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Issue Details

Issue #36
Published October 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Gil Fox

Cover Details

Characters Midnight; Espionage; Marksman; Rookie Rankin; Ray
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall

9 page Midnight story "The Death of Midnight"

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Cyclops Ceylon; Satan; Mrs. Satan
Synopsis Midnight dies and asks to be sent to Hell so he can fight the Devil himself, only to find out the Mrs. is in charge. But a strange character bargains with Doc Wackey to bring Midnight back from the dead in exchange for the Doc's life.
Genre superhero; adventure
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole (signed)
Inks Jack Cole
Notes continued.

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "The Vengeance"

Characters Black X; Batu; The Vengeance
Genre spy
Pencils Alex Kotzky (signed)
Inks Alex Kotzky

1 page Archie O'Toole story "Exact Double"

Characters Archie O'Toole
Genre humor; children
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

5 page Wildfire story "Micky Kane"

Characters Wildfire; Micky Kane; Tom Kane
Synopsis Wildfire gives Micky Kane a special flame so that he can call her whenever he's in trouble.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Turner (signed)
Pencils Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks Jim Mooney

5 page Jester story "The Tiny Bank Robbers"

Characters Jester; McGinty; Professor
Synopsis The Jester faces a gang of three inch tall bank robbers.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks Paul Gustavson

5 page Bozo the Robot story "The Scrap Metal HiJackers"

Characters Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Henry Vaun
Genre science fiction
Script George Brenner
Pencils George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks George Brenner

6 page Ray story "Hammer Hand"

Characters Ray; Hammer Hand; Bud
Synopsis Happy Terril is framed for bank robbery.
Genre superhero
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall

6 page Rookie Rankin story "The Whiner"

Characters Rookie Rankin; Ma Rankin; Sgt. Burns; The Whiner
Genre detective
Pencils Arthur Peddy (signed)
Inks Arthur Peddy

1 page Wun Cloo story

Genre humor; detective
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Inks Jack Cole

5 page Purple Trio story

Characters Warren; Rocky; Tiny
Genre adventure
Script S. M. Iger
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "The Wall of Invisible Fire"

Genre adventure
Script Robert M. Hyatt?
Letters typeset

6 page Wings Wendall story "Diane's Revenge"

Characters Wings Wendall; Westcott (dies); Diane Westcott
Synopsis After Diane's father is killed, she and Wings fly a suicide mission over Germany to try and kill Hitler.
Genre aviation
Script Vernon Henkel (signed)
Pencils Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks Vernon Henkel

7 page Marksman story "Kill the Marksman"

Characters Marksman; Vorka; Wakovsky; Hitler
Synopsis Major Hurtz claims to have killed the Marksman, which is difficult because Major Hurtz is the Marksman.
Genre war; adventure
Script Bob Powell?
Pencils Alex Koda
Inks Alex Koda