Issue Contents:
On Guard, Captain Midnight!
Featuring Captain Midnight
The Mississippi Marauder
"America's "breadbasket" threatened! When crop after crop in the fertile Mississippi Valley is mysteriously destroyed,"
Bomber's Vengeance
The Silent Wings of Destruction
Storyline
Captain Midnight investigates the mysterious attacks being made on U.S. defense plants, puzzled that enemy aircraft cannot even be heard! He discovers the cause: a gigantic, aircraft carrier-like mother ship, from which the planes take off!
Characters
- Mike (defense plant worker, death)
- Johnny Blair (aircraft pilot, cameo)
- Herr Strudel (villain, death?)
- Hermann [aka The Electric Eel] (villain, actual eel, death)
- other un-named Nazis (villains, many die)
Story Notes
Johnny Blair becomes a regular in the Captain Midnight strip beginning next issue. Captain Midnight #10, according to the blurb at the end of the story, went on sale June 18th.
The Black Tornado
Storyline
Captain Albriht finds it odd that devastating tornadoes, that have been striking the Middle West, seem only to occur in towns that have U.S. defense plants! Captured by the evil Vindbagg, he helplessly watches as the criminal uses the Captain's Secret Squadron transmitter to send the Squadron members to a false location in Waterfield......but the good Captain turns the tables on the Nazi fiend.
Characters
- Joyce Ryan
- Baron Vindbagg (villain, death?)
- other un-named Nazis (villains, many die)
Story Notes
The last 1/3 of page 13 is an illustrated promotion for the Captain Midnight radio show, which features an upper body shot of Midnight and the listing of the radio stations the show is heard on.
The Personality Kid
Featuring Little Sneezer
The Mechanical Man!
Storyline
Captain Albright, who has ust invented a robot pilot named Samson, is preparing to fly the robot to Washington D.C., when several Nazi spies fly off with what they think is the robot. Instead it's actually Icky, who plays robot to fool the Nazis.
Characters
- Joyce Ryan
- Samson [aka The Man of Steel] (robot pilot, introduction)
- von Vool (villain, Nazi spy)
- Ludwig (villain, Nazi spy)
Story Notes
The final 1/3 of page 10 is an illustrated promotional advertisement for Captain Marvel's E-Z Code Finder, featuiring an upper body shot of Captain Marvel, plus a full-sized representation of the code finder, which pictures head views of Bulletman, Captain Midnight, Captain Marvel Jr., Spy Smasher, and a 3/4 length view of Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel gives a code message as well.