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