1940s blue bolt comic book stories

Kildale was active in the american comic book field in the late 1930s and early 1940s, mainly through funnies inc. The first wave of comic book heroes 19361941, from which i took several examples in 2012 and which i urge you to check out. Blue bolt is a fictional american comic book superhero created by writerartist joe simon in 1940, during the period fans and historians refer to as the golden. Get the best deals on golden age superhero comics when you shop the largest online selection at. This time out, the beginning of his first great collaborative partnership. Why my mother threw out my comic books part 1 of 3 webages by adam blatner reposted november 18, 2009 this is based on a talk given on 61209 to the summer session of the senior university georgetown. Joe simon is also credited, with kirby, as artist, so im. Although some of these actions required little investment e. Or put search terms in quotes for exact matches, which also works for exact series name and issue number.

Jack and joe, of course, helped define and establish the comic book as a form, and created a host of enduring characters, not least of which was chris evans captain america, the man who punched hitler while america was trying to decide whether or not he was a bad guy. See more ideas about comics, vintage comics and comic covers. But its been a long road filled with very small steps and long periods of no movement at all. The three run to escape the storm but are struck by lightning with only parrish surviving.

Comiconlinefree read comics online free in high quality. Mar 24, 2008 the best of simon and kirby is a 2009 sampler of the comic book work joe simon and jack kirby created. The best of simon and kirby by joe simon goodreads. Stories by joe simon, bob davis, ray gill, william rowland, larry antonette, malcolm kildale, stockbridge winslow, sam glanzman, jack a. Blue bolt was created by joe simon and cowritten by jack kirby. He was a science fiction swashbuckler i created for curtis publishing, the company that put out the saturday.

Spook in the blue bolt comic book novelty, spifire for harvey, crash davis in hillmans air fighters comics and captain fearless for lev. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Warren, al anders, harold delay, paul gustavson, henry kiefer, malcolm kildale, bill oconnor, ben flinton, and leonard sansone. The first issue of blue bolt is cover dated june 1940. Captain marvel proved to be one of the most popular superhero comics of the golden age, regularly outselling the adventures of superman during the 1940s. There was an awesome lovecraftian edge to those stories. We have amazing deals on hardtofind comic books from the 1930s to today. Blue bolt s right knee is slamming into the back of the villain on the floor, his right hand mashes the face of another, and the sheer force of his entry snaps the third backward, causing his gun to fire into the ceiling. The eisner and iger studio dissolved for uncertain reasons by 1940. Septembernovember 1940 all stories no ads novelty press on. The golden age describes an era in the creation of comic books published between the years of 1938 and 1955. It surely is no coincidence that kirby provided stories for fox during the same. Some strict collectors consider the era finished by 1950.

Blue bolt comics on dvd for a full description and price go to. Blue beetle 3 blue bolt 1 brave and the bold 2 captain america 10 captain america comics 1 complete comics 1 conan the barbarian 6 crime mysteries 1. Crime comics from the 1940s and 1950s have some of the best covers ever created, in my humble opinion. In fact, they are among the older and more desirable comics on the market. Captain america, created by joe simon and jack kirby, first appears in captain. Scroll down to add issues to your want list and well email you when they arrive.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. This happened in the 1940s when civic minded parents decided that it was in the best interest of their children and the community to burn comic books, which leads me to my first official cbldf column topic. He manages to get to his small private plane to fly for help, but crashes in a very deep valley when his plane is struck by lightning too. Kiefer studied at the julian atelier in paris, france. This book gives the other superheroes of the golden age of comics their due, with a blowbyblow look at each ones career and creators, context and oddities. Fred parrish, a star football player at harvard, is practicing in a remote mountainous area with two friends when a storm develops. Blue bolt started out as a college football star named fred parrish, who went through an origin story even more excruciating than that of most superheroes. Blue bolt is a fictional american comic book superhero created by writerartist joe simon in 1940, during the period fans and historians refer to as the golden age of comic books. Target comics and blue bolt comics were sister publications, and there might have been common editorial direction to feature similar stories here, as well.

I dont recall the issue, but the story where a sorcerer reads from a forbidden book, causing seas to boil and trees to bow, is. New comics newest cover scans story arcs genres creators characters beta grading guide recent value changes. Even seasoned collectors may have problems attaining comics from this era. Collectible comics superhero, mystery, childrens comic books. Walt disney comics and stories 1 walt disney super goof 1 war of kings 1 war of the realms 2. Lot of 350 adventure comics comic books on one dvd, golden age superhero comics. The first wave of comic book heroes 19361941 fantagraphics, 2009 series february 15 2009.

The first ten issues of blue bolt comics featured stories by joe simon andor jack kirby, dealing with the superhero blue bolt. Golden age reprints offers public domain comic books from the golden age of comics. Smithbone is a beautifully rendered comic that while having a serious dramatic story. Blue bolt bursts through the door and overwhelms three bad guys, and look how kirby lays out the scene. Kirbys first superhero stories were blue beetle stories. The bronze age signaled a more realistic style within comic books as a younger generation of artists, including neal adams, john byrne, george perez, frank miller, and others, replaced aging artists who had helped to create the superhero comic books of the 1930s and 1940s. First, a brief history of comic books from their origins to the late 1940s. Blue bolt faces the green sorceress and the menace of marto. The sevenpage weekly series is considered one of the comic art mediums most significant works, with eisner creating or popularizing many of the styles, techniques, and storytelling conventions used by comics professionals decades later. Before the spaceship could enter earths atmosphere, it passed through a comet. Blue bolt comic books 1940 series all regular issues are out of stock. Blue bolt the first ten issues of blue bolt comics featured stories by joe simon andor jack kirby, dealing with the superhero blue bolt. Coles star publications takes over the blue bolt series, and as the superhero craze wanes, blue bolt becomes a backup feature to dick cole in his own title. Blue bolt the human lightning streak first appearance and origin of blue bolt, fred parrish harvard football star is struck by lightning while running punting drills in the rain with friends.

Target comics 1940, blue bolt 1941, four most 1942 registered but no notice of renewal. Blue bolt also teamed up with fellow heroes subzero and twister. Stories by joe simon, jack kirby, al avison, al gabriele, bill everett, bob davis, jack a. Various formats from 240p to 720p hd or even 1080p. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Notes although often referred to as blue bolt comics the title is properly blue bolt, as reflected on all the covers and an overwhelming majority of the indicia.

The spirit, created by writerartist will eisner, first appears in a sundaynewspaper comic book insert. Find the value of the novelty premium comic blue bolt volume 1. Superhero comics and books page 1 of 5 comic book plus. The simon and kirby blue bolt stories are in the tradition of such 1930s science fiction comic strips as brick bradford, flash gordon, and don dixon. Find great deals on ebay for 1940 comic book and 1941 comic book. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data.

Joe simon, malcolm kildale, and paul gustavson story and art, ben flinton art, joe simon cover. The team is conceived by editor sheldon mayer and writer gardner fox. The two blue characters were some of the first superheroes to step onto the stage after the success of superman. Novelty, street and smith, columbia, holyoke, chesler, plus a chapter on everyone else. Jun 27, 2014 the lost comics of jack cole part 3 19391940, humor and crime. Shopify hosts the online comic book store of sell my comic books. Septembernovember 1940 all stories no ads novelty press on amazon. The most common 1940s comic books material is metal. This era is iconic because it is near the birth age of comic books. The first appearance was in blue bolt volume 1, number 1 june, 1940, which featured work by joe simon of simon and kirby. Coles star publications takes over the blue bolt series, and as the superhero. He originated speed centaur at centaur comics, and also wrote and drew most of the subsequent stories. Stories by joe simon, jack kirby, al avison, al gabriele, bob davis, bill everett, jack a. Blue bolt battles the green sorceress, who strikes the surface world.

Fred is soon joined by lois blake who visits the subterranean world and is powered up to become his side kick. Unfollow 1950s comic books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Its a good thing, too, because oftentimes the interior content especially the fox titles, which are my favorites is terrible. One crewman managed to survive, but the exposure turned him into a living ice man that froze everything he touched. Warren, stockbridge winslow, harry ramsey, paul gustavson, henry kiefer, malcolm kildale, bill oconnor, ben flinton, and leonard sansone. Stories and art by tom gill, bill allison and joe certa. Blue bolt v1 1 1 version 1 novelty press comic book plus. Blue bolt resembled the spacehawk, in that both were superheroes whose lives were played out against science fictional backgrounds. Simons earliest comic book work appears to have been the western ranch dude but. A venusian man who would become known as subzero was a part of an expedition that was launched to establish first contact with earth. Dell became part of bantam doubleday dell in 1988, ceasing to exist as an independent company. Heres the first subzero story, signed by a larry antonette.

Kirby found work at one of the publishers of the time, fox features syndicate. Evolution of archie, from 1940s comics to cws riverdale. By that time comic book publishing companies were starting to hire writers and artists directly, instead of simply buying stories. Blue bolt 10 novelty press comic book plus comic page, comic book. Iconic comic book character archie has evolved into a moody teenager played by k. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The character, blue bolt, was deemed strong enough to warrant naming the comic book after him. These are the years when comics were considered a new and exciting form of art.

Blue bolt v2 10 22 novelty press comics, old comics, comic. After a time both blue bolt and lois move back above ground where blue bolts enhanced abilities fade so do loiss and both abandon their blue costumes, she for regular street clothes and he. We have 107 books to download or read online the latest is blue bolt v01 03. It was removed from this site for a couple of years due to a reprint sale, but its back now. After his studies, he began illustrating for pulp magazines.

In 1942, the comic book series was adapted into a 30minute radio program which followed the adventures of cole leon janney at the farr military academy. Jul 01, 2014 there is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Blue bolt was the first strip jack and i worked on together, beginning in 1940. The period saw the arrival of the comic book as a mainstream art form. Blue bolt returns to the surface to do his part for the american war effort. Whereas current monthly sales of popular comic book titles hover around 100,000 copies, in the early 1940s superman, batman and captain marvel titles each regularly sold in the range of 1. The period from 1938 through the mid 1940s represents the peak of comic book popularity. Werthams 1954 book, seduction of the innocent, was an american bestseller it tapped into the fears of parents from sea to shining sea and led to the a frenzy of censorship in continue reading 1940s precode comic book horrors and dr werthams 1954 seduction of. Cards could be lost as one card with information is a photostat of microfiche record or could be not registered. Now an ace pilot and magazine photographer, blue bolt tries to help a boy out of a threemilliondollar mess. The character was introduced in the origin of dick cole, in the first issue of novelty press blue bolt comics june 1940.