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| Publication | October 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Peggy Sweet; Percentage Graftly |
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| Synopsis | Midnight moves to protect Dave's radio station's most popular singer, who is being swindled by her agent, Percentage Graftly. Graftly retaliates by hiring a hillbilly hag whom he hoped would ruin Dave's first TV show, but the hag's suitors cause such a ruckus on the air that the show is a hit, causing the newspapers to laud Clark's success. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a monkey); Peggy Sweet (a singer); Esmereldy (a hag); Jeb Rukes; Lum Cornfield; Percentage Graftly (villain) |
| Notes | Final appearance of the Midnight feature at Quality. The feature will be revived by DC in Secret Origins (DC, 1986 Series) #28 (July 1988)
Final Golden Age appearance of Midnight [Dave Clark]. Appears next in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 Series) #31 (March 1984) |
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| Synopsis | A stolen painting by DaVinci is copied and sold as genuine. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Black X; Batu; Beef Burton; Mr. Harrow |
| Notes | The closeup heads in 3/4 rearview are identical to Winter's signed Kangaroo Man story in Choice Comics (Great Comics, 1941 series) #3.
Final appearance |
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| Comic Story | The Talent Scouts (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Count DiChange is tricked by fake Hollywood talent scouts. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Count DiChange; Colonel Eustace Snath (villain) |
| Notes | Final appearance of a Lady Luck reprint in Smash Comics. However, the Lady Luck stories will soon get their own comic book at Quality (Lady Luck (Quality Comics, 1949 Series)), starting in December 1949. |
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| Text Story | Midnight's Merry Men (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wacky; Hot-Foot (a polar bear); Sniffer Snoop |
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| Synopsis | There have been too many mysterious thefts at theatres lately, so the Jester decides to protect wealthy patrons at a performance of "The Mikado." |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Keith Brewster; Lindsey; Lady Kimberly |
| Notes | Last appearance in the Golden Age of the Jester [Chuck Lane]. Next appearance in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 Series) #31 (March 1984).
Final appearance of The Jester feature.
The V-shaped faces with eyes far apart must be Riss. |
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| Comic Story | Manuelo de Vega y Bolona (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Daffy; Deke; Manuelo de Vega y Bolona |
| Notes | Final appearance |
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