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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published June 1945
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 60
Editing Martin DeMuth

Cover Details - "A Corpse That Comes to Life"

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Hotfoot; Gabby
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Alex Kotzky?
Inks Alex Kotzky?

11 page Midnight story "A Corpse That Comes to Life"

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Hotfoot; Monk Simian; Sniffer Snoop; Mayor Glibb
Synopsis Doc Wackey invents a drug that makes the subject sleep so deeply even his heart stops beating.
Genre superhero; adventure
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Deep in conquered Zazarstan"

Characters Black X; Batu
Genre spy

1 page Wun Cloo story

Genre humor; detective
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Inks Jack Cole

8 page Rookie Rankin story "Little Jack Horner"

Characters Rookie Rankin; Little Jack Horner
Genre detective
Pencils Sam Citron?
Inks Sam Citron?

7 page Jester story "He who laughs last, is slowest in seeing the joke!"

Characters Jester; Quinopolis; McGinty; Dr. Mulgor; Crusty Croft
Genre superhero
Pencils Sam Citron?
Inks Sam Citron?

7 page Daffy story "Gentle Jake"

Characters Daffy Dill; Gentle Jake; Deke
Genre humor; wrestling
Script Bart Tumey?
Pencils Bart Tumey?
Inks Bart Tumey?

4 page Lady Luck story "And stay out!"

Characters Lady Luck; Sgt. Sloburn; Blackie; Griff; Peecolo
Genre superhero
Script Klaus Nordling (signed)
Pencils Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inks Klaus Nordling
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #?

1 page Archie O'Toole filler

Genre humor; kid
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

7 page Spunky story

Characters Spunky (intro)
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Sy Lazarus
Inks Sy Lazarus