Digital Comic Museum - Captain Midnight 037 (damaged)


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Severe damage to pages 13 and 14.
a Dave Hayward scan

Issue: #37
Published: February 1946, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Ralph Daigh (editorial director); Al Allard (art director); Will Lieberson (executive editor); Sidonie M. Gruenberg (consulting editor); H. W. Zorbaugh [as Prof. H. W. Zorbaugh] (editorial advisory board); Ernest G. Osborne [as Dr. Ernest G. Osborne] (editorial advisory board); Al Williams [as Major Al Williams] (editorial advisory board); Wilfred Fawcett [as W. H. Fawcett, Jr.] (president); Roger K. Fawcett (vice president); Allen E. Norman (secretary); Eliott D. Odell (advertising director); Roscoe Fawcett [as Roscoe K. Fawcett] (circulation director)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Listed as being published at 1100 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky, by arrangement with the Wander Company, of Chicago, Illinois. Copyright 1946 by Fawcett Publications, Inc. Remittances, correspondence, and subscriptions go to the Circulation Department, 22 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut. Editorial offices: 1501 Broadway, New York 10, New York. General offices: Fawcett Building, Greenwich, Connecticut. Printed in U.S.A.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Captain Midnight and the Blimp Patrol!
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure Aviation Superhero
Characters:	Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]

Comics-form Advertising (1 page)
Featuring:	General Mills; Wheaties
Synopsis:	Two skaters remark about how Wheaties makes the skate jumper better at jumping.
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy)
Genre:	Humor Sports

Public Service Announcement (1 page)	Watch That Broom!
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure Aviation Superhero
Characters:	Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Blimp Patrol
Genre:	Adventure Aviation Superhero
Characters:	Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright] Two Unnamed American Pilots Ichabod Mudd [Icky] Unnamed US Navy Captain Unnamed Japanese Sailors (villains)

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages)	He's Sensational!
Credits:	Script: ? (promo copy)
Genre:	Superhero

Comics-form Advertising (1 page)	Flaming Flickers
Featuring:	Adventures of "R.C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
Synopsis:	A fire breaks out in a movie theater and R.C. and Quickie help calm the audience to everyone leaves in an orderly fashion without panicking.
Credits:	Script: ? (comic story); ? (ad copy) \| Letters: ?; typeset
Genre:	Teen
Characters:	R.C. Quickie Johnny Mack Brown

Comic Story (1 page)	Ideas for the War or for the Home Front!
Featuring:	Your Invention Page!
Synopsis:	Readers submit invention ideas. Ideas included metal plating to extend decks of aircraft carriers, prison searchlights with machine guns attached to them, giant ship to transport submarines, comb and brush combination, and a bomber with collapsable wings to allow the aircraft to bomb trains in tunnels.
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Johnny Blair, in the Air
Genre:	Adventure

Comic Story (7 pages)	Sergeant Twilight Hunted Man!---
Featuring:	Captain Midnight; Sergeant Twilight
Genre:	Adventure Aviation Superhero
Characters:	Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright] Sergeant Twilight [Ichabod Mudd, Icky] Eaglebeak Jukes Three Unnamed Members Of Jukes' Gang Unnamed Sheriff Unnamed Members Of Sheriff's Posse

Cartoon (0 pages)
Featuring:	Capt. Midnight's Fighting Air Insignia
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction

Advertisement (0 pages)	Captain Marvel Magic Folder, Captain Marvel's Rocket Raider
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Pencils: ? (illustrations) \| Inks: ? (illustrations) \| Letters: typeset

Comics-form Advertising (1 page)
Featuring:	Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
Synopsis:	Volto arrives in time to save everyone from an experimental plane that catches fire.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Volto Joe Jimmy LIly

Text Story (2 pages)	Look to the Hills
Featuring:	Red Skye
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Captain Red Skye Colonel Reed Lao-Chang Unnamed Chinese Boy O-Lan

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Flame Planes
Genre:	Adventure Aviation Superhero
Characters:	Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright] Joyce Ryan Mitsuo Unnamed Japanese Military Leader Unnamed US Navy Captain Unnamed US Naval Pilot Ichabod Mudd [Icky]

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages)	Capt. Marvel Says:
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel

Advertisement (1 page)	Meet a Bit-o-Honey
Featuring:	Bit-o-Honey
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Pencils: ? (illustrations) \| Inks: ? (illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Domestic

Advertisement (1 page)	Premiums or Cash Given
Featuring:	Cloverine Brand Salve; Wilson Chemical Company
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Pencils: ? (illustrations); ? (photographs) \| Inks: ? (illustrations); ? (photographs) \| Letters: ?; typeset

Advertisement (1 page)	I Will Show You How to Learn Radio by Practicing in Spare Time
Featuring:	National Radio Institute
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Pencils: ? (photographs) \| Inks: ? (photographs) \| Letters: typeset
Characters:	Mr. J. E. Smith

Advertisement (1 page)	Send Direct to Hollywood
Featuring:	Janne of Hollywood
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Pencils: ? (photograph); ? (illustration) \| Inks: ? (photograph); ? (illustration) \| Letters: typeset

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