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Issue: Blue Bolt #10 [10] Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1941
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Issues: #10 [10] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/08/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): David Adams (uncredited)
Disclose Notes: BLUE BOLT, Vol. 1, No. 10, March 1941, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1198, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.

Index revised from a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/.

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 4 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
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Mandel [as George Van Dell] (signed)
Inker(s): George Mandel [as George Van Dell] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dick Cole
Character(s): Dick Cole
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Rocky Roberts Takes Over

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon; Al Avison; Al Gabriele
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Bolt
Character(s): Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; The Green Sorceress (villain); Rocky Roberts (villain, death); General Feng (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as King Rocky [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt TPB #[nn] published June 1998
as Rocky Roberts Takes Over [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 #[nn] published February 2009
as Rocky Roberts Takes Over [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as Rocky Roberts Takes Over [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: First line: "'Rocky' Roberts -- gang-leader...stows away on a rocket ride..."
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The Lynch Mob's "Justice"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Davis
Penciller(s): Bob Davis
Inker(s): Bob Davis
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dick Cole
Character(s): Jeb Harker (villain, introduction); Grant (introduction)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: First line: "A blustering, wintry night --- Dick, and his roommate at Farr Military academy, Ed March, are in their dormitory room..."
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The Heat Ray

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Everett?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett?
Inker(s): Bill Everett?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sub-Zero
Character(s): Fargall (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Dr. Peterson (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: First line: "It's a hold-up!"
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War Against King Tut

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Malcolm Kildale
Penciller(s): Malcolm Kildale
Inker(s): Malcolm Kildale
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sergeant Spook
Character(s): King Tut-Ankh-Amen (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: First line: "Sergeant Spook...having witnessed the slavery of the ghosts of northern Africa..."
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Morse Medicine

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Andrew McWhiney
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blue Bolt's Short Short Story
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Mad Sheepherders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Anders
Inker(s): Al Anders
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The White Rider and Super Horse
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First line: "Reared in a strange 'lost canyon' where the strong pull of gravity caused a super development of their muscular powers..."
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The Ray-Radio

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harold DeLay
Inker(s): Harold DeLay
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Edison Bell
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
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Make These Papercup Telephones

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Stevens Lumber Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Runaway Ronson
Character(s): Runaway Ronson; Shanty Overholt (introduction); Cartier (villain); Hank (villain); Cartier and Hank's gang (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First line: "The cold hands of death reach out for the fifth time..."

All Paul Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul's son.
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"We Must All Hang Together, or Assuredly We Shall All Hang Separately..."

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Kiefer
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Old Cap Hawkin's Tales
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (credited)
Penciller(s): Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (credited)
Inker(s): Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pony Tracks
First Line: The Purple Cow Rodeo is over...
Synopsis: Jasper and Crisco enlist in the Horse Marines
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Sinister Cannery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill O'Connor [as FOS]
Penciller(s): Ben Flinton [as FOS]
Inker(s): Leonard Sansone [as FOS]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Phantom Sub
Character(s): A gang of fifth columnists (villains, introduction)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: First line: "With the totalitarian states of the world plotting..."

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