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Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) comic books 1944

  • Issue #16
    Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 16
    • Staple rust.

    Cover by Sheldon Moldoff. 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 flies a dangerous mission against Hitler's headquarters in Austria, in a story that has him facing off against real-life Nazi Hermann Goering. CM tracks down Von Togo and his Axis School for Sabotage. Captain Midnight must use a hopelessly outdated plane to take down a Nazi threat. And a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Captures Red the Terror!, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Midnight Buries the Austrian Weather; Red Skye: Empty Guns; The School for Sabotage; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Sergeant Twilight Strikes Out (for Himself); The Flying Antique. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 21
    • Cover coming loose at single center staple. Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. After crashing in a swamp, Captain Midnight and Joyce discover that Frau von Sade is alive, creating deadly plants in the center of her bizarre labyrinth. Captain Midnight's scientific research is questioned by Congress, in a sort of political-satire story. Young pilot Johnny Blair trains to fly with the Civil Air Patrol, in a series that features real-life flight education. Plus readers submit their own inventions for illustration. Enemies of America!; Death in the Dismal Swamp; Capt. Midnight Goes Fishing; Red Skye: All Cats Are Black; Johnny Blair, in the Air; The Manchurian Plebiscite. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 22
    • 2.5" Cumulative spine split (taped). Cover coming loose at staple. Corner chew. Water damage.

    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 faces ghostly horsemen in the sky, in a story that is a PSA for wartime paper conservation and is actually narrated by a piece of paper! A robot and his sidekicks help Capt. Midnight overcome a phony spiritualist. Johnny Blair finally gets his first solo flight with the Civil Air Patrol, but he's not out of the woods yet, in a series that features real-life flight education. Captain Midnight Fights the Four Horseman of the Paper Eclipse; Your Invention Page!; The Skybound Spirits; Red Skye: All Cats Are Black; Johnny Blair, in the Air; The Case of the Stupid Pigeon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 24
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4300938003

    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.