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Issue: Blue Bolt #6 [96] Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1948
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Issues: #6 [96] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: The Premium Group of Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 9
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Robert D. Wheeler (Editor and General Manager); Katharine Urban (Story Editor); Mel Cummins (Art Director)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): L. B. Cole (signed)
Inker(s): L. B. Cole (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Dick Cole
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): James Wilcox
Inker(s): L. B. Cole ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Dick Cole
Character(s): Dick Cole (Farr Military Academy cadet); Coach Bradly; John Caster (crook); Mr. Deeling (Farr grad); Dooley (Cyclones player); Thugs
First Line: The Cyclones are a tough semi-pro outfit...
Synopsis: Caster has bet heavily on the Cyclones winning a football game against Farr Academy. Dick suspects Caster of dirty-dealing when he discovers Caster taking copious notes at a Farr football practice. Dick is held prisoner so he cannot alert Farr authorities, but he escapes to lead Farr to victory in the last minutes of the game.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Jack Hearne for pencils and inks.

Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. sees possible involvement of Cole on inks here.
There might be a Wilcox signature on the blackboard in the splash.
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Easy Cartooning

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Milt Hammer ?
Penciller(s): Milt Hammer (signed)
Inker(s): Milt Hammer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Tips for drawing cartoons
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Milt Hammer ?
Penciller(s): Milt Hammer (signed)
Inker(s): Milt Hammer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Do you own your house?
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gus Ricca
Inker(s): Gus Ricca
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Edison Bell
Character(s): Edison Bell; Jerry (Edison's pal); Professor Dorset (atomic energy expert); Professor Finchley; Constable Frost; Pilot
First Line: Tonight's talk up at the school...
Synopsis: Edison and Jerry attend Dorset's atomic energy lecture. Later, they find Dorset tied up in a storeroom, and Finchley fleeing with Dorset's uranium sample. Constable Frost frees Dorset and the boys from the locked storeroom, and they all head to the airport, certain this is Finchley's destination. Finchley is about to take off in an open plane, and hauls Edison aboard. Aloft, the pilot puts the plane into a snap roll, and Finchley is tossed to his death, having neglected to fasten his seat belt.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Henry Kiefer for pencils and inks.
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Gourd Craft Camping Utensils

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lazarus (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lazarus (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: "Here's how to make..."
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Pages: 1
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Build This Simple Microscope

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lazarus (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lazarus (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Milt Hammer ?
Penciller(s): Milt Hammer (signed)
Inker(s): Milt Hammer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: It says here that without taxes...
Synopsis: 4 one-panel cartoon jokes
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Pages: 0.66
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gus Ricca
Inker(s): Gus Ricca
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Blue Bolt
Character(s): Blue Bolt; Snap Doodle (photographer); Fred Blake (crooked rancher); Thugs; Sheriff
First Line: Better load up your light-box, Snap...
Synopsis: Bolt and Doodle fly to Texas to interview Blake about his sensational oil discovery, but the boys find Blake has illegally piped refined oil onto his property to make the land appear more valuable. Blake dynamites the pipe line to destroy the evidence of his crime, but, in doing so, releases crude oil and the land becomes very valuable. Doodle's photo of the pipe line is enough evidence to land Blake a long prison term.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Callahan?
Penciller(s): Jack Callahan (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Callahan (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grover and Bonnie
Character(s): Grover; Bonnie (Grover's wife); Mr. Popp; Mr. Grenitch (Grover's boss)
First Line: Grover! It's two A.M.
Synopsis: Grover hopes his wristwatch invention will be a success, but it proves a failure.
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Pages: 8
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Milt Hammer ?
Penciller(s): Milt Hammer (signed)
Inker(s): Milt Hammer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Come on, defend yourself.
Synopsis: 4 one-panel cartoon jokes
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Pages: 1
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Bouncin' Betsy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Hearne
Inker(s): Jack Hearne
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rick Richards
Character(s): Rick Richards; Professor Black; Several Dinosaurs; Journal Editors
First Line: The Ice Age didn't touch that swamp...
Synopsis: Rick uses his millions to underwrite Black's trek into the Amazonian Swamp. Black believes he can prove dinosaurs still exist. Rick's plane lands in a remote area. The two men are chased by a Stegosaurus to a cave in a cliff. The two discover a cache of prehistoric golden artifacts. Black wants to keep the treasures, but Rick insists they be sent to a museum. Black pushes Rick from the cliff. Rick survives the fall, but is chased by a Tyrannosaurus. He regains his plane, but Black is carried off by a Pterodactylus. Unable to help Black, Rick takes off for home.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

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