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Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) comic books 1944-1946

  • 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 Captain Midnight must use a hopelessly outdated plane to take down a Nazi threat.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 #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 #27
    Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 27
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold and piece missing, interrupts art and story. 5.5" Cumulative spine split (partially taped) and lateral spine tearing.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by humble cow

    The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. In North Africa, Captain Midnight battles the Nazis' master saboteur. Johnny Blair learns about the hazards of wing icing, in a story that includes real-life aeronautics. Midnight's dopey sidekick Sgt. Twilight manages to rout Axis forces from a battleship despite himself. Plus a PSA on wartime paper rationing featuring the Marvel Family. A Special Message from the Marvel Family; AMG Cures an African Headache!; Sergeant Twilight and the Air-Raft!; Red Skye: The Rockets' Red Glare; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Your Invention Page; Fifty Years Too Late! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #34
    Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 34
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3988720017

    Stories and art by Leonard Frank and others. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Midnight investigates bombs that seem to aim themselves, and discovers Axis robot planes. Johnny Blair gets a lesson in parachuting, and so does the reader of this educational strip. A tiny man is an inventor ignored by the tall world, so he invents a tiny plane and becomes CM's latest foe, The Flea. The Bomb That Never Missed; Your Invention Page; Sergeant Twilight's Totem Pole; Red Skye: Booby Trap; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Captain Midnight Fights the Flea. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #36
    Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 36

    Stories and art by Leonard Frank and others. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. As WWII draws to a close, student Johnny Blair is joined by Captain Midnight for a crossover adventure involving a tampered test. After graduation, Johnny finally becomes an official member of the Civil Air Patrol. Midnight must trade minerals for lifesaving medicines in the closing days of the war in the South Pacific. The Tale of the Tampered Test; Your Invention Page; Mutiny on the Podunk, Jr.; Red Skye: Game of Cards; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Captain Midnight. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #39
    Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 39
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    Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Bill Woolfolk. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. CM intervenes when a cutting-edge tunnel under a river is targeted for sabotage...or is it the river itself that attacks? Midnight creates a device that interrupts electric power in a wide radius, a sort of EMP weapon 50 years early. Captain Midnight is called in to help railroad workers lay track across an impassible swamp. Tunnel of Terror; Path of Darkness; Odd But True Inventions; Pilot Pete; The Sleepy Madman; Red Skye: Debt of Death; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Swamp of Death. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #43
    Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 43
    • Cover coming loose at single center staple. Staple rust.

    Stories and art by Leonard Frank and others. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. CM's latest invention plows an entire field in seconds, but becomes a super-weapon when it falls into the wrong hands. During WWII, Captain Midnight battles an Axis superweapon that can pull B-29 bombers out of the air. Midnight uses his latest invention, a plastic boat, to track the theft of a secret military experiment. The Harvest of Infamy; Odd But True Inventions; Pilot Pete; Impending Doom; Whipper-Snappers; The Screwball Murders; Witless Witmore; Red Skye: Double Cargo; Strato-Facts; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Your Invention Page; Missing Gyro-Instruments. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #45
    Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 45
    • 1" Spine split from bottom (chew). Water spotting, staple rust/migration, and soiling.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by humble cow

    Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Bill Woolfolk. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Professor Zannever builds a better atomic bomb and asks Captain Midnight to help him safely test it, but Agent X gets wind of the invention first. Midnight's latest invention makes him bulletproof, and mob boss Maron (who looks like a Dick Tracy villain) is determined to find out what it is. During WWII, Midnight tests an invention that causes someone's personality to become its exact opposite. Classic cover by an unknown artist. The Stratosphere Treasure Hunt; Pilot Pete; Case of the Rolling Stone; Sgt. Twilight: The Water Machine; Red Skye: Flying Salesman; The Jekyll Ray; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Your Invention Page; Dippy Detours. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $400 Captain Midnight #45 CGC 6.0 1946 OW/W PG Fawcett Pub. Marvel Graded

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