Additional Information |
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Publication | April 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
Notes | Art revision from Leonard Frank to Tomsey ? by Craig Delich. |
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Featuring | Captain Midnight |
Credits | Pencils: Charles Tomsey? | Inks: Charles Tomsey? |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation; Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]; Moon creatures |
Notes | Art revision from Leonard Frank to Tomsey ? by Craig Delich. |
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Contents | Contents (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | Captain Midnight Spikes the Sun Gun! (8.66 pages) |
Synopsis | A new villain threatens to use the flaming fury of the Sun itself against the Earth and Captain Midnight. |
Featuring | Captain Midnight |
Credits | Pencils: Leonard Frank | Inks: Leonard Frank |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]; un-named U.S. Army General; Dr. Pyrrho (villain, introduction, death); Pyrrho's thugs [Mike; other un-named] (villains, both die) |
Notes | In the AC Comics' reprint, the strip is titled "Major Midnight".
The last 1/3 of page 9 is titled "Captain Midnight's Air Lingo" and defines several air terms. |
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Comic Story | Swear by It (1 page) |
Featuring | Pilot Pete |
Content | Genre: Humor; Aviation |
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Advertisement | Mary Marvel's Magic Solves Her Easter Problem (1 page) |
Featuring | Mary Marvel |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mary Marvel |
Notes | Advertisement for a Mary Marvel dress |
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Comic Story | The Moon Creatures! (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Arriving on the Moon, Captain Midnight and his companions bury escaped convict and murderer Jordan, who had planned to use the Moon as a hideout. Splitting up soon after, to scour the Moon for any sign of life, they find themselves threatened by living rocks with a silica base. |
Featuring | Captain Midnight |
Credits | Script: Bill Woolfolk | Pencils: Leonard Frank | Inks: Leonard Frank |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation; Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]; Icky Mudd (cameo); Joyce Ryan; Professor Edan; the Moon creatures (villains, all die); Jordan (villain, death) |
Notes | In the AC reprint the strip is titled "Major Midnight."
Story is a continuation of a story in the previous issue. |
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Comic Story | In the Tempest (2 pages) |
Featuring | Joe Miller |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe Miller |
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Comic Story | Sgt. Twilight Hits a New Low (Note) (7 pages) |
Featuring | Sergeant Twilight |
Credits | Script: Otto Binder |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Sgt. Twilight |
Notes | Scripter credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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Featuring | Your Invention Page |
Notes | Ideas submitted by readers. |
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Text Story | Across the Border (2 pages) |
Featuring | Red Skye |
Credits | Script: Richard Kraus (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure |
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Featuring | Johnny Blair, in the Air |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Johnny Blair |
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Comic Story | Life of the Shark! (9 pages) |
Synopsis | When Captain Midnight is asked to make a movie on the life of the notorious Ivan Shark, he discovers that Shark is still alive and must use his mechanical bloodhound to track him down. |
Featuring | Captain Midnight |
Credits | Pencils: Leonard Frank | Inks: Leonard Frank |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Captain Midnight [Captain "Red" Albright]; Ichabod Mudd; Paul Petrov; Mr. Gentry; Ivan Shark (villain); Gardo (villain) |
Notes | Story title from Dick Sabo.
In the AC reprint, the strip is called "Major Midnight" and the last 1/3 of the page of the story was an advertisement. |
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Cartoon | Ancestry (1 page) |
Featuring | Whipper-Snappers |
Content | Genre: Humor |
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