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Date | Number: 22 | Lang: English (en)
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   By atomjones
This early Jack Cole on the Midnight story shows his impressive layout abilities, way before his prolific work on Police Comics and Plastic Man.
  
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PublicationMay 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly
 
CoverA Thrilling Adventure
ContentGenre: Science Fiction | Characters: Bozo the Robot; The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Midnight [Dave Clark] (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); The Jester [Chuck Lane] (inset)
 
Comic StoryThe Return of Captain Blue (9 pages)
SynopsisBud returns home as the ward of Happy Terrill, whom he no longer remembers to be the Ray for some reason. That night, Bud has a dream that wraith Lupo kidnaps him and takes him on Blitzen to Elixir, the realm of King Percival, where he and the Ray battle Captain Blue again.
ContentGenre: Superhero | Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud [once known as Jackie]; Lupo (villain, a wraith, dream); King Peveral (villain, dream); Blitzen (villain, a six-legged horse, dream); Kulik (villain, dream); Captain Blue (villain, dream)
 
ContentGenre: Aviation | Characters: Wings Wendall; General Harris; Bullet Plane; Spinner
 
ContentGenre: Humor; Children
 
SynopsisWhen Dave goes to work at the radio station, he sends Gabby on a mission to expose two dueling milk companies that are endangering the public. When Midnight is captured and the crooks attempt to unmask him, he protects his identity by making a nonstop series of funny faces until Gabby manages to free him.
ContentGenre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey)
 
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd; Warren; Rocky Hill]
 
Comic StoryAthlete's Foot (1 page)
ContentGenre: Humor; Detective-mystery
 
SynopsisLane calls on a wealthy woman whose fortune is targeted by Looie the Mouse, and, as the Jester, hogties the thug and throws him out the window of her home, which greatly displeases the inspector.
ContentGenre: Superhero | Characters: The Jester [Charles "Chuck" Lane] (police officer, introduction); Inspector Mulligan; Mrs. Van Cornish; Looie the Mouse (villain)
NotesThe Jester uses a rubber clown head (dubbed "Quinopolis" in Smash #47) to bean his pursuers and as a calling card to taunt the police. Jester's costume sports a skull on it, which has disappeared by the 7th story. Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
 
Comic StoryDefending Suez (6 pages)
ContentGenre: Spy | Characters: Espionage [Black X]; Batu
NotesWilliams is credited on drawing this feature. Writer revision from Eisner to French by Craig Delich. Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Lane French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43).
 
SynopsisThe Seal invents a complex scheme to save his father's job, which was on the line because the captain had failed to catch the Scarlet Seal.
ContentGenre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Red Seal [Barry Moore]; Captain Tim Moore
NotesCredits suggested by the Who's Who.
 
ContentGenre: Superhero | Characters: The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; James Gotham; Geoffrey; Baxter Slade (villain)
 
Text StoryToday is Tomorrow (2 pages)
FeaturingJimmy Christian
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentGenre: Adventure
Notestext story
 
SynopsisAbdul and Hassan have to play bodyguard to a little princess.
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: Abdul; Hassan; Fawida; Aman; Ibn Kawir gang
 
ContentGenre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter; Monahan; Commissioner Martin
 
SynopsisHugh Hazzard takes on a loan shark who preys on working people.
ContentGenre: Science Fiction | Characters: Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Dutch
 
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