Issue Details

Issue	V8#8 [86]
Published	January 1948
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Robert D. Wheeler (editor and general manager); Jane Spaulding Nye (managing editor); Mel Cummin (art director); Alfred V. Fago (art consultant)
Notes	Indicia title: BLUE BOLT.

Cover Details

1 page Blue Bolt Flashes letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	On the inside front cover.

9 page Dick Cole story "Farr Military Academy, its campus buildings totally destroyed by fire..."

Pencils	Jack Hearne
Inks	Jack Hearne

Half page cartoon "Why do you call him Maple Syrup?"

Genre	gags
Script	Milt Hammer
Pencils	Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks	Milt Hammer (signed)
Notes	4 separate gags.

7 page Sergeant Spook story "The Adventure of the Misplaced Markers!!"

Pencils	Howard Larsen ?
Inks	Howard Larsen ?

1 page Boitram the Burglar story "The Solution for Open Manholes"

Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant (signed)
Inks	Art Helfant (signed)
Notes	Pantomime strip.

1 page text story "Milepost Cave"

Pencils	E. J. Reeves (illustration)
Inks	E. J. Reeves (illustration)
Letters	typeset

1 page Heathcliff the Hobo story "Arf!" "Hello, Pooch! How would you like to be my dog?"

Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant (signed)
Inks	Art Helfant (signed)

6 page Blue Bolt the American story "This election is all up in the air..."

Pencils	Jack Harmon (credited)
Inks	Jack Harmon (credited)

1 page text story "No Silk or Satin"

Pencils	E. J. Reeves (illustration)
Inks	E. J. Reeves (illustration)
Letters	typeset

1 page Bluebolts and Nuts cartoon "G'wan - What do you mean..."

Genre	gags
Script	Milt Hammer
Pencils	Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks	Milt Hammer (signed)
Notes	4 separate gags.

8 page Rick Richards story "What good is a winter resort without any snow?"

5 page Fearless Fellers story "Hide me! Hide me!"

Script	Ray Gill
Pencils	Joe Donohoe (signed)
Inks	Joe Donohoe (signed)

5 page Edison Bell story "Hey, Jerry...Look at this!"

Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer

1 page activity "This Snow Periscope"

Pencils	Tex Blaisdell (signed)
Inks	Tex Blaisdell (signed)