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

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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