Issue: #37
Published: November 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
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.
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| Comic Story (9 pages) |
Doc Wackey Goes Berserk! |
| Featuring: |
Midnight |
| Synopsis: |
The mysterious Professor returns for Doc Wackey's life, and uses Doc to create and test a super-speed formula. Wackey ends up with super speed, which he proceeds to dedicate to a life of crime! Midnight took the serum himself just to keep up with Doc, but it eventually wears off. |
| Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Tony DiPreta |
| Genre: |
Adventure Superhero |
| Characters: |
Midnight [Dave Clark] Doc Mortimer Wackey Gabby Skull Duggery The Professor |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Rescuing Papa |
| Featuring: |
Espionage Starring Black X |
| Synopsis: |
A little girl asks Black X to rescue her father who is being held by the Nazis behind enemy lines. |
| Credits: |
Script: Toni Blum ?; Otto Binder ? | Pencils: Alex Kotzky (signed) | Inks: Alex Kotzky (signed) |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Characters: |
Espionage [Black X] Batu Tinka Van Doorne (Peter's Daughter) Peter Van Doorne |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Archie O'Toole |
| Credits: |
Script: Bernard Dibble | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Genre: |
Humor Children |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Dean of Darkness |
| Featuring: |
Wildfire |
| Synopsis: |
The Dean of Darkness tries to hold Carol Martin for ransom, not realizing she's Wildfire. |
| Credits: |
Script: Robert Turner (signed) | Pencils: Jim Mooney (signed) | Inks: Jim Mooney |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Dean Of Darkness Wildfire |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Kidnapping of Peter Percy Gotgelt III |
| Featuring: |
Bozo the Robot |
| Synopsis: |
A trio of kidnappers find a little boy too much to handle. |
| Credits: |
Script: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] | Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] | Inks: George Brenner |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Peter Percy Gotgelt III Hugh Hazzard Bozo The Terrible Trio |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Frozen Lands of the Midnight Sun |
| Featuring: |
The Ray |
| Synopsis: |
The Ray searches for a spy who has ferreted out plans for an allied invasion of Norway. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Reed Crandall | Inks: Reed Crandall |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Ray [Happy Terrill] Bud |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Rookie Rankin |
| Synopsis: |
Rankin breaks up a counterfeiting ring that makes phony rationing coupons. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Arthur Peddy (signed) | Inks: Arthur Peddy |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Rookie Rankin Ma Rankin Sgt. Burns Artie |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Spy |
| Featuring: |
Jimmy Christian |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
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