Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-05-08
Editing: David Adams (uncredited)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Blue Bolt / cover / 1 page

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?
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  • Genre:science fiction; superhero
Characters:
Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]

Indexer 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).

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Printer: ?

Indexer 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.

[The Green Sorceress and the Cycotron]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (alternating pages)
Joe Simon (alternating pages)
Inks:
Jack Kirby (some inks)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; superhero
Characters:
Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; The Green Sorceress (villain); Dr. Bertoff
Reprints (4)

[The Stolen Bell]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Dick Cole / comic story / 7 pages

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?
Characters:
Jack Payton (villain)

[Volcanic Problem]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Sub-Zero Man / comic story / 10 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Sub-Zero Man
Reprints (2)

[Nathan Hale]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Old Cap Hawkins' Tales / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:history

[Trapped In a Gold Mine]
(Table of Contents: 5)

The White Rider and Super Horse / comic story / 7 pages

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Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Dorothy Lane (introduction); Mr. Lane (introduction); Two bandits (villain, introduction)
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Loco Luke / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; western-frontier
  • Feature Logo:Pony Tracks
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Loco Luke and Sneezer, two ramblin' rannys...
Characters:
Turkey Tail (introduction)

Sub-Zero's Adventures On Earth [Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Sub-Zero Man / text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed as Blake)
Inks:
Bill Everett (signed as Blake)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
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.
Reprints (1)

Indexer 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.

[Supertrain Robbery]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Runaway Ronson / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Runaway Ronson; A gang of train robbers (villains, introduction for all)

Indexer Notes

All Paul Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul's son.

[Invisible Paint]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Edison Bell / comic story / 2 pages

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?
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[The Crooks Who Played Ghosts]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Sergeant Spook / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; war
Characters:
The Dead Head Gang [Dapper Dix (villain, introduction); Dip (villain, introduction); Gup (villain, introduction)]; Peter Dawn (introduction, death); Harold Pierce

[The Mystery of Windy Island]
(Table of Contents: 11)

The Phantom Sub / comic story / 8 pages

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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Kozac (villain, introduction); other smugglers (villain, introduction)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Blue Bolt
  2. [The Green Sorceress and the Cycotron]
    Blue Bolt
  3. [The Stolen Bell]
    Dick Cole
  4. [Volcanic Problem]
    Sub-Zero Man
  5. [Nathan Hale]
    Old Cap Hawkins' Tales
  6. [Trapped In a Gold Mine]
    The White Rider and Super Horse
  7. ["Loco Luke and Sneezer, two ramblin' rannys..."]
    Loco Luke
  8. Sub-Zero's Adventures On Earth [Part 2]
    Sub-Zero Man
  9. [Supertrain Robbery]
    Runaway Ronson
  10. [Invisible Paint]
    Edison Bell
  11. [The Crooks Who Played Ghosts]
    Sergeant Spook
  12. [The Mystery of Windy Island]
    The Phantom Sub
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