Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #35
Published September 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Gil Fox

Cover Details - "We Give You Midnight!"

Characters Midnight; Ray; Black X; Rookie Rankin; Marksman
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Gil Fox
Inks Gil Fox

9 page Midnight story "The Jumping Bean Abduction"

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Waldo Whiz (intro); Prof Porgy
Synopsis An old "friend" of Doc Wackey is causing trouble, kidnapping millionaire ex-circus star Waldo Whiz to finance his experiments- a trip to a planet made of solid gold.
Genre superhero; adventure
Script Jack Cole (signed)
Pencils Jack Cole (signed)
Inks Jack Cole

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Tashayoka"

Characters Black X; Batu; Tashayoka
Synopsis Black X slips into Tokyo during the Dolitte bombing in order to seduce Japanese actress and spy Tashayoka.
Genre spy
Pencils Alex Kotzky (signed)
Inks Alex Kotzky (signed)

1 page Archie O'Toole story "The Fun Dictator"

Genre humor; children
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

5 page Jester story "The Sextuplets"

Characters Jester; McGinty
Synopsis One of six identically dressed guys pulled a bank robbery. But which one?
Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks Paul Gustavson (signed)

5 page Wildfire story "Monte Rose, dead on the floor!"

Characters Wildfire; Helene Bennett; Blair Niles
Synopsis Helene Bennett thinks she killed Monte Rose, so she tries to jump off a building. But Wildfire has other ideas.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Turner (signed)
Pencils Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks Jim Mooney (signed)

5 page Bozo the Robot story "Wanted!"

Characters Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Carl; Fritz
Synopsis Two Nazis try to frame Bozo for murder.
Genre science fiction
Script George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Pencils George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]

6 page Ray story "The Khan"

Characters Ray; Bud; The Khan (intro); Petrov; Ileana Kamova
Synopsis The Ray battles Mongul hordes deep in the heart of Russia.
Genre superhero
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall

6 page Rookie Rankin story "Crime Takes a Holiday"

Characters Rookie Rankin; Sgt. Burns; Ma Rankin; Spike; Big Jim Donnell
Synopsis A woman gives Rookie her baby to hold, and then disappears.
Genre detective
Pencils Arthur Peddy (signed)
Inks Arthur Peddy (signed)

1 page Wun Cloo filler

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

5 page Purple Trio story "The Red Cross Show"

Characters Warren; Tiny; Rocky; Carl; Adolph
Synopsis Nazis try to steal the proceeds of a Red Cross show.
Genre adventure
Script S. M. Iger
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Murder Never Pays"

Genre adventure
Script Robert M. Hyatt?
Letters typeset

6 page Wings Wendall story "Izan"

Characters Wings Wendall; Izan; Captain Grutz
Synopsis Nazi planes have been smuggled into America and now they're bombing Philadelphia.
Genre aviation
Script Vernon Henkel (signed)
Pencils Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks Vernon Henkel (signed)

7 page Marksman story "Zita"

Characters Marksman; Vorka; Zita; General Feutchwarr
Synopsis A girl Baron Povalsky knew as a child is now working for the underground. And he has to rescue her from the Nazis.
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Alex Koda
Inks Alex Koda