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Captain Midnight, #50

Published: April 1947

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Captain Midnight #50

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Issue Contents:
1 page adventure; aviation; science fiction
Characters
  • Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]
  • Moon creatures
Story Notes

Art revision from Leonard Frank to Tomsey ? by Craig Delich.

Contents
Story 1 1 page
Captain Midnight Spikes the Sun Gun!
Story 2 9 pages adventure; aviation
Storyline

A new villain threatens to use the flaming fury of the Sun itself against the Earth and Captain Midnight.

Characters
  • 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)
Story 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" and defines several air terms.

Swear by It

Featuring Pilot Pete

Story 3 1 page humor; aviation
Mary Marvel's Magic Solves Her Easter Problem

Featuring Mary Marvel

Story 4 1 page superhero
Characters
  • Mary Marvel
Story Notes

Advertisement for a Mary Marvel dress

The Moon Creatures!
Story 5 7 pages adventure; aviation; science fiction
Storyline

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.

Characters
  • Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]
  • Icky Mudd (cameo)
  • Joyce Ryan
  • Professor Edan
  • the Moon creatures (villains, all die)
  • Jordan (villain, death)
Story Notes

In the AC reprint the strip is titled "Major Midnight." Story is a continuation of a story in the previous issue.

In the Tempest

Featuring Joe Miller

Story 6 2 pages humor
Characters
  • Joe Miller
Sgt. Twilight Hits a New Low (Note)

Featuring Sergeant Twilight

Story 7 7 pages adventure
Characters
  • Sgt. Twilight
Story Notes

Scripter credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

Featuring Your Invention Page

Story 8 1 page
Story Notes

Ideas submitted by readers.

Across the Border
Story 9 2 pages adventure

Featuring Johnny Blair, in the Air

Story 10 3 pages adventure

"When the Flying Police set out after three convicts"

Characters
  • Johnny Blair
Life of the Shark!
Story 11 9 pages adventure; aviation
Storyline

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.

Characters
  • Captain Midnight [Captain "Red" Albright]
  • Ichabod Mudd
  • Paul Petrov
  • Mr. Gentry
  • Ivan Shark (villain)
  • Gardo (villain)
Story Notes

Story title from Dick Sabo. In the AC reprint, the strip is called "Major Midnight" and the last 1/3 of the page of the story was an advertisement.

Ancestry

Featuring Whipper-Snappers

Story 12 1 page humor