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Issue Details

Issue #v5#4 [52]
Published January 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Robert D. Wheeler (Editor and General Manager); Jane Spaulding Nye (Associate Editor)
Notes BLUE BOLT COMICS, Vol. 5, No. 4, January, 1945, published monthly from November to June inclusive: bi-monthly July to October, inclusive, by Novelty Press Division of the Premium Service Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1198, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 111 West 19th Street, New York 11, N. Y. Art director: Mel Cummin; Editorial assisstant: Peggy Ann Crowley

Cover Details

Pencils Joe Donohoe
Inks Joe Donohoe

1 page Blue Bolt Flashes letters page

Letters typeset
Notes This is the inside-front cover -- editor's column plus fan letters

10 page Dick Cole story "Football at Farr Military Academy is nearly over..."

Characters Barkley Hall (Dick's show-off teammate)
Genre adventure
Pencils James Wilcox
Inks James Wilcox

4 page Old Cap Hawkins True Tales story "The Dogs of the K-9 Corps"

Genre history
Pencils Robert Pious
Inks Robert Pious

5 page Fearless Fellers story "Why can't we be pirates..."

Genre adventure
Script Ray Gill
Pencils Joe Donohoe
Inks Joe Donohoe

1 page text story "Sparkling Secret"

Script Pam Robinson
Letters typeset

6 page Blue Bolt the American story "Blue Bolt and Charlie have been ordered to new assignment..."

Characters Marg Hesslin (news photographer)
Genre war
Pencils Tom Gill (signed)

6 page Edison Bell story "Mr Bell's factory is on full scale production..."

Genre adventure
Pencils Harold DeLay
Inks Harold DeLay

1 page Edison Bell's Simplified Plans activity "Mississippi"

1 page text story "The Avalanche"

Script David T. Marke
Letters typeset

5 page Krisko and Jasper story "Hey, Jasper - take it easy tossin' that stuff out... "

Genre humor
Script Jack A. Warren
Pencils Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks Milt Hammer (signed)

1 page Bluebolts and Nuts filler "Run away and leave me alone!"

Genre humor
Script Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks Milt Hammer (signed)

7 page Sergeant Spook story "The Ghost Goes Wild!"

Genre adventure; occult
Pencils John Jordan
Inks John Jordan

1 page Sniffy filler "Why don'tcha look where ya goin'?"

Genre humor
Script Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks Milt Hammer (signed)