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Issue: Blue Bolt #3 [3] Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #3 [3] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/12/1940
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. 3, August 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: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #1 published January 1997
as Blue Bolt #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Simon and Kirby #[nn] published May 2009
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden Titans #2 published November 2009
as Editions Déesse [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden Comics Hors Série #1 published January 2011
as Editions Déesse [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden Comics #3 published ?
as Editions Déesse [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Green Sorceress Reforms

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)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt #107 published November 1950
as The Green Sorceress Reforms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMagnificent Superheroes of Comics Golden Age #1 published January 1979
as The Green Sorceress [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #1 published January 1997
as The Green Sorceress Reforms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt TPB #[nn] published June 1998
as The Green Sorceress Reforms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as The Green Sorceress Reforms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Stolen Formula

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Anson (villain, introduction); One-Ear (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Arsonists

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sub-Zero Man
Character(s): Janet (introduction); her father (introduction); A deputy fire commissioner (villain, introduction); an arson gang (villains, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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How To Smash the Atom

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 2
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Mystery at the Russell Ranch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The White Rider and Super Horse
Character(s): A foreman (villain, introduction); Jim Travis (villain, introduction); Jason (introduction); his son (introduction, death); Russell (introduction)
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pony Tracks
First Line: I say, old chappie, ridin' to th' hounds, eh, what?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Sub-Zero's Adventures On Earth [Part 3]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sub-Zero Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with Illustration
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Rescue Mission To Hamlin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Runaway Ronson
Character(s): Runaway Ronson
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: All Paul Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul's son.
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Remember the Alamo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Old Cap Hawkin's Tales
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Pages: 2
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The Lion That Was Framed For Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Rollo (villain, introduction); Ace (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction); Phipps (introduction, death)
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Pages: 5
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The Pirate Tramp Steamer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The crew of the GOOD SAMARITAN (villains, introduction, death)
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Spacehawk
First Line: In this episode the mysterious lone wolf of the void tangles with a tough enemy...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSpacehawk #[nn] published July 1978
as The Spacehawk [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside back cover.

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