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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published December 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Gill Fox

Cover Details

Characters Midnight; Gabby; The Caveman
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

11 page Midnight story "Cave-Man Menace"

Characters Midnight; Gabby; Zor, the Caveman; Sir Squinchworth; Doc Wackey; Lady Squinchworth
Synopsis Sir Squinchworth brings back his latest discovery from Siberia, a living caveman.
Genre superhero; adventure
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole

1 page Archie O'Toole filler

Genre humor; kid
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

7 page Marksman story "The Prophecy"

Characters Marksman; Madame Wipasky; Black Wilhelm; Vorka
Synopsis Wilhelm gets his fortune told, and doesn't like the results.
Genre war; adventure
Script Bob Powell?
Pencils Alex Koda
Inks Alex Koda

5 page Bozo the Robot story "The Cornfield-McJug Feud"

Characters Bozo the Robot; Hugh Hazzard; Lem Cornfield; Cy McJug
Genre science fiction
Script George Brenner
Pencils George Brenner (signed)
Inks George Brenner

7 page Jester story "The Kleptomaniac"

Characters Jester; McGinty; Terwilliger J. Thump
Synopsis McGinty can't capture the Kleptomaniac because the Commissioner's his uncle.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "The Ivory Buddha"

Characters Black X; Batu; Tonga Bey; Von Pap; Black Ogre
Genre spy
Pencils Alez Kotzky (signed)
Inks Ruben Moreira?

6 page Ray story "The Man of a Hundred Heads"

Characters The Ray; The Headsman; Sue Saunders
Genre superhero
Pencils Rudy Palais
Inks Rudy Palais

8 page Rookie Rankin story "The Warehouser's Beat"

Characters Rookie Rankin; The Warehousers; Warden Jones; Commissioner
Genre detective
Pencils Rudy Palais ?
Inks Rudy Palais ?
Notes art id by Bob Hughes 9/07

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Christmas Mystery"

Genre adventure
Letters typeset

1 page Wun Cloo filler "The Third Degree"

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

8 page Yankee Eagle story "Men Marked For Death"

Characters Jerry Noble, the Yankee Eagle (intro)
Genre adventure
Pencils Al Gabriele
Inks Al Gabriele
Notes not the same strip as in MILITARY COMICS