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Issue: Blue Bolt #2 [14] Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1941
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Issues: #2 [14] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/02/1941
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): David Adams
Disclose Notes: BLUE BOLT, Vol. 2, No. 2, July 1941, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1198, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.
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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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Round Two!!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dick Cole
Character(s): Dick Cole; Simba Karno
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In Content Item: FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #2 published September 2013
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ye Editors' Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Printed on inside front cover.
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The Clash! --Between Wonder Boys!

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): Simba Karno (villain)
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Pages: 10
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Zero
Character(s): Sub-Zero; Captain Ronson (of Naval Intelligence); Bart Neill (business agent of the torpedoe workers union, death); R. V. Prentiss (head of the arms company); Mr. Ketler (villain, foreign agent); Ketler's gamg (villains)
First Line: Furnaces roar and dynamos hum...
Synopsis: U. S. Naval Intelligence enlists the aide of Sub-Zero to investigate the disappearance of two radio-controlled torpedoes from the Prentiss Naval Arms Company. They witness the murder of the Torpedo Union's business agent, but soon a member of the union reveals himself to be the killer of Neill and Sub-Zero rounds up the agent and his gang posthaste.
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Pages: 10
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The Case of the Zombies and the Crazy Doctor Zorka

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Malcolm Kildale
Inker(s): Malcolm Kildale
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sergeant Spook
Character(s): Sergeant Spook
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Ramsey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Edison Bell
First Line: Holy mackerel! Hey, Jerry! Come here, quickly!
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"Blue Bolt" Gas Midget Racer

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill
Penciller(s): Ray Gill
Inker(s): Ray Gill
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Edison Bell
Synopsis: Illustrates Edison Bell's invention.
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Twister
Character(s): The Twister [Bob Sanders] (origin retold); Odysseus; Aeolus (god of the winds); Pete Sanders (Bob's father)
First Line: It seems that Odysseus, in his travels (according to Greek mythology)...
Synopsis: According to Greek mythology, Odysseus visited Aeolia, seeking out Aeolus to provide favorable winds for his ship. His wish was granted, but Aeolus also gave Odysseus a sealed bag of unfavorable winds and was told not to open it....but he did, and the winds blew his ship back to Aeolia. Aeolus was furious and demanded that Odysseus tracked down and capture the bad winds or reap the consequences...but he never did. Bad winds one day hit a red school house in Windy Gap and a student, Bob Sanders, was taken up in it and given strange powers, which he used as The Twister.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Twister
Character(s): The Twister [Bob Sanders]; Mr. Norton (cab company owner, introduction); Tony the Tornado (villain, taxi-cab racketeer); Tony's gang [Mugsey; rest unnamed](villains, introduction for all)
First Line: The office of Tony the Tornado -- notorious New York taxi-cab racketeer...
Synopsis: Tony is furious as he reads the conclusion to the Twister story in Blue Bolt Comics Volume 2 #1, and decides to do kind deeds so that the Twister will like him. Suddenly the Twister appears and gives the whole gang a lesson they'll never forget and gives fair warning to them for the future. But Tony won't listen and attempts to use his cabs to damage those of his rival cab owner. Twister visits Tony again and gets vital information linking the racketeer to the deeds and turns it over to the Police.
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Disclose Notes: All Paul Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul's son.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]
Penciller(s): Milt Hammer
Inker(s): Milt Hammer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Krisko and Jasper
First Line: The captain says to ask you if you'll join him at lunch...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The White Rider and Super Horse
First Line: The White Rider and Clous, the Superhorse...raised in a mysterious hidden valley...
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Pages: 6
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John Hancock

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 Hawkins Tales
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill O'Connor
Penciller(s): Ben Flinton
Inker(s): Leonard Sansone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Phantom Sub
First Line: Along the New England coast are situated many industries...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alan Mandel
Inker(s): Alan Mandel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Bolt
Character(s): Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]
First Line: Blue Bolt is in the outer world...
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Pages: 6
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Disclose Notes: Ad for a wallet printed on inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Red Ryder's Daisy air rifle printed on back cover.

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