Captain Midnight #50

Captain Midnight races to stop Dr. Pyrrho, who has weaponized the sun’s power through a massive lens atop Mt. Carson, unleashing unbearable heat across the desert. After surviving a crash and being captured by Pyrrho’s thugs, the hero must find a way to disable the Sun Gun before the entire region is scorched.

Pilot Pete brags about his plane crash to Captain Midnight, who asks if he reported it to his commanding officer. When Pete reveals the officer didn’t react at all—because he left out the swear words—the joke lands with a wry twist.

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.

Joe Miller, trying to land a role in a theatrical production, finds himself hilariously out of his depth when he insists on performing Shakespeare’s *The Tempest*—only to be mistaken for a comedian. After a series of mishaps involving a tuba, a stolen music manuscript, and a pair of crooks who mistake the instrument for a treasure, he’s drawn into a chaotic chase that ends in the sky.

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.