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Issue Details

Issue #v3#4 [28]
Published September 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stanley Beaman (?)
Notes BLUE BOLT, Vol. 3 No. 4 September 1942, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1198, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y. Sequence, story titles and additional sequences provided by Dick Sabo on the GCD error list June 2008. Index revised again from a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/.

Cover Details

Characters Krisko; Jasper
Pencils Jack A. Warren (signed)
Inks Jack A. Warren (signed)
Notes BLUE BOLT, Vol. 3 No. 4 September 1942, published monthly by Novelty Press, Inc., P. O. Box 1198, Philadelphia, Pa., editorial offices, 292 Madison Avenue, New York 11, N. Y. Sequence, story titles and additional sequences provided by Dick Sabo on the GCD error list June 2008. Index revised again from a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/.

12 page Dick Cole story New Plebe "Obie" Winters

Characters Dick Cole
Genre adventure
Script Bob Davis
Pencils Bob Davis
Inks Bob Davis
Notes First line: "Another cheery sunshiny summer vacation over the stalwart cadets of Farr Military Academy..."

6 page The Phantom Sub story "The Floating Island"

Genre science fiction
Script Bill O'Connor
Pencils Ben Flinton
Inks Leonard Sansone
Notes First line: "Off our west coast, ship sinkings point to spies..."

8 page Sergeant Spook story "Exhibition of Medieval Armor"

Characters Sergeant Spook
Genre superhero; crime; occult
Script Mickey Spillane (signed)
Pencils John Jordan (signed)
Inks John Jordan (signed)
Notes First line: "Who is Sergeant Spook?"

4 page Krisko and Jasper story "Attack of the Two-Man Subs"

Characters Krisko; Jasper
Genre humor; war
Script Jack A. Warren
Pencils Jack A. Warren
Inks Jack A. Warren
Notes First line: "Having been rescued from a small island..."

Half page Stamp Collecting filler "The Pirates of Australia"

Genre fact
Script Eugene L. Pollock
Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Letters typeset

2 page text story "Ham for a Yegg"

Genre humor
Script Mickey Spillane
Letters typeset

5 page The White Rider and Super Horse story "[The Innocence of Billy Watson}"

Characters White Rider; Super Horse
Genre western
Notes First line: "The White Rider and Superhorse are taking a brief vacation..."

7 page Sub-Zero story "A Case of Mistaken Identity"

Characters Sub-Zero
Genre superhero
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly

4 page Old Cap Hawkins' Tales story "Captain 'Eddie' Rickenbacker...Ace of Aces"

Characters Eddie Rickenbacker
Genre adventure

5 page Edison Bell story "The Lighthouse Nazis"

Characters Edison Bell
Genre adventure
Script Ray Gill (credited)
Pencils Harold DeLay (credited)
Inks Harold DeLay (credited)
Notes First line: "It's getting pretty rough, Jerry!"

1 page Edison Bell activity "Make Edison Bell's Lighthouse Night Lamp"

Characters Edison Bell
Pencils Ray Gill (signed)
Inks Ray Gill (signed)

8 page Blue Bolt American story "Invasion at Natal, Brazil"

Characters Blue Bolt
Genre adventure
Pencils Alan Mandel
Inks Alan Mandel
Notes First line: "Mystery...intrigue!...and invasion in South America!"

1 page Bluebolts and Nuts filler "Johnny, I'll give you a quarter..."

Genre gag
Notes 8 one panel cartoons