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Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) comic books graded by CGC

  • Item #58759110
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Pedigree: Davis Crippen "D" Copy
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); Minor crack(s) front or back, under 1"
    • Davis Crippen ("D" Copy). Includes COA.
    • Label #0745076003
    • This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.97) will be charged at checkout.

    The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight undertakes an attempt to fly around the world non-stop in 80 hours, a daunting task in the midst of World War II. Midnight seeks the truth behind the mystery plane that appears and disappears, and carries no cargo. Genetically engineered "human beetles" are used as a biological weapon by an Axis scientist. The Non-Stop Flight Around the World!; Deaths Dark Decoy; The Plane With a Load of Nothing!; Johnny Blair!; Captain Midnight Battles the Human Beetles!; Silent Sims; Captain Midnight and the Phantom Battlewagon! 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60145866
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3988720017

    Stories and art by Leonard Frank and others. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Midnight investigates bombs that seem to aim themselves, and discovers Axis robot planes. Johnny Blair gets a lesson in parachuting, and so does the reader of this educational strip. A tiny man is an inventor ignored by the tall world, so he invents a tiny plane and becomes CM's latest foe, The Flea. The Bomb That Never Missed; Your Invention Page; Sergeant Twilight's Totem Pole; Red Skye: Booby Trap; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Captain Midnight Fights the Flea. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.