Digital Comic Museum - Blue Bolt v2 05


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October 1941 - c2c

Volume: #2, Issue: #5 [17]
Published: October 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: Indicia title: BLUE BOLT. 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.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Dick Cole Simba Karno

Comic Story (11 pages)
Synopsis:	Dick and Eddie are on horseback heading back towards Farr Military Academy, when they see two unsavory men waylay a blonde on horseback. They step in to stop it, not realizing that the scenario was actually being filmed as a movie. Dick volunteers to do some stunts for the film, then Simba shows up and also volunteers to do a few stunts as well.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Dick Cole Eddie March Betty Lee (movie Starlet) Nell (a Horse) Mr. Malcomb (film Director) Simba Karno (villain, Reforms After This Story) Rayton (villain) Three Thugs [Pete Others Unnamed]

Comic Story (7 pages)
Synopsis:	Having blinded a ghost cyclops with a snowball, Spook follows the cyclops back to a cave where various spirit ghosts fulfill his every whim. Spook attacks the cyclops and appears to be in trouble when Hercules comes to his defense.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Sergeant Spook (unnamed Policeman) Hercules (as A Ghost, Introduction) Various Spirit Ghosts A Ghost Cyclops (villain)

Comic Story (7 pages)	In the Painted Desert
Synopsis:	The Twister warns Dude and his men to leave a pair of old time gold prospectors alone.....or else!
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Twister [Bob Sanders] "Shady" Smith (retired Gold Prospector, Introduction) Smut (gold Prospector, Introduction) Dude (villain, Introduction) Dude's Men (villains, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Synopsis:	The crew of a damaged ship, needing water and food, asks the crew of the Phantom Sub for a tow to a nearby isle, and when they arrive on this island, they discover Sooka already there and itching for a fight.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Jack Damon Slim Dugan Unnamed Ship's Captain Commander Sooka (villain) Sooka's Crew (villains, Some Die)

Text Story (2 pages)	Krisko and Jasper on Sea Horse Island
Synopsis:	Krisko wraps a radio antenna around the "Calamity Jane" and causes all sorts of navigational problems, resulting in their being put aboard a small two-man boat sent out on their own. They soon make their way toward an uncharted isle.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Krisko Jasper Unnamed Captain Of The "Calamity Jane"

Comic Story (3 pages)
Synopsis:	Edison and his friends win a round trip to the South Seas, but boredom begins to set in for Jerry, so Pat has an idea to liven things up aboard the ship. However the girls discover two unsavory men aboard who plan to cause destruction to the Panama Canal, and are captured.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Edison Bell Jerry Pat Perry Pat's Aunt Two Germans (villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Synopsis:	The Rider discovers a fissue in Diablo Canyon and a an old rancher beaten and left for dead, his money taken. The Rider soon discovers that anyone flashing money in town is robbed, so he decides to set a clever trap for the outlaws.
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	The White Rider [Peter] Super Horse [Cloud] Unnamed Sheriff Mr. Batcher (villain) Assayer Office Official (villain) Assayer's Partner (villain) Pedro (villain) Juan (villain)

Comic Story (2 pages)	Shoot If You Must, This Old Grey Head--But Spare Your Country's Flag!
Synopsis:	As the Confederate Army marched into Frederick, Maryland, Barbara Frietchie dared to fly the United States flag.
Genre:	Adventure Non-fiction Historical
Characters:	Old Cap Hawkins (narrator) Barbara Frietchie (in Flashback) General Stonewall Jackson (in Flashback)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Synopsis:	While in London during a violent air raid, Blue Bolt and Kip discover that they are blood brothers, and Fred decides to gain American citizenship....a task easier said than done.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish] (origin Retold) Kip Parrish (Blue Bolt's Brother) Dr. Bertoff (scientist, Also In Flashback) The Green Sorceress (villain, Mention Only, In Flashback) The Sorceress' Men (villains, In Flashback) A.C. Ring [Mike Rest Unnamed] (villains, Citizenship Racketeers)

Comic Story (9 pages)
Synopsis:	Sub-Zero sees a murdered man's body thrown in front of a hotel and diiscovers the man is the partner of a prospector named Klondike. Both men hit a bonanza in Alaska and were in town to celebrate. Sub-Zero agrees to go to Alaska to track down the villain, but soon discovers a young boy with strange powers frozen in an iceberg.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Sub-Zero Freezum (introduction, Origin, Sub-Zero's Sidekick) Corson (death) Klondike Bill (prospector) Travers (villain) Traver's Partner (villain)

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