Issue Details

Issue	#54
Published	August 1944
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	60
Editing	Martin DeMuth

Cover Details - "Midnight Meets Hammer-Head Horgan and Smear-Face Schmalz"

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Bryant (signed)
Inks	Al Bryant (signed)

11 page Midnight story "Honor Among Thieves"

Characters	Midnight; Hammer-Head Horgan; Smear-Face Schmalz; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Hotdog; Sniffer Snoop
Synopsis	Two crooks decide to bury the hatchet when they find out they have the same birthday. Only they decide to bury the hatchet in Midnight.
Genre	superhero; adventure
Pencils	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks	Paul Gustavson

8 page Rookie Rankin story "The Framing of Rookie Rankin"

Characters	Rookie Rankin; Big Shott; Breezy; Velvet; Al
Synopsis	Big Shott and his gang try to put the frame on Rankin.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Rudy Palais ?
Inks	Rudy Palais ?

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Another Tale of Fate-Flouting Secret Service!"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Dr. Yong
Genre	spy
Pencils	Don Rico (signed)
Inks	Don Rico

4 page Lady Luck story "Sabotage in the Subway"

Characters	Lady Luck; Count diChange
Synopsis	Nazis try to sabotage the subway system
Genre	superhero
Script	Klaus Nordling (signed)
Pencils	Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inks	Klaus Nordling

1 page Archie O'Toole story

Genre	humor; kid
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

7 page Marksman story "The Poison Dart Peril"

Characters	Marksman; Major Inuki; Quito; Anna; Ian Gorsky
Genre	superhero

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Swamp Revenge"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset
Notes	text story

1 page Wun Cloo story "The Case of the Tainted Limburger"

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

7 page Jester, The story "Van Astor's Bodyguard"

Characters	Jester; Van Astor; McGinty; Marie Van Astor
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Pete Riss ?
Inks	Pete Riss ?

8 page Daffy story "The Love of Louis Lafitte"

Characters	Daffy; Louis Lafitte; Deke; Fanny Farrel
Genre	humor; wrestling
Pencils	Milton Stein (signed)
Inks	Milton Stein (signed)
Notes	Stein's signature confirmed by Matthew Torrance in a report to the GCD errors list on August 9, 2008.

1 page Tootsie Rolls; Captain Tootsie advertisement "Captain Tootsie and the Haunted House"

Characters	Captain Tootsie; Rollo
Genre	superhero
Script	Rod Reed (signed)
Pencils	C. C. Beck (signed)
Inks	C. C. Beck (signed)