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Issue: Captain Midnight #50 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1947
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Issues: #50 of 67 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Incorporated
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 8
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Ald
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Charles Tomsey ?
Inker(s): Charles Tomsey ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Captain Midnight
Character(s): Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]; Moon creatures
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Midnight #100 published April 1950
as In this issue: Space Sovereign Battles the Moon Creatures! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Midnight Archives #2 published March 2014
as Captain Midnight #50 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Captain Midnight Spikes the Sun Gun!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Frank
Inker(s): Leonard Frank
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Captain Midnight
Character(s): Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]; un-named U.S. Army General; Dr. Pyrrho (villain, introduction, death); Pyrrho's thugs [Mike; other un-named] (villains, both die)
Synopsis: A new villain threatens to use the flaming fury of the Sun itself against the Earth and Captain Midnight.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Midnight #100 published April 1950
as Captain Midnight Spikes the Sun Gun [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #67 published September 2007
as Major Midnight Spikes the Sun Gun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Midnight Archives #2 published March 2014
as Captain Midnight Spikes the Sun Gun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.66
Disclose Notes: In the AC Comics' reprint, the strip is titled "Major Midnight"; the last 1/3 of page 9 is titled "Captain Midnight's Air Lingo" defines several air terms.
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Swear by It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, humorous
Feature(s): Pilot Pete
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mary Marvel's Magic Solves Her Easter Problem

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mary Marvel
Character(s): Mary Marvel
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a Mary Marvel dress
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The Moon Creatures!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
Penciller(s): Leonard Frank
Inker(s): Leonard Frank
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Captain Midnight
Character(s): Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]; Icky Mudd (cameo); Joyce Ryan; Professor Edan; the Moon creatures (villains, all die); Jordan (villain, death)
Synopsis: Arriving on the Moon, Captain Midnight and his companions bury escaped convict and murderer Jordan, who had planned to use the Moon as a hideout. Splitting up soon after, to scour the Moon for any sign of life, they find themselves threatened by living rocks with a silica base.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Midnight #100 published April 1950
as The Moon Creatures [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #79 published May 2009
as The Moon Creatures [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Midnight Archives #2 published March 2014
as The Moon Creatures! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: In the AC reprint, the strip is titled "Major Midnight".
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In the Tempest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joe Miller
Character(s): Joe Miller
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Midnight #100 published April 1950
as The Tempest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Sgt. Twilight Hits a New Low (Note)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Sergeant Twilight
Character(s): Sgt. Twilight
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #84 published January 2011
as Sgt. Twilight Hits a New Low (Note) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Scripter credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Your Invention Page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ideas submitted by readers.
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Across the Border

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Kraus (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Red Skye
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Johnny Blair, in the Air
Character(s): Johnny Blair
First Line: When the Flying Police set out after three convicts
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Midnight #100 published April 1950
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Life of the Shark!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Frank
Inker(s): Leonard Frank
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Captain Midnight
Character(s): Captain Midnight [Captain "Red" Albright]; Ichabod Mudd; Paul Petrov; Mr. Gentry; Ivan Shark (villain); Gardo (villain)
Synopsis: When Captain Midnight is asked to make a movie on the life of the notorious Ivan Shark, he discovers that Shark is still alive and must use his mechanical bloodhound to track him down.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Midnight #100 published April 1950
as Life of the Shark! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #75 published December 2008
as Life of the Shark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: In the AC reprint, the strip is called Major Midnight and the last 1/3 of the page of the story was an ad.
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Ancestry

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Whipper-Snappers
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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