction); Dip (villain, introduction); Gup (villain, introduction)]; Peter Dawn (introduction, death); Harold Pierce
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Mystery of Windy Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Phantom Sub
Character(s): Kozac (villain, introduction); other smugglers (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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