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Issue: Blue Bolt #1 [1] Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1940
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Issues: #1 [1] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/10/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): David Adams (uncredited)
Disclose Notes: BLUE BOLT, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1940, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1168, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.

On sale date from back cover promotional advertisement for this issue in Target Comics (1940 series) #v1#4 [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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; The Green Sorceress
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Human Lightning Streak

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish] (introduction, origin); Dr. Bertoff (introduction); The Green Sorceress (villain, introduction)
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In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt #105 published April 1950
as The Human Lightning Streak [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as The Human Lightning Streak [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: 1 page of this story is reprinted in The Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1.
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Origin of Dick Cole

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Dick Cole (introduction, origin); Prof. Blair (introduction); Mr. Turner (introduction); Laura Turner (introduction); Jack Payton (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Peril On the Portugal Run

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Page Parks
Character(s): Page Parks [a stewardess] (introduction); Jim Jennings; Dirk Stevens (villain); Chuck Dawson (villain); Dirk Stevens (villain)
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Pages: 4
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Origin of the Sub-Zero Man

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sub-Zero Man
Character(s): The Sub-Zero Man (a Venusian, introduction, origin); Prof. Abbott (introduction)
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In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt #106 published June 1950
as Origin of the Sub-Zero Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Origin of Sgt. Spook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Sgt. Spook (a ghost, introduction, origin, death); Riga Majesty (villain, introduction); his spy ring (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 5
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Don't Give Up the Ship!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Old Cap Hawkin's Tales
Character(s): Cap Hawkins (introduction); Joey (introduction); Adm. Perry (guest-star in flashback)
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Pages: 3
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Origin of White Rider

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The White Rider and His Super Horse
Character(s): White Rider [Peter ----] (introduction, origin); Super Horse [Cloud] (introduction, origin); Peter's parents (introduction, death); the "Old Man" (introduction, death); Arch Manton (villain, introduction, death); Black Jack (villain, introduction, death); their gang (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Sub-Zero's Adventures On Earth [Part 1]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sub-Zero
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration
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Feature(s): Pony Tracks
Character(s): Loco Luke (introduction); Sneezer (introduction)
First Line: Loco Luke and Snoozer, two ramblin cowboys...
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Pages: 6
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The Coming of Frankie Stein

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Character(s): Edison Bell (introduction); Mrs. Bell (introduction); Nicky (introduction); Frankie Stein (introduction, a robot)
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Pages: 3
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Runaway and the Rocket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Runaway Ronson
Character(s): Runaway Ronson (a train engineer, introduction); Pat (introduction); Chief Thomas (introduction); Radburn (villain, introduction); his accomplice (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: All Paul Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul's son.
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Origin of the Phantom Sub

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Phantom Sub
Character(s): Jack Damon (introduction); Slim Dugan (introduction); Mr. Blackburn (introduction, death); Capt. Crule (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 6

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