| Additional Information |
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| Publication | November 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Midnight Meets the Menace from Mars |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey |
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| Comic Story | Sinister Menace from Mars -- or Someplace (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Something from space lands on Professor Drizzpan's property, and all he can think about is the interruption of his work. However, the rocket from Mars unleashes a strange mechanical creature that destroys homes with its death ray. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Professor Drizzpan |
| Notes | Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Comic Story | Murder Has a Bargain Day (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A model in a department store is shot and killed by an unknown intruder. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Rookie Rankin; Diana Dare (model); Mr. Grayson (manager) |
| Notes | Originally credited "Witmer Williams ?", but does not match his other credited stories in this features. Compared with Leav's signed story in Power Comics #4, everything matches, face of the policeman, large hands, way of running with high lifted knees and some panels without backgrounds. Different inking. |
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| Synopsis | Black X sneaks into Japan looking for the antidote to a new poison gas. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Black X; Batu |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Archie O'Toole (king) |
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| Synopsis | Deke tries to make money by staging a wrestling contest. The prize? Daffy. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Deke Parsons; Daffy Dill; Eph |
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| Comic Story | The Magenta Diamond (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Big Bernie hides stolen jewels in his fish tank. Luckily the fish is on Lady Luck's side. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; a goldfish (narrator); Big Bernie (villain); Bernie's mob (villains) |
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| Text Story | The Camera Is the Judge (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Detective-mystery | Characters: Jimmy Christian (detective); Bull Groton; Mitch Dallas |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Wun Cloo |
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| Synopsis | The Marksman faces an athletic German female agent, who suckers him into her web and discovers his dual identity. Before she can share the information, she is accidentally killed by her own men. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Vorka; Schlagen (villain); Frauline Halunke (villain, death) |
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| Comic Story | Ribbing Racketeers (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Pilbeam is running for governor and wants police protection. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Jester [Chuck Lane]; J. J. Pilbeam; Gibb Greiner; McGinty |
| Notes | This is similar to Leav's signed stories in Wanted Comics (Orbit-Wanted, 1947 series) #52. |
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