AUCTIONS OUT OF THE BLUE! – BLUE bolt COMICS UP available AT HERITAGE

Posted on March 12, 2023

by josj

produced by Joe Simon in 1940, Blue bolt was an American superhero title at first published in Philadelphia by the novelty Press. The original Blue bolt Comics would last up until August 1951 (publishing over 100 issues). nevertheless this character as well as comic are considerable much more for their creators than for heroic adventures. two copies of Blue bolt are currently up for auction with Heritage this month.

Blue bolt was co-written as well as drawn by none other than Jack Kirby. in that sense, the original Blue bolt Comics may be saw as a try-out of what would later ended up being the marvel brand of superhero comic.

Simon as well as Kirby, of course, would go on to produce Captain America practically instantly after their partnership on Blue Bolt. provided that expense Everett (creator of the Sub-Mariner) was likewise contributing to Blue bolt Comics in the golden Age, this series truly does begin to look like a marvel tryout experiment.

Blue bolt Comics V1 #2 (July 1940) – Cover art by W.E. Rowland

They state lightning never strikes twice. Well, whoever stated that, didn’t understand Fred Parish. A football player who was struck by lighting, Parish went on to board a airplane only to be struck by illumination yet again! typically one lightning strike will seriously injure or kill the typical person; obviously getting struck twice as well as subjected to radium after a airplane accident provides you superpowers. That, in a nutshell, is the amazing origin of the golden Age hero, Blue Bolt. With only twelve copies on the CGC census, this comic can rightly be called rare. As mentioned, it is likewise historically considerable because it’s the very first partnership between Joe Simon as well as Jack ‘the King’ Kirby.

In a 9.2 Near Mint Minus grade, Blue bolt Comics #2 has a noted value of $4,300 according to the most recent edition of Overstreet. The last two sales of licensed 9.6 copies offered on Heritage for $6,900 (on 8-4-02) as well as $5,975 (on 5-15-14). The present copy is a 4.0 which is valued by Overstreet at $554. inspect it out on auction at Heritage.

Blue bolt #106 (May 1950) – traditional L.B. Cole Cover

With a traditional cover from L.B. Cole as well as inside art by Jack Kirby, Larry Antonette, as well as Basil Wolverton, this is one more problem of Blue bolt worth choosing up. Actually, this is the blue bolt Adventures. You see, a unusual thing occurs to Blue bolt at the end of the 1940s. With the popularity of superheroes on the wane, the editors chose to make Blue bolt less of a super-powered hero as well as much more of a non-powered ordinary clothes fighter. In the meantime, his adventures had been written for many years not by Simon however by other scribes (including notables like Dan Barry, Tom Gill, as well as even Mickey Spillane). These later Blue bolt comics are still extremely collectible however even right here Blue bolt takes second stage to heroes like Basil Wolverton’s Spacehawk (pictured on the cover). At least Simon as well as Kirby are back. The copy of Blue bolt #106 up available at Heritage best now is in a 5.5 grade. A 6.0 is valued at $291 by Overstreet however this comic has offered for far above that cost even in lower grades. For example, a 3.5 graded copy offered for $346 on eBay on 6-17-18. keep your eye out on the Heritage auction to see what these Blue bolt comics go for.

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