Issue Details

Issue	#79
Published	October 1948
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Nancy Smith

Cover Details - "Midnight Battles the Men from Mars"

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hotfoot; Gabby
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole (signed)

11 page Midnight story "Midnight Battles the Men from Mars"

Characters	Midnight; Gabby; Doc Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hotfoot; Professor Hangnail
Synopsis	Prof Hangnail needs human guinea pigs to test his rocket ship. Doc and Sniffer qualify (barely).
Genre	superhero; adventure
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Notes	Title from cover.

4 page Citronella story "The Moving Experience"

Characters	Citronella; Awful Rumpus; Director Scenario
Synopsis	Citronella and Pop steal a house to use on a movie set.
Genre	humor
Pencils	Gil Fox
Inks	Gil Fox

1 page Archie O'Toole story "Squirlycorns"

Characters	Archie O'Toole
Genre	humor; children
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

6 page Black X story "The Silver Idol of Katmandu"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Gryson; Swage
Synopsis	Two antique dealers fight over possession of a silver idol and its ruby eye.
Genre	spy
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich ?
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich ?

4 page Lady Luck story "A Bottle of Delirium"

Characters	Lady Luck; Mrs. Rumford-Ritz; Jean Raddish; Mr. Banks
Synopsis	A perfume salesman puts people to sleep.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Fred Schwab [ghosting for Klaus Nordling]
Inks	Fred Schwab [ghosting for Klaus Nordling]

6 page Batch Bachelor story "Yep! Them was the good old days"

Characters	Batch Batchelor; Bunny Bananas
Synopsis	Batch and Bunny remenisce about how they met and fell in love.
Genre	humor
Pencils	Bart Tumey
Inks	Bart Tumey

2 page Midnight text story "The Big Blowup"

Genre	superhero; adventure
Letters	typeset
Notes	Midnight text story

6 page Jester, The story "The modern Jesse James"

Characters	Jester; McGinty; Jesse James
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich ?
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich ?

6 page Daffy story "He only looks like a lion"

Characters	Daffy; Deke; Matilda; Dr. Brup
Genre	humor; wrestling
Pencils	Bart Tumey?
Inks	Bart Tumey?