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Issue Details

Issue #45
Published August 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters Midnight
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Alex Kotzky
Inks Alex Kotzky

11 page Midnight story "Murder Isn't Any Joke"

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Sniffer Snoop; Hot Dog; J. T. Horgan; Bill Thompson; Fenley; John Henry
Synopsis Midnight solves a real murder at a murder mystery party.
Genre superhero; adventure
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

1 page Wun Cloo filler

Genre humor; detective
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole

7 page Marksman story "The Great Swamp"

Characters Marksman; Stephanie Winowski
Genre war; adventure
Script Fred Guardineer
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Traitor's Doom"

Characters Black X; Batu; Archibald Haw
Genre spy
Pencils Bernard Sachs
Inks Bernard Sachs

4 page Lady Luck story "Tony Nitro"

Characters Lady Luck; Peecolo; Tony Nitro; The Lady Luck Patrol; Nitro
Genre superhero
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inks Klaus Nordling

1 page Archie O'Toole story "humor filler"

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

7 page Daffy story "Daffy Meets Jack the Ripper"

Characters Daffy Dill; Director Starr; Mr. De Chill; Jack the Ripper
Synopsis Daffy's Grandfather wills her a clock that's actually a time machine.
Genre humor; wrestling
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox (signed)
Inks Gill Fox

8 page Yankee Eagle story "The Mouldering Page"

Characters Yankee Eagle
Genre adventure
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks Vernon Henkel

2 page text story "Mystery Mine"

Letters typeset

8 page Rookie Rankin story "The Hit-and-Run Killers"

Characters Rookie Rankin; Joe Stentor; Rose; James Sleezy
Genre detective
Pencils Rudy Palais ?
Inks Rudy Palais ?

7 page Jester story "The Jester is a Heel Drip Bum Sap Goon and a No Good Kid Chaser"

Characters Hustace McGinty; Thomas
Synopsis McGinty has to baby sit for his nephew, who promptly steals his gun.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson