(April 1948)

Fawcett, 1942 Series
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Volume
11
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1948-02-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications, Incorporated
Brand
A Fawcett Publication
Editing
Ralph Daigh

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June 1948.

The Lord of the Overworld Revisits the Moon (Table of Contents)

Captain Midnight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Tomsey ?
Inks
Charles Tomsey ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation; science fiction
Characters
Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]
Reprints
Keywords
Gliderchute

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich.

Coals to Oldcastle (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Midnight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leonard Frank
Inks
Leonard Frank
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Your Invention Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Ideas submitted by readers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Johnny Blair, in the Air / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It must have been that blasted kid...
Genre
adventure

Gentlemen in Retirement (Table of Contents: 4)

Judge Smudge / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Howard Boughner ?
Pencils
Howard Boughner ?
Inks
Howard Boughner ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Script and art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

The Vulture's Threat (Table of Contents: 5)

Red Skye / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Krause
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; aviation

Farmers on the Moon! (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Midnight / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leonard Frank
Inks
Leonard Frank
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation; science fiction
Characters
Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]; Ichabod "Icky" Mudd; Miles (Moon farmer); Jim Klaw (villain); Klaw's gang (villains, all die)
Synopsis
Captain Albright provides farmers on the Moon with a new invention of his: the Air Condenser, which allows them to breathe while planting their crops. However, while on their return trip to Earth, Cap and Icky receive an SOS from the Moon, informing them that Earth raiders were attacking and that they had destroyed the Air Condenser.
Reprints
Keywords
Air Condenser; Electrogun

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich.

Well Schooled (Table of Contents: 7)

Boxcar Benny / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
M. H. ?
Pencils
M. H. ?
Inks
M. H. ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Script and art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

The Window Case (Table of Contents: 8)

Richard Richard, Private Dick / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; detective-mystery

The Modern Barbary Pirates (Table of Contents: 9)

Captain Midnight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leonard Frank
Inks
Leonard Frank
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Lord of the Overworld Revisits the Moon
    Captain Midnight
  2. 1. Coals to Oldcastle
    Captain Midnight
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Your Invention Page
  4. 3. ["It must have been that blasted kid..."]
    Johnny Blair, in the Air
  5. 4. Gentlemen in Retirement
    Judge Smudge
  6. 5. The Vulture's Threat
    Red Skye
  7. 6. Farmers on the Moon!
    Captain Midnight
  8. 7. Well Schooled
    Boxcar Benny
  9. 8. The Window Case
    Richard Richard, Private Dick
  10. 9. The Modern Barbary Pirates
    Captain Midnight
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose