Issue Details

Issue	#38
Published	December 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Gill Fox

Cover Details

Characters	Midnight; Gabby; The Caveman
Genre	superhero; adventure
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira

11 page Midnight story "Cave-Man Menace"

Characters	Midnight; Gabby; Zor, the Caveman; Sir Squinchworth; Doc Wackey; Lady Squinchworth
Synopsis	Sir Squinchworth brings back his latest discovery from Siberia, a living caveman.
Genre	superhero; adventure
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole

1 page Archie O'Toole filler

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

7 page Marksman story "The Prophecy"

Characters	Marksman; Madame Wipasky; Black Wilhelm; Vorka
Synopsis	Wilhelm gets his fortune told, and doesn't like the results.
Genre	war; adventure
Script	Bob Powell?
Pencils	Alex Koda
Inks	Alex Koda

5 page Bozo the Robot story "The Cornfield-McJug Feud"

Characters	Bozo the Robot; Hugh Hazzard; Lem Cornfield; Cy McJug
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner (signed)
Inks	George Brenner

7 page Jester story "The Kleptomaniac"

Characters	Jester; McGinty; Terwilliger J. Thump
Synopsis	McGinty can't capture the Kleptomaniac because the Commissioner's his uncle.
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "The Ivory Buddha"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Tonga Bey; Von Pap; Black Ogre
Genre	spy
Pencils	Alez Kotzky (signed)
Inks	Ruben Moreira?

6 page Ray story "The Man of a Hundred Heads"

Characters	The Ray; The Headsman; Sue Saunders
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Rudy Palais
Inks	Rudy Palais

8 page Rookie Rankin story "The Warehouser's Beat"

Characters	Rookie Rankin; The Warehousers; Warden Jones; Commissioner
Genre	detective
Pencils	Rudy Palais ?
Inks	Rudy Palais ?
Notes	art id by Bob Hughes 9/07

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Christmas Mystery"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

1 page Wun Cloo filler "The Third Degree"

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

8 page Yankee Eagle story "Men Marked For Death"

Characters	Jerry Noble, the Yankee Eagle (intro)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Al Gabriele
Inks	Al Gabriele
Notes	not the same strip as in MILITARY COMICS