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Issue Details

Issue #44
Published July 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters Doc Wackey; Midnight
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Alex Kotzky
Inks Alex Kotzky

11 page Midnight story "The Murder of Jinny Baloney"

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Sniffer Snoop; Hot Foot; Bull Baloney; Johnny Peters; Jinny Baloney
Synopsis Bull Baloney "hires" Midnight to find out who murdered his wife.
Genre superhero; adventure
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks Paul Gustavson

4 page Lady Luck story "The Counterfeit Lady Luck"

Characters Count DiChange; Lady Luck
Synopsis Count DiChange is buying war stamps from Lady Luck, and it isn't Brenda Banks!
Genre superhero
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "The Song of Freedom"

Characters Black X; Batu; General Volk; Barney Brand
Genre spy
Pencils Bernard Sachs
Inks Bernard Sachs

1 page Wun Cloo filler

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

7 page Marksman story "The Columbian Jungles"

Characters Marksman; Anna
Genre war; adventure
Script Fred Guardineer
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer

1 page Archie O'Toole filler

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

7 page Daffy story "Little Atmos Fear"

Characters Daffy Dill; Atmos Fear
Synopsis Atmos Fear can heat up to 300 degrees or down to -300.
Genre humor; wrestling
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

8 page Rookie Rankin story "Hurricane"

Characters Ki Kane; Sgt Burns; Casey
Synopsis A hillbilly drinks a solution of synthetic rubber thinking it's moonshine.
Genre detective
Pencils Rudy Palais ?
Inks Rudy Palais ?

2 page text story "The Great Blight"

Letters typeset

8 page Yankee Eagle story "The High Priest of Yuan Chi"

Genre adventure
Pencils Joe Cavallo (signed)
Inks Joe Cavallo

7 page Jester story "Getting Even With McGinty"

Characters Jester; Oscar Oople; Terwilliger J. Thump; McGinty; Paul Gustavson.
Synopsis Oscar and Terwilliger concoct a plan to get even with McGinty. They drug him and dump him into an Old Maid's Home.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson