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Issue Details

Issue #56
Published December 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing Martin De Muth

Cover Details

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby
Genre superhero

11 page Midnight story "The Laughing Killer"

Characters Midnight; Gabby; Doc Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hotdog; Laughing Killer (intro)
Synopsis Midnight tracks a killer who can't stop laughing.
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks Paul Gustavson

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Black X Marks the Spot"

Characters Black X; Batu
Synopsis The liberation of Taoten, in China. While Black X helps to organize the Chinese underground, Batu is captured by the Japanese.
Genre spy
Pencils Bill Quackenbush (signed)
Inks Bill Quackenbush (signed)

8 page Rookie Rankin story "The Boogie Woogie Dirge"

Characters Rookie Rankin; Mel Marvel; Gus Getti; Tony Getti
Synopsis A drug addict musician is mysteriously killed backstage.
Genre detective
Pencils Witmer Williams ?
Inks Witmer Williams ?

4 page Lady Luck story "Murder in the Ring"

Characters Lady Luck; Count DiChange
Synopsis The Count gets mixed up with a fight promoter who's hoping to make a quick buck on a fixed match.
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 Archie O'Toole filler "But Dragons is scarce around here!"

Genre humor; kid
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

7 page The Marksman story "Roaring Monster from the Earth's Dead Past"

Characters Marksman; Captain Hinushi; Anna; Juan; Captain Kioto
Synopsis The Marksman has to battle a dinosaur in South America in order to uncover a Japanese poison gas plant.
Genre adventure

2 page Jimmy Christian story "Mountains of the Moon"

Genre adventure
Letters typeset

1 page Wun Cloo filler

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

7 page Daffy story "The Vanderast Phantom"

Characters Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons; Cobina Vanderast; Percy Harlow
Genre humor; wrestling
Pencils Milt Stein (signed)
Inks Milt Stein (signed)

7 page Jester, The story "The Peril of the Poisoned Pie"

Characters Jester; McGinty; Celeste; Bridget; Mister Palmer; Dennis Harpe; Myrna; Max Lubold
Synopsis McGinty tries to arrange a double-date for Chuck. But someone poisoned the pie and the Jester has to sort through the clues.
Genre superhero
Pencils ?