Smash Comics #62

This December 1945 Quality Comics issue poses a tantalizing question right on its cover: "Is Midnight Lured by The Lorelei?" Jack Cole's cover depicts the masked, blue-suited hero Midnight bound with rope at the center of an enormous clock face, a dagger pinning the hands near midnight — a genuinely clever visual that makes the ticking danger feel almost literal. A small, wide-eyed monkey companion scrambles along the clock's edge at the lower right, adding a touch of charm to an otherwise tense scene.