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17-November-2006 11:22 pm	\|
Username:	Bob Stump
Comment:	Wow! Midnight by Cole, Wildfire by Jim Mooney, Jester by Gustavson, Marksman, and Bozo (the Robot not the Clown <grin>)! Is that Eisner art too?
18-November-2006 12:24 am	\|
Username:	Bob Stump
Comment:	Oops! Issue also includes The Ray by the unsurpassed Lou Fine!

Issue: #33
Published: May 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Gill Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Midnight
Credits:	Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Adventure Superhero
Characters:	Midnight [Dave Clark] The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset) Espionage [Black X] (inset) Wings Wendall (inset) Bozo The Robot (inset)

Comic Story (9 pages)
Featuring:	The Ray
Synopsis:	Happy is sent to ride along with fighters over the Pacific, but the plane is shot down and he and the pilot are taken prisoner. The Ray takes out the entire squadron, then allows himself to be taken to a prison camp as a civilian. His retaliation incites the Japanese to kill all their prisoners, which forces the Ray to resurface. He carries a rack of bombs above the enemy naval forces and sinks three Japanese battleships.
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Fine \| Inks: Lou Fine
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Ray [Happy Terrill] Bud The Japanese (villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Bomber Test
Featuring:	Espionage Starring Black X
Synopsis:	Black X is supposed to help test a new Bomber but it is stolen by the Japs, with him in it!
Credits:	Script: Toni Blum ?; Otto Binder ? [as Will Erwin] (signed) \| Pencils: Alex Kotzky \| Inks: Alex Kotzky
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Espionage [Black X] The Japanese (villains)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Archie O'Toole
Credits:	Script: John Devlin \| Pencils: John Devlin \| Inks: John Devlin
Genre:	Humor Children

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Bozo the Robot
Synopsis:	Hugh and Bozo have to stop the Nazis from stealing a new weapon.
Credits:	Script: George Brenner ? \| Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed) \| Inks: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Bozo Hugh Hazzard

Comic Story (5 pages)	Rocky Lloyd
Featuring:	Wildfire
Synopsis:	Carol and her family are trapped in a Colorado cavern with some escaped criminals.
Credits:	Script: Robert Turner (signed) \| Pencils: Jim Mooney (signed) \| Inks: Jim Mooney
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Wildfire Rocky Lloyd Mr. Martin Mrs. Martin

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	The Jester
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Jester [Chuck Lane] Detective McGinty

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Midnight
Synopsis:	A white jungle queen, who was descended from a former slaver who freed slaves, founds a hidden community of Africans in the Everglades. Not realizing slavery has been abolished, she and her men attack Clark and his friends. However, Midnight absconds with the Queen and shows her the truth about slavery, and she returns to her tribe to inform them.
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole (signed) \| Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) \| Inks: Jack Cole (signed)
Genre:	Adventure Superhero
Characters:	Midnight [Dave Clark] Doc Mortimer Wackey Gabby (a Monkey) The White Queen (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Wun Cloo
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole \| Pencils: Jack Cole \| Inks: Jack Cole
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	The Purple Trio
Synopsis:	Japanese servants are secretly spies trying to kidnap Mrs. Van Norten's guests.
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed) \| Inks: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd Warren Rocky Hill] Mrs. Van Norten Professor Dawson Fugi (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Wings Wendall
Synopsis:	Wings stops a Japanese invasion of Alaska.
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed)
Genre:	Aviation
Characters:	Wings Wendall

Text Story (2 pages)	The Nightmare Cruise
Featuring:	Jimmy Christian
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Wrong German
Featuring:	Rookie Rankin
Synopsis:	Rookie is sent to pick up an alien but gets the wrong one, and then gets locked up in the basement.
Credits:	Pencils: Arthur Peddy (signed) \| Inks: Arthur Peddy (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Rookie Rankin Sgt. Burns Reicher Joan

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	The Marksman
Synopsis:	Baron Povalski disguises himself as Major Hurtz so that he can fight to save his native Poland, often as the costumed Marksman, working out of the tower of his castle.
Credits:	Script: Ed Cronin (signed) \| Pencils: Alex Koda \| Inks: Alex Koda ?
Genre:	Adventure War
Characters:	The Marksman [Baron Povalski, Aka Major Hurtz] (introduction) Vorka (Baron's Man-servant) Gadjoff

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