(September 30, 1942)

Fawcett, 1942 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
every six weeks
On-sale Date
1942-08-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
Editing
Rod Reed ?

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Midnight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Binder ?
Inks
Jack Binder ?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Meet Captain Midnight, greatest ace of them all!
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Midnight [Captain Albright]
Reprints
Keywords
planes
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Folks, meet Captain Midnight...
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Midnight [Captain Albright]

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Captain Marvel introduces Captain Midnight. Also a list of radio stations (cities and call letters) running the Captain Midnight radio program.

[Index to Excitement!] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Characters
Captain Midnight [Captain Albright]
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The Murder Trap (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Midnight / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Millard
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Captain Midnight [Captain Albright]; Chuck Ramsey; Ichabod Mudd; Joyce Ramsey; Herr Luger (introduction, villain)
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Indexer Notes

Title from contents page. First Fawcett appearance. Last appearance was in Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #78 (August 1942).
Writer ID determined by textual analysis from Lou Mougin.

Here's News! (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Marvel / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Indexer Notes

Promo for "Paste the Axis" contest in Captain Marvel Adventures #15. "On sale at your favorite newsstand Aug. 21st."

Secret Sub (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Midnight / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Captain Midnight [Captain Albright]; Schultze (villain, introduction, death?)
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Red Skye Over London (Table of Contents: 6)

Red Skye / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Joseph J. Millard
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure
Characters
Red Skye [Tommy Skye] (introduction)
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Always Rings the Bell! (Table of Contents: 7)

Whiz Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Indexer Notes

Promo for "Whiz Comics."

Captain Midnight Rescues a Romeo (Table of Contents: 8)

Captain Midnight / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Millard
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Captain Midnight [Captain Albright]; Rica (introduction, villain)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer ID from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Willie West / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
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?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is a wonderful suit I'm wearing!
Genre
humor
Characters
Willie West
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[Introducing Little Sneezer] (Table of Contents: 10)

Little Sneezer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Little Sneezer (introduction, origin)
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Spy Smasher Gives You-- (Table of Contents: 11)

Spy Smasher / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Characters
Spy Smasher

Indexer Notes

Promo for "Spy Smasher" comics.

Invisible Menace (Table of Contents: 12)

Captain Midnight / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Captain Midnight [Captain Albright]; Baron Von Togo (introduction, villain)
Reprints

A Ringside Seat for the Battle of the Century! (Table of Contents: 13)

Master Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Captain Marvel, Jr.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for "Master Comics."

Home-Front Heroes! (Table of Contents: 14)

Mechanix Illlustrated / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for "Mechanix Illustrated" magazine.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Meet Captain Midnight, greatest ace of them all!"]
    Captain Midnight
  2. 1. ["Folks, meet Captain Midnight..."]
  3. 2. [Index to Excitement!]
  4. 3. The Murder Trap
    Captain Midnight
  5. 4. Here's News!
    Captain Marvel
  6. 5. Secret Sub
    Captain Midnight
  7. 6. Red Skye Over London
    Red Skye
  8. 7. Always Rings the Bell!
    Whiz Comics
  9. 8. Captain Midnight Rescues a Romeo
    Captain Midnight
  10. 9. ["This is a wonderful suit I'm wearing!"]
    Willie West
  11. 10. [Introducing Little Sneezer]
    Little Sneezer
  12. 11. Spy Smasher Gives You--
    Spy Smasher
  13. 12. Invisible Menace
    Captain Midnight
  14. 13. A Ringside Seat for the Battle of the Century!
    Master Comics
  15. 14. Home-Front Heroes!
    Mechanix Illlustrated
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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