Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) comic books

Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Bill Woolfolk. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. When Captain Albright is accused of treason, he must become Captain Midnight and prove his innocence using an invention he calls a "suction recorder." In Switzerland after the war, Captain Midnight must recover stolen art treasures from Nazi war criminal Baron Von Hogg. Pilot Johnny Blair tries to help police officers held hostage by escaped convicts on a motorboat far below. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie: The Log Jam Rescue, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Albright's Treachery!; Pilot Pete; Sport Quiz; The Alpine Treasure Mountain; Famous Fliers; Peewee Pete: The Missing Key; Whipper-Snappers; Red Skye: Hour of Triumph; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Your Invention Page; Adventure in Arabia. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. An attacking alien spacecraft heralds the arrival of Plutonian menace Jagga, the Space Raider, who will cause trouble for years to come. Midnight's dopey sidekick Sgt. Twilight writes a book about his exploits, only to be targeted by another made-up character, the Mad Maniac. CM tracks the mysterious smuggling mastermind known as Dr. Osmosis, and a cocaine shipment could be the break he needs. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Wrath of the Avenger!; Pilot Pete; Sport Quiz; Captain Midnight Versus the Space Raider!; Famous Fliers; Whipper-Snappers; Sergeant Twilight Trails a Tale!; Captain Midnight's Air Quiz; Red Skye: Hour of Triumph; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Your Invention Page; Captain Midnight Against Dr. Osmosis!; Aero-Triks. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. During a visit to the South Pacific, Captain Midnight is accused of spreading the White Death. Midnight finds survivors of ancient Atlantis living on Venus (!), who need his help combatting Jagga the Space Raider. Captain Midnight returns to South America to help Casey James complete a transcontinental railroad. Thrilling cover may be the work of Charlie Tomsey. Pangora Plague; Famous Fliers; Your Invention Page; Peril On Venus; The Sky Tournament; Giggle Gags; Johnny Blair in the Air; Pilot Pete; Red Skye: Isle of Doom; Sabotage at the Switch! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Midnight opposes Jagga the Space Raider for Ceres' city of gold. Captain Midnight battles an aerial circus gone wrong, in a story that opens with an image of an airborne CM punching out a trapeze artist hanging from the landing gear of a plane, while the plane's pilot fires at Captain Midnight! You don't see that every day. In Mexico, Midnight learns Quetzalcoatl was actually an aviator who invented a prehistoric flying machine. The Asteroid Battle!; Your Invention Page; The Aerial Circus; Sergeant Twilight: Two-Gun Twilight Rides Again; Dippy Detours; Red Skye: Cross-Country Cupid; Johnny Blair in the Air; Pilot Pete; The Flying Tomb. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Midnight's latest invention is the Sky Airport, a flying hub, but criminals want it for their own devices. Midnight discovers that Jagga the Space Raider is behind the ships found adrift on Earth's seas. Captain Midnight offers free flights to centenarians to promote a new airline, but two of the 100-year-olds hijack the plane! Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the Sailplane, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Sky Airport!; Your Invention Page; Captain Midnight Finds the Lunar Lair!; Sergeant Twilight: Kilroy Was There; Dippy Detours; Red Skye: In Duty Bound; Johnny Blair in the Air; Dizzy Take-Offs; Pilot Pete; Ten Tickets to Terror . 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Otto Binder and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Villainous Dr. Gravity has the ability to cause whole cities to be swallowed by the Earth, and a ridiculous claim that he is the rightful owner of the Louisiana Purchase, in a story with art (and cover) by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Johnny Blair attempts a perilous jungle landing while helping Jane search for her missing brother. The trial of Jagga the Space Raider is complicated when he claims that, as an alien, Earth's laws do not apply to him. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie: The Radar Rescue, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. And a plethora of other comics-format ads, including one featuring detective Sam Spade and another for the Mary Marvel clothing line (in corduroy this time). The Menace of Mammoth Caves; Your Invention Page; Dippy Detours; Red Skye: Assignment: Flood; Whipper-Snappers; Johnny Blair in the Air; Dizzy Take-Offs; Pilot Pete; The Last Rites of Jagga! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Dan Barry and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Ivan Shark steals Midnight's latest invention, the jetmobile, and takes Joyce hostage along with it, in a story with art (and cover) by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Johnny Blair searches for the legendary golden Incan chain lying at the bottom of Lake Titicaca. Captain Midnight and Ichabod learn that Jagga is still alive, and pursue him to his home planet of Pluto. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie and the Secret-Play Touchdown, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. And a vintage ad for Captain Marvel sweatshirts. The Cross-Country Crime!; Pilot Pete; Your Invention Page; Famous Fliers; Boy Scout Bob; Red Skye: Aero Patrol; Whipper-Snappers; Johnny Blair in the Air; The Race to Pluto! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Ivan Shark escapes prison with dangerous new knowledge: Captain Midnight's secret identity. Johnny Blair seeks a missing cargo ship off the coast of South America. The Purple Men use an alien inventor's Molecular Projector to revive four of history's greatest villains: Bluebeard (not Blackbeard), Genghis Khan, Cain (!) and Satan himself (!!). Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Midnight's Test Tunnel; Pilot Pete; Your Invention Page; Dippy Detours ; Boy Scout Bob; Red Skye: Crop Duster; Whipper-Snappers; Johnny Blair in the Air; The Planet of Peril! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Leonard Frank. Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight's latest invention is multi-colored skywriting, but a "mile-high madman" wants to stop it, for reasons of his own. A beached lifeboat gives Johnny Blair a clue to the missing cargo ship off the coast of South America. Midnight and Ichabod commence a very slow rescue of a Neptunian city from an advancing glacier. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Rainbow Sky-Writer; Muscle Hedd; Your Invention Page; Dippy Detours; Boy Scout Bob; Red Skye: Flying Snatch; Whipper-Snappers; Johnny Blair in the Air; Captain Midnight Battles the Ice Age! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Leonard Frank. Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. When flying saucers launch an attack on America, CM discovers that Dr. Osmosis is behind it all. In South America, Johnny Blair and crew find the missing ship...and trouble. Refugees from postwar Europe try to set up a new colony in "San Fernando," but the San Fernandans are not happy about the new arrivals. Flying Saucers of Death!; Pilot Pete; Red Skye: The Has-Been; Whipper-Snappers; Johnny Blair in the Air; The San Fernando Fracas. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dan Barry and Dick Kraus. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight must determine which of two expeditions was the first to reach Glacier Peak, in a story with art (and cover) by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. The search for the missing ship leads Johnny Blair to the jungles of South America, where Hangar Harry is captured and taken to a hidden outlaw base. In France, Midnight and Icky tour the landmarks of the City of Lights and fight French-accented gangsters. Masters Glacier Peak; Pilot Pete; Your Invention Page!; Absent-Minded Adelbert; Red Skye: Adrift; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Johnny Blair in the Air; Trip through France! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Dick Kraus. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. In the British mining town of "Oldcastle," CM must save fifty miners from a cave-in. Midnight encounters modern-day pirates off the coast of Tripoli. Farmers on the Moon use Captain Midnight's new invention, but invaders from Earth attack. Coals to Oldcastle; Pilot Pete; Your Invention Page!; Judge Smudge; Red Skye: The Vulture's Threat; Farmers on the Moon!; Johnny Blair in the Air; Boxcar Benny; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Window Case; The Modern Barbary Pirates. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Brady and Frank Little. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Midnight's latest invention, the "thought screen," comes in handy when Dr. Orb causes the entire continent of Europe to lose the ability to speak. Johnny Blair tries to rescue his friends from the jungle outlaws, but the outlaws set the hostage hut on fire to cover their getaway. Testing a new aircraft over Mongolia, Midnight and Icky have a run-in with bandits. World Without Words; Droopy the Ant Bear; Your Invention Page!; Willie the Worm Worms His Way Out; Red Skye: The Vulture's Trap; Chippy Chipmunk; Crime Convention; Johnny Blair in the Air; Quiz; Fuzzy Bear; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Raiders of Ramat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Xog, Ruler of Saturn, is likely the only super villain in comics with a volcano head! Will Capt. Midnight make Xog blow his top in this issue?

Cover by Leonard Frank. Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Dick Kraus. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. While exploring Saturn, Captain Midnight and Icky are taken prisoner by weird-looking Xog and his race of hostile gaseous beings. Johnny Blair encounters sabotage at a friendly glider meet. Evil Dr. Osmosis steals Midnight's latest invention, "Chameleon Oil," which makes you look like the nearest person - in his case, Captain Midnight. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Beyond the Sun; Famous Planes; Your Invention Page!; Wilbur The Waiter; Red Skye: Dakota Duel; Johnny Blair in the Air; America in Peril! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. After their encounter with Midnight in the previous issue, Xog and his weird-looking aliens from Saturn launch an attack on Earth. Johnny Blair tries to figure out who set fire to his glider before the big meet. Attempting to build a TV tower on the highest mountain in Tibet, Midnight and Icky instead find trouble . Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Xog on Earth; Famous Planes; Your Invention Page!; Wilbur The Waiter; Red Skye: Yukon Peril; Sergeant Twilight and His Sky Typewriter; Johnny Blair in the Air; Peak of Peril. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Leonard Frank. Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Dick Kraus. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Gaseous Saturnian supervillain Xog manages to turn Captain Midnight into gas as well, and he must figure out how to regain his human form. As Johnny Blair prepares for the glider contest, he's still trying to figure out who sabotaged his plane. Midnight and Icky get mixed up in a Hatfield-McCoy-style family feud. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Without a Body!; Pilot Pete; Johnny Blair in the Air; Your Invention Page!; Red Skye: The Vulture's Trial; Sergeant Twilight Fouled at the State Fair!; The Shotwells and the McHoggs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Herman Stackel. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Midnight's short-statured enemy The Flea returns, and this time he's got an army of Fleas with him. Midnight's dopey sidekick Icky enters his popcorn-powered plane into a model plane contest, but gangsters betting on the contest want him out of the race. Dr. Osmosis springs jewel thief Diamond Dan from his Death Row cell, so he can learn where Dan stashed a fortune in jewels. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad for the Tootsie Roll propeller beanie hat. Captain Midnight Fights Five Fleas!; Pilot Pete; Johnny Blair in the Air; Your Invention Page!; Red Skye: The Eagle and the Vulture; Sergeant Twilight and the Model Murder Muddle!; Escape to Death!; Captain Midnight Founds a Fan Club!; Famous Planes. Final issue under this title; series continues as Sweethearts Vol. 1 (1948-1954) #68. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.