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Captain Midnight #55 (1947)

Fawcett · 1947 · 52 pages

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ContinueCaptain Midnight #56 →
Contains 7 stories
The Sky Airport
9 pp · adventure; aviation
Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]Ichabod "Icky" MuddThe Sky Marauder [Hawk Hannigan] (villain)Hannigan's gang (villains)

Captain Albright's revolutionary Sky Airport—a floating airfield designed to transform aerial transportation—becomes the target of Hawk Hannigan, the cunning Sky Marauder, who hijacks the invention and transforms it into the perfect base for a crime wave sweeping the nation. When Captain Midnight learns that his friend Albright is shouldering the blame and mortgaging everything to repay the stolen funds, he devises a bold trap to recover the Sky Airport and bring the aerial thieves to justice.

A Horse of a Different Color
1 pp · humor

Pilot Pete runs into an old acquaintance, Sandy Jones, who's made quite the career change—trading in the rodeo for the friendly skies. What started as a simple reunion becomes a humorous lesson in the unexpected perks of flying versus bronco busting.

Captain Midnight Finds the Lunar Lair!
7 pp · adventure; aviation; science fiction
Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]Ichabod "Icky" MuddJoyce RyanChuck RamseyJagga (villain)Gool (villain, death)

In "Captain Midnight Finds the Lunar Lair!" from Captain Midnight #55 (1947), Captain Albright and his loyal companion Icky investigate a string of mysterious ships found adrift at sea—crewless and eerily intact. When they confront the culprit, the villain Jagga, a brutal showdown ensues, sending Jagga fleeing into the sky and into the Moon’s hidden depths. Captain Midnight pursues him into the lunar unknown, determined to bring justice to the stars.

Kilroy Was There
7 pp

When Sergeant Twilight takes on the mysterious legend of Kilroy and sets himself up as a detective, his investigation into the famous chalked phrase leads him on a wild chase through town—complete with angry café patrons, street brawls, and a case of mistaken identity that gets increasingly complicated. As Twilight stumbles from clue to clue, he inadvertently stumbles into something far more serious than graffiti, uncovering a connection to a pair of dangerous fugitives with a score to settle. It's a comedy caper that proves sometimes looking for trouble is exactly what finds you.

Untitled story
3 pp · adventure
Missing Brain
1 pp · humor; aviation

Pilot Pete entertains an admirer with a tall tale about his flying adventures—specifically, the time he was cruising at a tremendous altitude when he realized his aircraft's motor had gone missing. It's a breezy bit of aviation humor that turns on a groan-worthy wordplay punchline, perfect for the lighter side of a 1947 comic.

Ten Tickets to Terror
8 pp · adventure; aviation
Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]

Captain Midnight pilots the maiden voyage of Modern Airlines' revolutionary new C-11 transport plane, which is designed to carry ten centenarians to prove the aircraft's safety—but a saboteur throws the pilot overboard before takeoff, and rival airline head Harvey Wrigley plots to destroy both the plane and its elderly passengers to eliminate the competition. When Captain Midnight survives and uses his ingenious vest-pocket radio control to remotely guide the C-11, he must outmaneuver Wrigley's crooks in a desperate airborne battle to save everyone aboard and expose the conspiracy.

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