Issue Details

Issue	#36
Published	October 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Gil Fox

Cover Details

Characters	Midnight; Espionage; Marksman; Rookie Rankin; Ray
Genre	superhero; adventure
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

9 page Midnight story "The Death of Midnight"

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Cyclops Ceylon; Satan; Mrs. Satan
Synopsis	Midnight dies and asks to be sent to Hell so he can fight the Devil himself, only to find out the Mrs. is in charge. But a strange character bargains with Doc Wackey to bring Midnight back from the dead in exchange for the Doc's life.
Genre	superhero; adventure
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole
Notes	continued.

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "The Vengeance"

Characters	Black X; Batu; The Vengeance
Genre	spy
Pencils	Alex Kotzky (signed)
Inks	Alex Kotzky

1 page Archie O'Toole story "Exact Double"

Characters	Archie O'Toole
Genre	humor; children
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

5 page Wildfire story "Micky Kane"

Characters	Wildfire; Micky Kane; Tom Kane
Synopsis	Wildfire gives Micky Kane a special flame so that he can call her whenever he's in trouble.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Turner (signed)
Pencils	Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks	Jim Mooney

5 page Jester story "The Tiny Bank Robbers"

Characters	Jester; McGinty; Professor
Synopsis	The Jester faces a gang of three inch tall bank robbers.
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks	Paul Gustavson

5 page Bozo the Robot story "The Scrap Metal HiJackers"

Characters	Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Henry Vaun
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner

6 page Ray story "Hammer Hand"

Characters	Ray; Hammer Hand; Bud
Synopsis	Happy Terril is framed for bank robbery.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

6 page Rookie Rankin story "The Whiner"

Characters	Rookie Rankin; Ma Rankin; Sgt. Burns; The Whiner
Genre	detective
Pencils	Arthur Peddy (signed)
Inks	Arthur Peddy

1 page Wun Cloo story

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

5 page Purple Trio story

Characters	Warren; Rocky; Tiny
Genre	adventure
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "The Wall of Invisible Fire"

Genre	adventure
Script	Robert M. Hyatt?
Letters	typeset

6 page Wings Wendall story "Diane's Revenge"

Characters	Wings Wendall; Westcott (dies); Diane Westcott
Synopsis	After Diane's father is killed, she and Wings fly a suicide mission over Germany to try and kill Hitler.
Genre	aviation
Script	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel

7 page Marksman story "Kill the Marksman"

Characters	Marksman; Vorka; Wakovsky; Hitler
Synopsis	Major Hurtz claims to have killed the Marksman, which is difficult because Major Hurtz is the Marksman.
Genre	war; adventure
Script	Bob Powell?
Pencils	Alex Koda
Inks	Alex Koda