Captain Midnight #37

Captain Midnight springs into action when a Navy patrol plane testing his latest underwater weapons goes down over the Pacific, only to discover the downed pilots have stumbled onto intelligence about a massive Japanese submarine fleet headed straight for the naval base at Parento. With his aide Icky and a blimp outfitted with one of his experimental searchlight cannons, Captain Midnight races to intercept the undersea armada before it can launch a devastating surprise attack. It's a desperate gamble—one patrol blimp against an entire enemy task force—but someone has to buy time for reinforcements to arrive.

In a wartime issue of *Captain Midnight* #37, readers' inventive minds take center stage with a range of practical and imaginative proposals—from armored carrier decks and gun-equipped searchlights to a collapsible bomber designed for tunnel attacks. These real-life suggestions, submitted in 1946, reflect the creativity and civic spirit of everyday Americans contributing to the war effort.

Sergeant Twilight discovers a hidden gang of bank robbers when he stumbles into their cave hideout—but before he can act, he accidentally halts a posse headed in the same direction, throwing a wrench into the works. Racing against time to prevent Eaglebeak Jukes and his crew from escaping with their stolen loot, Sergeant Twilight must use all his wits to stop them before they vanish across the border.

Captain Midnight uncovers a shocking betrayal when his trusted laboratory assistant Mitsuo steals blueprints for his revolutionary flame-combustion engine and flees to Japan, where the technology is weaponized into devastating aerial weapons. Years later, as these mysterious flame planes wreak havoc on Allied forces, Captain Midnight must race against time to devise a defense and confront the man he thought died in his laboratory fire—now a pilot determined to claim vengeance for his adopted homeland.