Captain Midnight, #7
Published: April 9, 1943
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Issue Contents:
Extra! Extra! Captain Midnight Foils Invasion!
Characters
Fun - Sport - Thrills - Games
Story Notes
Inside front cover. Send $1.00 for the book "Fun for Boys" from Knickerbocker Publishing Co., Dept. B-218, 92 Liberty St., New York, N.Y.
"Captain Midnight Raps the Japs and Stuns the Huns"
Characters
- Captain Midnight [Captain Albright]
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
- The Clinger [Herr Suksenshusenmitz]
Credits
- Script: Wilfred Fawcett
Story Notes
Table of contents with illustrations and a listing of the Editorial Advisory Board. Indicia at bottom of the page. Editorial Advisory Board listed as: Eleanor B. Roosevelt (listed as past President of the Girl Scouts Council of Greater New York [and at the time, First Lady of the United States, but not noted]); Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd (listed as "noted explorer, aviator, and author"); Allan Roy Dafoe, M.D. (listed as "the famous quintuplet doctor"); and Reverend John W. Tynan, S.J. (Father Tynan is listed as a member Fordham University faculty). Fawcett staff listed as: Wilford Hamilton Fawcett [as W. H. Fawcett, Jr.](president); Roger K. Fawcett (vice-president); Allen E. Norman (secretary); Gordon Fawcett (treasurer); Eliott D. Odell (advertising director); Roscoe K. Fawcett (circulation director); Ralph Daigh (editorial director); and Al Allard (art director). Subscription rate, 12 issues for 1.00 USD in the U.S. and its possessions. Published monthly at 8 Lord Street, Buffalo, New York, by arrangement with the Wander Company of Chicago, Illinois. Editorial and advertising offices located at 1501 Broadway, New York, New York. Other advertising offices: Chicago, Illinois, 360 North Michigan Avenue; Los Angeles, California, Simpson-Reilly, Garfield Building; San Francisco, California, Simpson-Reilly, 1014 Russ Building. General offices located in Greenwich, Connecticut.
The Flying Guinea Pig!
Storyline
Captain Midnight flies to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific to get an intact Japanese Zero for testing. Baron Von Togo learns of his plans and sets a trap by allowing a special radio-controlled Zero to be captured.
Characters
- Jim Albright
- Captain Midnight
- Ichabod Mudd
- Chuck Ramsay [SS-11]
- Joyce Ryan
- Baron Von Togo (villain, death?)
- General Hirogati (villain)
Story Notes
Captain Albright's testing facility is in Nevada.
A Special Treat Throughout the Whole Year!
Characters
- Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
Credits
- Pencils: Marc Swayze
- Inks: Marc Swayze
Story Notes
Promo for Mary Marvel becoming a regular feature in Wow Comics. Mary Marvel figure used in this promotional advertisement is taken from the cover of Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #9 [January 6, 1943].
Doomed Wings
Storyline
Red Skye flies a Corsair catapulted from an disguised English merchant ship to protect a convoy from The Baron and his planes.
Characters
- Red Skye
- The Baron (villain)
Credits
- Script: Bob Kruger
Story Notes
Text story with illustration.
Don't Miss Captain Midnight on the Radio!
Characters
- Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]
Story Notes
Drawing of Captain Midnight, with a list of cities and radio stations carrying his radio program.
The Strange Secret of the Invisible Plane!
Storyline
Captain Albright invents a special paint that turns invisible under strong light. Japanese spies steal a model coated with the special paint.
Characters
- Jim Albright
- Captain Midnight
- Ichabod Mudd
- S. S. Yardarm (shipyard owner)
- Hitshoo (Japanese spy, villain)
- Japanese spies (villains)
- Japanese sailors (villains)
Story Notes
Title in the table of contents is "The Plane No Man Could See!"
"Hirohito's Looking Mighty Glum..."
Characters
- Emperor Hirohito
Story Notes
Advertisement promoting the sale of war bonds and stamps.
The Spy of the Spanish Main!
Storyline
Nazis plant bombs on cargo planes to stop Allied supplies for the North African campaign.
Characters
- Jim Albright
- Captain Midnight
- Chuck Ramsey
- Schlager [as Major Everett] (villain)
- unnamed U.S. Naval personnel
- Nazis soldiers (villains)
- local native
- U.S. pilots
Oh, No? Don't You Believe There's a Captain Marvel Bunny?
Characters
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny
- Billy the Kid
- Paint (a horse)
Story Notes
Promo for "Funny Animals" comic, with two panels featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny.
The "Good" Gremlin
Featuring Little Sneezer
Storyline
Little Sneezer is ferrying a plane across the Atlantic, when it is attacked by a battalion of gremlins. Sneezer is helped by a "good" gremlin and fights off the other gremlins with one of his sneezes.
Characters
- Little Sneezer
- Adolf Hitler
- Herr Stoopidpuss
- Gremlins
Cadaverous Clinger!
Storyline
A costumed German spy has special gloves and shoes equipped with suction cups so he can climb walls. He and his gang of spies try to steal a bomb formula Captain Albright has invented so they can use it to cause a volcano to erupt.
Characters
- Jim Albright
- Captain Midnight
- Ichabod Mudd
- Chuck Ramsay [SS-11]
- Joyce Ryan
- The Clinger [Herr Suksenshusenmitz] (villain, death?)
- Herr Fowlballe (villain, death?)
- Colonel Will Charles ? (Colonel is unnamed)
- German soldiers, U.S. soldiers
Calling All He-Men!
Featuring Don Winslow of the Navy
Characters
- Don Winslow
Story Notes
Promo for "Don Winslow of the Navy" comics.
Amazing Offer to Comic Readers
Story Notes
Inside back cover. Advertisement for "Webster's Complete Reference Dictionary and Encyclopedia." Sold by Caxton House Inc., Dept. 6803, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.
Free With This Offer 33 Power Telescope Lens Kit
Story Notes
Back cover. Ad for the "Wonders of Science, Simplified" book by Metro Publications, Dept. 146, 50 West 17th Street, New York.