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Issue Details

Issue #v1#2 [2]
Published July 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing David Adams
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.

Cover Details

Pencils W. E. Rowland
Inks W. E. Rowland
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.
Reprinted in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1

10 page Blue Bolt story "The Green Sorceress and the Cyclotron"

Characters V: Green Sorceress
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby (alternating pages); Joe Simon (alternating pages)
Inks Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (some inks)
Reprinted in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1; in Blue Bolt Comics (Star Publications [1949-1954], 1949 series) #106

7 page Dick Cole story "The Stolen Bell"

Characters V: Jack Payton
Script Bob Davis
Pencils Bob Davis
Inks Bob Davis

10 page Sub-Zero Man story "Volcanic Problem"

Script Larry Antonette?
Pencils Larry Antonette
Inks Larry Antonette
Reprinted in Blue Bolt Comics (Star Publications [1949-1954], 1949 series) #107

2 page Old Cap Hawkin's Tales story "Nathan Hale"

Script Henry Kiefer
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer

7 page The White Rider and His Super Horse story "Trapped In a Gold Mine"

Characters I: Dorothy Lane, Mr. Lane; V: Two bandits (I for both)

5 page Pony Tracks story "Loco Luke and Sneezer, two ramblin' rannys..."

Characters I: Turkey Tail
Script Jack A. Warren
Pencils Jack A. Warren
Inks Jack A. Warren

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

Characters Sub-Zero Man
Script Stockbridge Winslow
Letters Typeset
Notes Illustrations by R.H. (or R.M.)

6 page Runaway Ronson story "Supertrain Robbery"

Characters V: A gang of train robbers (I)
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

2 page Edison Bell story "Invisible Paint"

Pencils Harry Ramsey

5 page Sergeant Spook story "The Crooks Who Played Ghosts"

Characters V: The Dead Head Gang (Dapper Dix, Dip, and Gup; I for all); I: Peter Dawn (D), Harold Pierce
Script Malcolm Kildale
Pencils Malcolm Kildale
Inks Malcolm Kildale

8 page Phantom Sub story "The Mystery of Windy Island"

Characters V: Kozac and other smugglers (I for all)
Script Bill O'Connor
Pencils Ben Flinton
Inks Leonard Sansone