Issue Details

Issue	#60
Published	August 1945
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	60
Editing	Martin De Muth

Cover Details

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole (signed)

11 page Midnight story "The Swooner and the Thrush"

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Swooner; Thrush; Sniffer Snoop; Hotfoot; Marvin Maxwell
Synopsis	Radio singers The Swooner and the Thrush are in love, but will their marriage be good for ratings? How about their murders, will that help?
Genre	superhero; adventure
Pencils	Paul Gustavson?
Inks	Paul Gustavson?

1 page Archie O'Toole filler "We must cut the palace budget to the bone!"

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

7 page Daffy story "Daffy the Matador"

Characters	Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons; El Toro
Synopsis	Deke accidentally signs Daffy up for a bull fight, thinking it's a wrestling match.
Genre	humor; wrestling
Pencils	Janice Valleau [as Ginger]
Inks	Janice Valleau [as Ginger]

8 page Rookie Rankin story "Murder of a Chemist"

Characters	Rookie Rankin; Gardenia Gus; Lil
Synopsis	Gramley's niece says Gus killed him for his secret formula, but Gus doesn't know anything about it.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Sam Citron?
Inks	Sam Citron?
Colors	?

4 page Lady Luck story "Earnest Eagers, Editorial Cartoonist"

Characters	Lady Luck; Busy Armonk; Ernest Eagers
Synopsis	Busy Armonk threatens editorial cartoonist Ernest Eagers.
Genre	superhero
Script	Klaus Nordling (signed)
Pencils	Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inks	Klaus Nordling
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #?

1 page Wun Cloo filler

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

7 page Spunky story "There is a Man in the Moon!"

Characters	Curly; Spunky; Marge
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Sid Lazarus?
Inks	Sid Lazarus?

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Thanks to Mars"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset
Notes	text story

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "What Dangers lurk on the Home Front?"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Baron De Zair (the Foremost); Mrs. Radleigh
Synopsis	Black X finds intrigue at a society party.
Genre	spy
Pencils	Bill Quackenbush (signed)
Inks	Bill Quackenbush (signed)

7 page Jester, The story "The Blunder of Bart Beauchamp"

Characters	Jester; McGinty; Quinopolis; Bart Beauchamp; Miss Gopher; Lofty
Synopsis	Society playwrite's contempt for the police gets him in trouble with real gangsters.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sam Citron?
Inks	Sam Citron?