Blue Bolt #1 [13]

Jun 1941 · Novelty / Premium / Curtis · 0.10 USD

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In "Dick Cole Battles His Double," Blue Bolt faces a crisis of loyalty and identity when his younger brother Kip’s first solo flight ends in disaster at a Canadian R.A.F. air base. With sabotage threatening the base and a mysterious man named Miller behind the attacks, Blue Bolt must protect his brother and stop the danger—only to confront a twist that leaves him questioning everything. Written by Ray Gill and illustrated by Alan Mandel, with a striking cover by Bill Everett, this 1941 thriller blends wartime tension with a personal mystery, all wrapped in the crisp, dynamic style of early superhero comics.

Contains 10 stories

Dick Cole Battles His Double

11 pp · Adventure

Dick Cole (origin retold)Simba Karno (villain, introduction)Dr. Karno (villain, introduction)

Murder in the Mountains

10 pp · Adventure

Sub-Zero ManHarkness (introduction)Ruth (hiker, introduction)Harkness (introduction)The Twister [Bob Sanders] (cameo)Ragin (villain, nephew of Harkness, introduction, death)

In "Murder in the Mountains," Sub-Zero takes a rare break at Mt. Reed—only to intervene when a hiker plummets to his death, his rope mysteriously severed. Suspecting a trap set by the notorious Ragin, Sub-Zero pursues him through treacherous terrain, enduring a broken leg and leaving a desperate message carved in stone. As the chase escalates, a deadly fall and a sudden, inexplicable wind—The Twister—usher in a twist neither man could have foreseen.

The Case of the Yellow Creek Dam

6 pp · Adventure, Western-Frontier

The White RiderSuper-HorseChief Little Buck (introduction)V: Morgan (villain, introduction)Morgan's gang (villains, introduction for all)

The Revenge of Rock Rook

7 pp · Detective-Mystery

Sergeant SpookRock Rook (villain, a ghost, introduction, death)

Vincennes and Victory

2 pp · Adventure

Old Cap Hawkins

Untitled story

4 pp

V: Mr. Gravedigger

Rescue by Aero Kite

4 pp · Adventure

Edison Bell

U-Boat Menace

5 pp · Adventure, War

The Phantom SubThe Nazis (villains)

The Aerial Saboteur

6 pp · Superhero

Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]Kip Parrish (Fred's brother)unnamed Major (base commander, introduction)The Twister [Bob Sanders] (cameo)Miller (villain, saboteur, introduction, death)

In "The Aerial Saboteur," Blue Bolt races to save his younger brother Kip during a fateful solo flight gone wrong at a Canadian R.A.F. air base. When sabotage threatens the base’s planes and the commander is kidnapped, Blue Bolt must stop the mysterious saboteur Miller—only to face a new danger when the hijacked aircraft plummets from the sky, saved at the last moment by an unseen force.

Introducing the Twister

7 pp · Superhero

The Twister [Bob Sanders](origin in flashback, introduction)Odysseus (introduction)Aeolus (god of the winds, introduction)Pete Sanders (introduction, cameo in flashback, death)Mrs. Pete Sanders (introduction, cameo in flashback, death)unnamed Policeman (introduction)Tony the Tornado (villain, introduction)Spike (villain, introduction)unnamed crooks (villains, introduction for all)

When a cursed bag of winds from Greek myth finally unleashes its fury on a red schoolhouse in Windy Gap, student Bob Sanders is swept into the storm—and emerges with the power to control the gales. Now known as The Twister, he must grapple with the legacy of a mythic curse that’s been waiting to be answered.