Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) comic books graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $599.00 Paper: Cream to off white Pedigree: Davis Crippen "D" Copy Slab: Minor crack(s) front or back, under 1" Davis Crippen ("D" Copy). Includes COA. Label #0745076003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.97) will be charged at checkout.

The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight undertakes an attempt to fly around the world non-stop in 80 hours, a daunting task in the midst of World War II. Midnight seeks the truth behind the mystery plane that appears and disappears, and carries no cargo. Genetically engineered "human beetles" are used as a biological weapon by an Axis scientist. The Non-Stop Flight Around the World!; Deaths Dark Decoy; The Plane With a Load of Nothing!; Johnny Blair!; Captain Midnight Battles the Human Beetles!; Silent Sims; Captain Midnight and the Phantom Battlewagon! 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $895.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4641074024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.85) will be charged at checkout.

The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight loses his cool when Axis agents target Red Cross workers. Civil air patrol cadet Johnny Blair is gets a new instructor, "Hangar Harry," in a series that features real-life flight education. When Icky's alter ego Sgt. Twilight gets swindled by phony "Hollywood producers," Captain Midnight has to make sure Icky's dreams of stardom are realized. Plus a PSA on wartime paper rationing featuring Midnight's comic-relief sidekick, Sergeant Twilight. Sergeant Twilight Speaks His Piece!; The Double Crossed Red Cross!; Sergeant Twilight Goes Hollywood!; Red Skye: Mr. Ikito Is Ill; Dance of Death; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Peril at the Aerial Crossroads. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 49 CGC 0.5

Paper: Off white to white

2/3rds of page 17 missing.

Label #4600775001

Stories and art by Dan Barry and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Ivan Shark plunders a gold shipment destined to feed the starving refugees of Europe, and holds a yachtful of people for ransom, in a story with art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Captain Midnight's experimental rocket to the moon has a stowaway, an escaped convict (still wearing his striped suit under the space helmet) named Killer Jordan. Femme fatale Delicia woos and abducts Captain Midnight's dopey sidekick Sgt. Twilight, but Twilight maintains his cluelessness even while tied up in a bag. Marauders of the Deep; Pilot Pete; Dija Ever--?; Trip to the Moon; Whipper-Snappers; Sgt. Twilight Meets the Dawn; Freddy Freshman; Red Skye: Rio Round-Up; Captain Midnight Fights For Freedom; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Your Invention Page. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $200.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4600775003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Otto Binder and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Villainous Dr. Gravity has the ability to cause whole cities to be swallowed by the Earth, and a ridiculous claim that he is the rightful owner of the Louisiana Purchase, in a story with art (and cover) by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Johnny Blair attempts a perilous jungle landing while helping Jane search for her missing brother. The trial of Jagga the Space Raider is complicated when he claims that, as an alien, Earth's laws do not apply to him. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie: The Radar Rescue, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. And a plethora of other comics-format ads, including one featuring detective Sam Spade and another for the Mary Marvel clothing line (in corduroy this time). The Menace of Mammoth Caves; Your Invention Page; Dippy Detours; Red Skye: Assignment: Flood; Whipper-Snappers; Johnny Blair in the Air; Dizzy Take-Offs; Pilot Pete; The Last Rites of Jagga! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.