Captain Midnight #50

Captain Midnight races to stop Dr. Pyrrho, a madman wielding a devastating sun gun trained on the American Southwest, after the villain demands ten million dollars or face annihilation. When conventional rescue fails, Captain Albright converts his newly built underground city into a shelter for the endangered populace and pilots his experimental sub-car toward Mount Carson to confront Pyrrho at his hidden lair. What Captain Midnight discovers in the depths beneath the mountain will test his heroism against impossible odds.

Pilot Pete learns a hard lesson about colorful language when he crashes his plane and has to report the accident to his commanding officer—a story that proves sometimes silence speaks louder than words in this quick-witted aviation humor tale from 1947.

In "The Moon Creatures!" from Captain Midnight #50 (1947), Captain Midnight and his companions land on the Moon to stop escaped convict Jordan, who’d planned to use the lunar surface as a hideout. Soon after, as they split up to search for signs of life, they’re confronted by strange, living rocks with a silica base—leaving them in danger on an alien world they never expected to find hostile.

Joe Miller auditions for a theatrical production in this two-page humor story, where his natural wit and knack for comedy keep landing him unexpected laughs—much to the exasperation of a theater director seeking serious actors. When Joe's jest book follows him to the audition, his deadpan wisecracks about dueling, monkey acts, and audience seating become the talk of the casting call. A lighthearted showcase of the joker's irrepressible humor in the face of theatrical ambition.

In "Life of the Shark!" from Captain Midnight #50 (1947), the adventure hero is drawn into a real-life mystery when a film project about the legendary Ivan Shark leads him to uncover that the criminal is still alive—forcing Captain Midnight to face off against the man and his mechanical bloodhound in a high-stakes chase.