Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	August 1943
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	George Brenner

Cover Details

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

11 page Midnight story "Murder Isn't Any Joke"

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Sniffer Snoop; Hot Dog; J. T. Horgan; Bill Thompson; Fenley; John Henry
Synopsis	Midnight solves a real murder at a murder mystery party.
Genre	superhero; adventure
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

1 page Wun Cloo filler

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

7 page Marksman story "The Great Swamp"

Characters	Marksman; Stephanie Winowski
Genre	war; adventure
Script	Fred Guardineer
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Traitor's Doom"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Archibald Haw
Genre	spy
Pencils	Bernard Sachs
Inks	Bernard Sachs

4 page Lady Luck story "Tony Nitro"

Characters	Lady Luck; Peecolo; Tony Nitro; The Lady Luck Patrol; Nitro
Genre	superhero
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inks	Klaus Nordling

1 page Archie O'Toole story "humor filler"

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

7 page Daffy story "Daffy Meets Jack the Ripper"

Characters	Daffy Dill; Director Starr; Mr. De Chill; Jack the Ripper
Synopsis	Daffy's Grandfather wills her a clock that's actually a time machine.
Genre	humor; wrestling
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox (signed)
Inks	Gill Fox

8 page Yankee Eagle story "The Mouldering Page"

Characters	Yankee Eagle
Genre	adventure
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page text story "Mystery Mine"

Letters

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8 page Rookie Rankin story "The Hit-and-Run Killers"

Characters	Rookie Rankin; Joe Stentor; Rose; James Sleezy
Genre	detective
Pencils	Rudy Palais ?
Inks	Rudy Palais ?

7 page Jester story "The Jester is a Heel Drip Bum Sap Goon and a No Good Kid Chaser"

Characters	Hustace McGinty; Thomas
Synopsis	McGinty has to baby sit for his nephew, who promptly steals his gun.
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson