Issue Details

Issue	#37
Published	November 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Gil Fox

Cover Details

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; The Ray; Black X; Rookie Ranking; Marksman
Genre	superhero; adventure
Pencils	Gil Fox?
Inks	Gil Fox?

9 page Midnight story "Doc Wackey Goes Berserk!"

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Skull Duggery; The Professor
Synopsis	When The Professor demands Doc submit to his experiments in exchange for Midnight's life, Wackey ends up with super speed, which he proceeds to dedicate to a life of crime!
Genre	superhero; adventure
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Rescuing Papa"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Tinka Van Doorne; Peter Van Doorne
Synopsis	A little girl asks Black X to rescue her father who is being held by the Nazis behind enemy lines.
Genre	spy
Pencils	Alex Kotzky (signed)
Inks	Alex Kotzky

1 page Archie O'Toole filler

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

5 page Jester story "Tough Tony"

Characters	Jester; Tough Tony; Dagger Joe; Trigger
Synopsis	Chuck Lane asks that the toughest juvenile offender be paroled in his custody.
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks	Paul Gustavson

5 page Wildfire story "Dean of Darkness"

Characters	Dean of Darkness; Wildfire
Synopsis	The Dean of Darkness tries to hold Carol Martin for ransom, not realizing she's Wildfire.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Turner (signed)
Pencils	Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks	Jim Mooney
Notes	last appearance

5 page Bozo the Robot story "The Kidnapping of Peter Percy Gotgelt III"

Characters	Peter Percy Gotgelt III; Hugh Hazzard; Bozo; The Terrible Trio
Synopsis	A trio of kidnappers find a little boy too much to handle.
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Pencils	George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner

6 page Ray story "The Frozen Lands of the Midnight Sun"

Characters	The Ray; Bud
Synopsis	The Ray searches for a spy who has ferreted out plans for an allied invasion of Norway.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

6 page Rookie Rankin story "A G-Man Is Loose Among Crooks"

Characters	Rookie Rankin; Ma Rankin; Sgt. Burns; Artie
Synopsis	Rankin breaks up a counterfeiting ring that makes phony rationing coupons.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Arthur Peddy (signed)
Inks	Arthur Peddy

1 page Wun Cloo filler

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

5 page Purple Trio story "Ghastly Web of Revenge"

Characters	Rocky; Warren; Tiny; Peters
Synopsis	A disgruntled zoo employee, lets the animals loose to get revenge on the director.
Genre	adventure
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum
Notes	last appearance

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Spy"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

6 page Wings Wendall story "The Undersea Wolf"

Characters	Wings Wendall; Captain Kroll; Spinner Benson
Genre	aviation
Script	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel
Notes	last appearance

7 page Marksman story "The Amazing Adventures of the Three Shadows"

Characters	Marksman; Schtuper; Vorka; The Three Shadows
Synopsis	A Czech, an Austrian and a Pole escape from a concentration camp and join the underground as the Three Shadows.
Genre	war; adventure
Script	Bob Powell?
Pencils	Alex Koda
Inks	Alex Koda