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Issue Details

Issue #55
Published October 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Martin DeMuth

Cover Details

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hotdog; Gabby
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Al Bryant?
Inks Al Bryant?

11 page Midnight story "Trouble?"

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hotdog; Gabby; Adoniram P. Twerk; Lobelia Lump; Killer Klaw
Synopsis Professor Twerk wants to investigate Midnight's reactions to being kidnapped.
Genre superhero; adventure
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks Paul Gustavson (signed)

1 page Wun Cloo filler "untitled"

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

7 page Daffy story "Giltrox to Adopt Baby!"

Characters Daffy Dill; Slug; Duffy; Mr. Giltrox; Mrs. Giltrox
Synopsis Slug and Duffy have a great racket, Slug pretends to be a baby and when rich folks adopt him, he robs them blind.
Genre humor; wrestling
Script Milt Stein (signed)
Pencils Milt Stein (signed)
Inks Milt Stein (signed)

8 page Rookie Rankin story "The Vanguard for Vengeance"

Characters Rookie Rankin; Slug; Pinkie Pizetti
Genre detective
Pencils Witmer Williams ?
Inks Witmer Williams ?

1 page Archie O'Toole filler "untitled"

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

7 page Marksman story "Invaders from Within"

Characters Marksman
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Bill Quackenbush?
Inks Bill Quackenbush?

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "There Are No Neutral Countries Today"

Characters Black X; Batu; Miss Niloa
Genre spy
Pencils Don Rico
Inks Don Rico

2 page text story "A Skunk Never Forgets"

Script ?
Letters typeset

4 page Lady Luck story "This numbers racket is for pikers"

Characters Lady Luck; Soupbone; Gumbo
Synopsis Lady Luck investigates Silk stocking smugglers.
Genre superhero
Script Klaus Nordling (signed)
Pencils Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inks Klaus Nordling (signed)
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #?

7 page Jester story "Visitor's Day"

Characters Jester; McGinty; Loogey; Smug
Genre superhero
Pencils Sam Citron?
Inks Sam Citron?