Cover: Charlie Tomsey

Captain Midnight #50

Apr 1947 · Fawcett · 0.10 USD

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Contains 7 stories

Captain Midnight Spikes the Sun Gun!

8.66 pp · Adventure, Aviation

Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]un-named U.S. Army GeneralDr. Pyrrho (villain, introduction, death)Pyrrho's thugs [Mikeother un-named] (villains, both die)

Swear by It

1 pp · Humor, Aviation

The Moon Creatures!

7 pp · Adventure, Aviation, Science Fiction

Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]Icky Mudd (cameo)Joyce RyanProfessor Edanthe Moon creatures (villains, all die)Jordan (villain, death)

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.

In the Tempest

2 pp · Humor

Joe Miller

Sgt. Twilight Hits a New Low (Note)

7 pp · Adventure

Sgt. Twilight

Untitled Adventure story

3 pp · Adventure

Johnny Blair

Life of the Shark!

9 pp · Adventure, Aviation

Captain Midnight [Captain "Red" Albright]Ichabod MuddPaul PetrovMr. GentryIvan Shark (villain)Gardo (villain)

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.

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $46

CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $1,186

CGC 9.0 none in existence

CGC 8.5 none in existence

CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $342

CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $274*

CGC 7.0 none in existence

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CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $105*

CGC 6.0 none in existence

CGC 5.5 none in existence

CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $73*

CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $62*

CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $54*

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Full credits

writer Bill Woolfolk

artist, inker Leonard Frank

cover pencils, inks Charlie Tomsey

Reprints

Reprinted in Captain Midnight #100 (1950), Don Winslow of the Navy #5 (1953), Captain Midnight #4 (1962), Men of Mystery Comics #67 (2007), Men of Mystery Comics #75 (2008), Men of Mystery Comics #79 (2009), Men of Mystery Comics #84 (2011), Captain Midnight Archives #2 (2014), Don Winslow of the Navy #60

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