Captain Midnight #100

When a mysterious heat weapon begins scorching the Southwest, Captain Midnight—the scientist and adventurer known as Captain Albright—deduces that Dr. Pyrrho, a ruthless villain, has built a giant sun gun to hold the region hostage. Racing to stop the blackmailer before the heat destroys everything, Captain Midnight pursues his enemy to Mount Carson, only to find himself captured and left to die in the merciless desert. Now stripped of his tools and outnumbered, he must find a way to dismantle Pyrrho's weapon and turn the tables on the madman threatening an entire nation.

In "The Moon Creatures," Captain Midnight and his companions land on the Moon, where they confront the fugitive Jordan, burying him beneath the lunar surface after he’s exposed as a murderer planning to use the Moon as a sanctuary. Soon after, the team splits up to search for signs of life, only to find themselves stalked by strange, living rocks composed of silica—creatures that move and react with eerie intelligence in the alien landscape.

Joe Miller seeks a role in a serious stage production, but his reputation for comedy—and a certain jest book that follows him everywhere—keeps getting in the way; meanwhile, he tangles with a theater director who has little patience for his humor. This lighthearted two-pager captures the clash between an aspiring actor and his own comedic legacy in 1950.

In "Life of the Shark!" from Captain Midnight #100 (1950), the famed aviator is drawn into a real-life thriller when he’s asked to help make a film about the legendary outlaw Ivan Shark—only to learn the man is very much alive and on the move. With a mechanical bloodhound at his side, Captain Midnight must chase a shadow through the skies and across the wilderness, racing to outwit a criminal whose past is far from buried.