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Issue: Blue Bolt #1 [57] Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1945
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Issues: #1 [57] of 101 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Division of the Premium Service Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 6
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: At first, Blue Bolt was a powered hero but stopped in mid-1942 in order to join the Navy to fight against the Axis in World War II.
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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
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Character(s): Edison Bell; Pat
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Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Writer(s): ? (as the editors)
Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: This trip we're definitely on the serious side...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. The editors take a moment to put out a call for more Army nurses needed on the front lines as soon as possible. Letters of comment from Ronald Houdek, Richard Simpson, Charles H. Burr, Patricia Gleave, Ray Florey, and Pat Blackstone.
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"It is spring at Farr military academy..."

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Genres: sports
Character(s): Dick Cole; Barkley "Bark" Hall; Laura
Synopsis: Dick competes in a tennis championship for the academy but accidentally wins a crucial match with an uncaught fault. He fakes an injury later so the real winner can advance.
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Pages: 10
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Genres: war
First Line: Red Cross clubmobiles landed in France...
Synopsis: Red Cross volunteers travel to the front lines to bring cheer with dance, food, and stories.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Robert Pious for pencils and inks.
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Edison; Jerry; Pat; Babs
First Line: Hey! Stop shaking the scaffold, Jerry!
Synopsis: Decorations and preparations are made for the annual school dance, while Pat and Babs appear to have to compete with glamour girl twins for dates with the boys to go to the dance.
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Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Junk and Jive

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First Line: Hep-cat Eddie Bell gives us the lowdown...
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...He Also Serves

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Genres: war
First Line: Young Ted stared glumly at the floor, avoiding his father's eyes.
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lt. Blue Bolt; Marg Hesslin
First Line: Quick--while they're blinded!
Synopsis: Blue Bolt works to protect a serum to check a plague in China.
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Disclose Notes: Lt. Blue Bolt is promoted to Captain.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Krisko; Jasper; Sea Snake
First Line: Ho-hum- another day, git up, Jasper!
Synopsis: The boys lose track of their submarine, the Bluebolt.
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Pages: 5
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Induction Center

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sniffy (dog)
Synopsis: Sniffy is happy to go down to watch the Dog Catcher queue for the military induction center.
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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Jerry; Pud; Tom Watson (death); Sergeant Spook
First Line: Gee, that soldier looks sad.
Synopsis: Jerry listens to Tom's tale and decides to help the soldier's mother, but Jerry and Pud run into serious criminals stealing mail.
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Disclose Notes: Jerry can interact with the soldier ghosts but not Pud or anyone else.
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Bagged on April 1st

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Chuck; Ernest
First Line: Chuck saw the paper bag first.
Synopsis: Folks around town suffer various April Fool's jokes.
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Genres: mystery, teen
Character(s): Fearless Fellers [Chuck; Inky; Pudge; Betty (Butch)]; Mrs. Van Gelt
First Line: At the Fearless Fellers clubhouse...
Synopsis: The kids take a job watching Mrs. Van Gelt's baby but lose it while fishing and think they find it having been taken by Gypsies.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I just invented reversible skates...
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