*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: The super-hero Blue Bolt was created by Joe Simon and featured in over a hundred issues of his own title from the 1940s/50s from Novelty Press. By the second issue, Joe Simon had started his long collaboration with Jack Kirby, and the two worked together, sharing writing and drawing, up to issue #10, after which the strip passed into other hands. Simon & Kirby would go on to create Captain America and many more characters, and were very active in horror, western, crime and romance as well throughout the Golden Age of comics. Blue Bolt was Fred Parrish, a college football star who survived two lightning strikes and a plane crash, before being healed by a scientist’s radium treatment. This endowed him with the ability to project lightning bolts and for good measure he had a lightning gun as well. The newly named Blue Bolt set off to fight crime and Nazis (as you do) as well as his evil arch-nemesis the Green Sorceress. Other strips in the Blue Bolt title included Dick Cole, The Wonder Boy, Sub-Zero Man, Sgt. Spook, White Rider and Super Horse, Runaway Ronson and Phantom Sub, plus many others. Artists on these included Bill Everett, Bob Davis and Paul Gustavson. The Bute Collection features three issues of this Simon & Kirby team debut, including their first work together. 
PICTURED: BLUE BOLT
VOL 1 #2 VG- £1,375 1st Simon & Kirby collaboration. Blue Bolt, Dick Cole, Sub-Zero Man and many others. A pretty nice copy with good colour cover image, unspoilt except for a couple of small tears (with tiny losses) towards the top of the spine. The rest of the spine is sound and intact. There is a soft crease at the bottom right corner, which goes to a lesser extent throughout the comic, but does not break cover colour. Nice supple off-white pages. Staples are tight and firm. High resolution images are available on request. 
VOL 1 #3 VG £950 2nd Simon & Kirby collaboration. Blue Bolt, Dick Cole, Sub-Zero Man and many others. You can see the Green Sorceress on the splash page below and tell that she really is, um, green. A decent copy with good colour and an unspoilt cover image. Minor staining at top of spine and a little above the logo. A soft, barely noticeable crease horizontally across the cover centre does not break colour. Nice supple off-white pages. Staples are tight and firm. High resolution images are available on request. 
VOL 1 #7 GD/VG £425 Simon & Kirby collaboration with the bonus of a Kirby cover. Blue Bolt, Dick Cole, Sub-Zero Man and many others. Overstreet describes this as scarce with a classic over. Clean and unspoilt cover image. Small upper and lower spine splits. There are small pieces of tape on inside covers at the staple area. Spine is a wee bit ragged. Nice supple off-white to cream pages. Staples are tight and firm.