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Issue Details

Issue V1#1 [1]
Published June 1940
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing David Adams (uncredited)
Notes BLUE BOLT, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1940, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1168, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.

Cover Details

Pencils Joe Simon
Inks Joe Simon

8 page Blue Bolt story "The Human Lightning Streak"

Characters I & O: Blue Bolt (Fred Parrish); I: Dr. Bertoff; V: The Green Sorceress (I)
Script Joe Simon
Pencils Joe Simon
Inks Joe Simon
Reprinted in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1 [1 p.]; in Blue Bolt Comics (Star Publications [1949-1954], 1949 series) #105

6 page Dick Cole story "Origin of Dick Cole"

Characters I & O: Dick Cole; I: Prof. Blair, Mr. Turner, Laura Turner; V: Jack Payton (I)
Script Bob Davis
Pencils Bob Davis
Inks Bob Davis

4 page Page Parks story "Peril On the Portugal Run"

Characters I; Page Parks (a stewardess), Jim Jennings; V: Dirk Stevens, Chuck Dawson; V: Dirk Stevens (I)
Script Ray Gill
Pencils William Rowland [signed]
Inks William Rowland

9 page Sub-Zero Man story "Origin of the Sub-Zero Man"

Characters I & O: The Sub-Zero Man (a Venusian); I: Prof. Abbott
Script Larry Antonette?
Pencils Larry Antonette
Inks Larry Antonette
Reprinted in Blue Bolt Comics (Star Publications [1949-1954], 1949 series) #106

5 page Sergeant Spook story "Origin of Sgt. Spook"

Characters I & O: Sgt. Spook (D; a ghost); V: Riga Majesty and his spy ring (I for all)
Script Malcolm Kildale?
Pencils Malcolm Kildale
Inks Malcolm Kildale

3 page Old Cap Hawkin's Tales story "Don't Give Up the Ship!"

Characters I: Cap Hawkins, Joey; GS: Adm. Perry (in fb)
Script Henry Kiefer
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer

6 page The White Rider and His Super Horse story "Origin of White Rider"

Characters I & O: White Rider (Peter ----), Super Horse (Cloud); I: Peter's parents, the "Old Man" (all D); V: Arch Manton, Black Jack (both I, D), and their gang (I)

2 page text story "Sub-Zero's Adventures On Earth [Part 1]"

Characters Sub-Zero
Script Stockbridge Winslow
Pencils Sam Glanzman
Inks Sam Glanzman
Letters Typeset
Notes Text story with illustration

6 page Pony Tracks story "Loco Luke and Snoozer, two ramblin' cowboys..."

Characters I: Loco Luke, Sneezer
Script Jack A. Warren
Pencils Jack A. Warren
Inks Jack A. Warren

3 page Edison Bell story "The Coming of Frankie Stein"

Characters I: Edison Bell, Mrs. Bell, Nicky, Frankie Stein (a robot)
Pencils Harold DeLay
Inks Harold DeLay
Notes art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr 28-2-2009

6 page Runaway Ronson story "Runaway and the Rocket"

Characters I: Runaway Ronson (a train engineer), Pat, Chief Thomas; V: Radburn and his accomplice (I for both)
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

6 page Phantom Sub story "Origin of the Phantom Sub"

Characters I: Jack Damon, Slim Dugan, Mr. Blackburn (D); V: Capt. Crule (I), the Nazis
Script Bill O'Connor
Pencils Ben Flinton
Inks Leonard Sansone