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Issue Details

Issue #54
Published August 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Martin DeMuth

Cover Details - "Midnight Meets Hammer-Head Horgan and Smear-Face Schmalz"

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Bryant (signed)
Inks Al Bryant (signed)

11 page Midnight story "Honor Among Thieves"

Characters Midnight; Hammer-Head Horgan; Smear-Face Schmalz; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Hotdog; Sniffer Snoop
Synopsis Two crooks decide to bury the hatchet when they find out they have the same birthday. Only they decide to bury the hatchet in Midnight.
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks Paul Gustavson

8 page Rookie Rankin story "The Framing of Rookie Rankin"

Characters Rookie Rankin; Big Shott; Breezy; Velvet; Al
Synopsis Big Shott and his gang try to put the frame on Rankin.
Genre detective
Pencils Rudy Palais ?
Inks Rudy Palais ?

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Another Tale of Fate-Flouting Secret Service!"

Characters Black X; Batu; Dr. Yong
Genre spy
Pencils Don Rico (signed)
Inks Don Rico

4 page Lady Luck story "Sabotage in the Subway"

Characters Lady Luck; Count diChange
Synopsis Nazis try to sabotage the subway system
Genre superhero
Script Klaus Nordling (signed)
Pencils Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inks Klaus Nordling

1 page Archie O'Toole story

Genre humor; kid
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

7 page Marksman story "The Poison Dart Peril"

Characters Marksman; Major Inuki; Quito; Anna; Ian Gorsky
Genre superhero

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Swamp Revenge"

Genre adventure
Letters typeset
Notes text story

1 page Wun Cloo story "The Case of the Tainted Limburger"

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

7 page Jester, The story "Van Astor's Bodyguard"

Characters Jester; Van Astor; McGinty; Marie Van Astor
Genre superhero
Pencils Pete Riss ?
Inks Pete Riss ?

8 page Daffy story "The Love of Louis Lafitte"

Characters Daffy; Louis Lafitte; Deke; Fanny Farrel
Genre humor; wrestling
Pencils Milton Stein (signed)
Inks Milton Stein (signed)
Notes Stein's signature confirmed by Matthew Torrance in a report to the GCD errors list on August 9, 2008.

1 page Tootsie Rolls; Captain Tootsie advertisement "Captain Tootsie and the Haunted House"

Characters Captain Tootsie; Rollo
Genre superhero
Script Rod Reed (signed)
Pencils C. C. Beck (signed)
Inks C. C. Beck (signed)