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Issue: Blue Bolt #6 [6] Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #6 [6] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/11/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: BLUE BOLT, Vol. 1, No. 6, November 1940, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1168, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): W. E. Rowland ?
Inker(s): W. E. Rowland ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dick Cole
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Menace of Marto

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; The Green Sorceress (villain); Marto [Martin Hall] (villain, introduction, death)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as Marto! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt TPB #[nn] published June 1998
as The Menace of Marto [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as The Menace of Marto [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Cosmic rays precursor. Jack Kirby reused the motif of cosmic rays granting super powers in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #1 as per Comic Book Historians article researched by Alex Grand.
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The Stealing of "Shining Star"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Phil Carp (villain); Straw-Hat Harry (villain, introduction); Puggo (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Professor X Strikes Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Professor X (villain, death); Riggs (villain, introduction); Torpedo Smith (villain, introduction); Barrett (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pony Tracks
First Line: Gig him, cowboy--you're ridin' like a tenderfoot!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Mystery of the Little Men [Part 3]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dick Cole
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with Illustration
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Spies On a Train

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Runaway Ronson
Character(s): Runaway Ronson; Edgar Monroe (introduction); Operator 7 (villain, introduction); Operator 9 (villain, introduction); Operator 24 (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: All Paul Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul's son.
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The Island of King Robinson: Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): King Robinson (guest-star)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Rustlers of the Indians' Cattle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The White Rider and Super Horse
Character(s): A gang of rustlers (villains, introduction); An Indian tribe (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Liberty--Long Live Liberty!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Old Cap Hawkin's Tales
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Pages: 2
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Ghost-Town Ghosts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jesse James (villain); his ghost gang (villains); Julius Caesar's ghost (villain, introduction); forty thieves of Bagdad (villains, introduction); Dr. Sherlock (introduction); Patrick Henry (introduction); Daniel Webster (introduction); Solomon (introduction); other ghosts of Ghost Town (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Salvage Claw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Capt. Gorling (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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