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Issue Details

Issue #53
Published May 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing Martin De Muth

Cover Details - "Is There Honor Among Thieves?"

Characters Midnight
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Kotzky?
Inks Alex Kotzky?

11 page Midnight story "Wanted For Murder! Midnight"

Characters Midnight; Gabby; Doc Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hotdog; Darla; Sam and Moxie Doe
Synopsis When Dave Clark won't join her gang, Darla has him framed for murder.
Genre superhero; adventure
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks Paul Gustavson

8 page Rookie Rankin story "Ronnie the Rat"

Characters Rookie Rankin; Ronnie the Rat; Black Hand Gang
Genre detective
Pencils Witmer Williams ?
Inks Witmer Williams ?

1 page Wun Cloo filler

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

7 page Daffy story "Daffy's School For the Muscular Development of American Womanhood"

Characters Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons
Genre humor; wrestling
Pencils Marvin Stein?
Inks Marvin Stein?

1 page Archie O'Toole filler

Genre humor; kid
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

7 page Marksman story "Evil in Ecuador"

Characters Marksman; Irma Lee; Prof Lee
Synopsis Japanese soldiers stranded in Ecuador capture an American archaeologist.
Genre war; adventure

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "False Surrender"

Characters Black X; Kortis; Batu; Thezda
Synopsis Black X deals with the difficulties of life in Allied occupied former Axis territories.
Genre spy
Pencils Don Rico (signed)
Inks Don Rico (signed)

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Death Came on the Wind"

Genre adventure
Letters typeset

4 page Lady Luck story "The Haunted House Hoax"

Characters Lady Luck; Peecolo; Jiggers
Synopsis Lady Luck and Peecolo have to un-haunt a house.
Genre superhero
Script Klaus Nordling (signed)
Pencils Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inks Klaus Nordling
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #?

7 page Jester, The story "The Joke Is On the Racketeers!"

Characters Jester; Quinopolis; McGinty; John McMurry Spencer; Stoneface
Synopsis The Jester has to deal with a rookie cop who does things by the book.
Genre superhero