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Issue Details

Issue V8#9 [87]
Published February 1948
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Robert D. Wheeler; Mel Cummin (art director); Alfred V. Fago (art consultant)
Notes Indicia title: BLUE BOLT.

Cover Details

Characters Dick Cole; Laura Bradly; Chuck Bent
Pencils Al McWilliams
Inks Al McWilliams

1 page Blue Bolt Flashes letters page

Script Editors; readers
Letters typeset
Notes This is the inside-front cover

9 page Dick Cole story "Returning east from Arizona for the Christmas holidays, Dick arrives..."

Characters Dick Cole; Laura Bradly (his girl); Chuck Bent (villain); Simba Karno
Pencils Jack Hearne
Inks Jack Hearne

Half page Bluebolts and Nuts cartoon

Pencils Milt Hammer

6 page Blue Bolt the American story "In the ruins of a great Mayan city, Blue Bolt finds himself heels over head..."

Characters Blue Bolt (reporter for Glimpses); Snap Doodle (his photographer)

5 page Fearless Fellers story "Come on, they must use plenty of locks to lock up criminals."

Script Ray Gill
Pencils Joe Donohoe
Inks Joe Donohoe

1 page text story "The Young Chef"

Letters typeset

1 page Bluebolts and Nuts cartoon

Pencils Milt Hammer

1 page text story "A Shot in the Dark"

Letters typeset
Notes This page includes the SOO

8 page Sergeant Spook story "Jerry and Sergeant Spook discover that the little brown church, abandoned..."

Pencils Howard Larsen?
Inks Howard Larsen?

1 page Bluebolts and Nuts cartoon

Pencils Milt Hammer

8 page Rick Richards story "Rick Richards gives freely of his vast fortune to worthy charities..."

5 page Edison Bell story "Hobby Show Today"

Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer

1 page activity "This Fish Story is Fun"

Pencils Tex Blaisdell
Notes Build an aquarium

1 page Bluebolts and Nuts cartoon

Pencils Milt Hammer