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Issue: Blue Bolt #7 [19] Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/08/1941
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): David Adams
Disclose Notes: 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. 4.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bob Davis (signed)
Bob Davis (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
adventure
Dick Cole
Dick Cole; Simba Karno
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Davis (signed)
Bob Davis (signed)
Bob Davis (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
adventure
Dick Cole Wonder Boy
Dick Cole; Simba Karno; Major Farr; Eddie; Dr. Karno (villain, Simba's guardian); Grof (villain, Dr. Karno's assistant)
Dick and Simba Friends!
Because Simba has renounced his evil past and confessed his thefts to Major Farr, he is put on probation in the Major's care. However, the evil Dr. Karno is not about to let Simba get away with that, especially since Simba has put the Police on the doctor's trail. With the help of Grof, the doctor kidnaps Simba from Farr Academy, takes him to his lab and operates on his brain to make him cruel and vicious.
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Miscellaneous
11
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Alan Mandel
Dan Barry
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Blue Bolt the American
Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; Lois Blake; Dr. Bertoff; the A.C. Ring (villains)
Eeee-ee! Don't be afraid, Lois, I've got you!
Blue Bolt takes Lois, as his new helper, to see Dr. Bertoff to see if the scientist has been able to locate the A.C. Ring, the purveyors of fake citizenship papers. Bertoff decides to give some the Blue Bolt's powers to Lois as she aids him in combating and rounding up the vicious ring.
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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Jordan ? (signed)
John Jordan ? (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Sergeant Spook
Sergeant Spook (un-named Policeman); Mrs. Lucy Howard; Jerry (villain, Lucy's nephew); Professor Gondo (villain, fake medium); Rosie (fake spirit world contact)
Sh-h-hhh! The ghost is walking tonight!
A medium named Gondo convinces wealthy Mrs. Howard that he can make contact with her late husband Horace, but she is unaware that it is a hoax concocted in order that her nephew will be given her million dollar estate.
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Miscellaneous
7
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Kiefer
Henry Kiefer
Henry Kiefer
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, historical, informational
Old Cap Hawkins' Tales
Cap Hawkins (retired mariner); Joey; Mad Anthony Wayne; General George Washington; General Henry Clinton (villain, British General)
You may be surprised to learn, lad, that the blitzkrieg...
Cap tells his pal Joey that the term "blitzkrieg" is not a new one, but one that originated with a famed General back in 1779, who stormed an impregnable for called Stony Point and took it, using the same tactics the Germans were using in their campaigns.
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ray Gill (signed)
Harold DeLay [as H. Delay] (signed)
Harold DeLay [as H. Delay] (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
adventure
Edison Bell
Edison Bell; Jerry (Eddie's pal); Malola (native diver)
Ah! Romantic adventurous south sea island!
Eddie and Jerry, having won a trip to the island of Tago Tago and wanting to see all the sights. hire a glass bottom boat. They spot a cruise ship and the passengers on board throwing coins into the water for native divers to retrieve. However, when one of the divers is swamped and hit by a boat, the boys rescue him.......in gratitude, the man gives the boys a black box he found in the waters. When they open it, they find a mysterious map inside.
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Miscellaneous
4.3
Let's all make Eddie Bell's Aqua-Scope!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ray Gill (signed)
Ray Gill (signed)
Ray Gill (signed)
?
Ray Gill ?
Subject Matter
Ray Gill demonstrates how readers can make an Aqua-Scope, a device that allows users to study underwater sea life
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Miscellaneous
0.7
This feature appears on the last page of the Edison Bell story and also tells that, in the next issue, Eddie will show readers how to make a South Seas ceremonial drum!
The Secret Fortress

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Irving Werstein [as Werstein] (signed)
Bill O'Connor (signed)
Bill O'Connor (signed)
Irving Werstein
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
The Phantom Sub
Jack Damon; Slim Dugan
Jack and Damon take the Phantom Sub off the coast of Mexico, trying to locate an enemy raider's base. Suddenly they spot an uncharted group of coral islands and discover it to be that very enemy base they'd suspected of being in the area.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Mysterious Black Cloud!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill O'Connor [as FOS] (signed)
Ben Flinton [as FOS] (signed)
Leonard Sansone [as FOS] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
The Phantom Sub
Jack Damon; Slim Dugan
While taking the Sub out on its first test flight, Jack and Slim note a black cloud amongst all the white ones, a cloud which fires a huge lightning bolt at them!
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Miscellaneous
7
The Twister Battles An Airplane!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ray Gill
Mike Roy
Mike Roy
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Twister
The Twister [Bob Sanders]; unnamed jewel transporter (introduction, death); unnamed jewel thieves (villains, introduction for all)
The Twister comes upon the scenes of an airplane attacking a car and watching a group of crooks take a black bag from that car. When he talks to the dying driver of the car, he discovers the gang has made off with the Monger Jewels, which were being transported by the man to Washington.
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in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland, 2018 series) #1773 (2018)
Miscellaneous
6
Last appearance.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Brady
Bill Brady
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?
Subject Matter
historical, western
The White Rider and Super Horse
The White Rider [Peter]; Super Horse [Cloud]; un-named girl; Un-named prospector (girl's father); un-named Sheriff; Dirk Gray (villain, death)
Born and raised in the hidden valley...
The Rider and Cloud assist in saving a girl from Dirk Gray and his henchm,en, who have learned that the girl's father has discovered a vein of gold in Skeleton Valley, and they want to prevent him from filing a claim on the vein in the morning.
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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]
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?
Subject Matter
adventure
Krisko and Jasper
Krisco; Jasper; un-named Captain of the Calamity Jane;
Krisko, Jasper, and the captain of the late Calamity Jane...
Set adrift in a boat, Krisco, Jasper and the Captain are rescued by a submarine and given medical treatment. Soon, they show their appreciation by volunteering to dislodge the sub's anchor, which is entangled in a giant clam, and discover that the sub has entered into an enemy minefield!
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Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Daly
John Daly
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Sub-Zero
Sub-Zero; Freezum; Dr. Waring; Joe (villain); Cobett (villain)
Grab your hats!
A group of river pirates attack a ship in order to get to Dr. Waring, who is carrying a casket of radium aboard ship for the Scientific Foundation, and which they intend to hold for ransom.
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Miscellaneous
8
Magical items to amaze your friends

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Illustrated advertisement from Treasure House in New York, which pictures a variety of items that readers can purchase, such as: Bag 'O' Tricks for 50 cents, a Gene Autry ring for 15 cents, bicycle handle grips for 19 cents a pair, automatic dime register bank for 15 cents, a checker game for 20 cents, and many more.
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Miscellaneous
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Found on the inside back cover.

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