Captain Midnight
#12
(September 1943)
Fawcett,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-08-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Magazine
- Editing
- Rod Reed
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 3.
in 
The Puzzle of the Flying Houses!
Captain Midnight / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]; un-named member of the Secret Squadron; un-named State Policemen; Schrecklich Zauer (villain, introduction); un-named Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- One night, as Captain Albright flies solo in his special P-38 he has invented, he sees a series of floating houses in the air, followed by a Nazi named Zauer who shoots him down. Eventually, he captures Midnight, ties him to a block of limestone, and drops him into water 100-feet deep in a quarry.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Infra-Red Camera; oxygen pellet
The Plane That Flies Backwards
Captain Midnight / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]
The Sinister Angels!
Captain Midnight / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]; Ichabod Mudd [aka Icky]; Colonel Will Charles (Army post commander); Taco (a native leader); un-named Army General; the Sinister Angels (villains, humans in flying garb, all die); Pasqual (villain, spy for the Nazis, death); Marz (villain, Nazi spy leader, death)
- Synopsis
- Captain Midnight is drawn into an eerie situation in the jungle along the Peru-Brazil border, when a native superstition of avenging mountain angels suddenly becomes reality!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Flutonian Pellet
[no title indexed]
Johnny Blair, in the Air / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once again Johnny Blair brings to the millions...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Johnny Blair
Bombs Out of the Sea
Captain Midnight / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]
[no title indexed]
War Bonds and Stamps / public service announcement / 1 page
- Characters
- Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]; Death
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This feature is NOT in its proper sequence.
Illustrated Public Service message from Captain Midnight, encouraging readers to "Keep the Spirit of '76 Alive by Investing $18.75!!" for war bonds or stamps.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Sinister Angels
Captain Midnight -
1.
The Puzzle of the Flying Houses!
Captain Midnight -
2.
The Sound of Death
Red Skye -
3.
The Plane That Flies Backwards
Captain Midnight -
4.
The Sinister Angels!
Captain Midnight -
5.
["Once again Johnny Blair brings to the millions..."]
Johnny Blair, in the Air -
6.
Bombs Out of the Sea
Captain Midnight -
7.
[no title indexed]
War Bonds and Stamps
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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