Smash Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1946.
Synopsis for Midnight: "King Zoris of Vaporia"
Appearing in Midnight: "King Zoris of Vaporia"
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Supporting Characters:
- Gabby, the talking monkey
- Doc Wackey
- Sniffer Snoop
- Hot-Foot, a baby polar bear
Antagonists:
- two gangsters
- Vaporio-American Laundry Manager
- secretly King Zoris, of Vaporia
- Vaporian assassin
Other Characters:
- Jake, random kidnappee (Dies)
- Vaporian Consulate Housekeeper
- Donald Larkinfoot, actor
- Vaporian Consul
Locations:
- Big City
- UXAM Radio
- Vaporian Consulate
- small colony of Vaporians on the West Side of town
- Vaporia (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Royal Ring of Vaporia
Synopsis for Spunky: "Three Strikes and He's Out"
Appearing in Spunky: "Three Strikes and He's Out"
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- Spunky
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Synopsis for Black X: "The Wheel of Fortune"
Appearing in Black X: "The Wheel of Fortune"
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- The Major, former boss of a spy organization (Dies)
- Umra, colleague (Dies)
- Casino Manager (unnamed, secretly Umra or the Major) (Dies)
- Casino Staff
- High Official
Other Characters:
- wealthy gamblers
Locations:
- Murgastan, exotic gambling capital
Synopsis for Lady Luck: "Mr. Facet and Miss Glint"
Appearing in Lady Luck: "Mr. Facet and Miss Glint"
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Synopsis for Rookie Rankin: "The Kayo Marvin Caper"
Appearing in Rookie Rankin: "The Kayo Marvin Caper"
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Synopsis for Daffy: "The Vitality Tonic"
Appearing in Daffy: "The Vitality Tonic"
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Synopsis for The Jester: "The Scheme of Dr. Brook"
A Dr. Brook has his supposedly insane cousin John committed to an insane asylum, to get his money turned over to John's wife. John escapes and comes looking for the pair, but he's actually a sane and just man, and his wife and Dr. Brook were faking his mania just to get ahold of his money.
Appearing in The Jester: "The Scheme of Dr. Brook"
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- Police Chief Hustace McGinty
- his cops
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- Quinopolis
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Notes
- Black X
- Last issue, this feature was titled "Espionage," and for a long time prior to that it was titled "Espionage, Starring Black X."
- Batu gets pistol-whipped, by an ordinary gunman.
- Black X still smokes cigarettes.
- Midnight gets head-konked unconscious with a clothing iron.
- Also featured in this issue of Smash Comics were:
- Archie O'Toole by Bernard Dibble
- Jimmy Christian: "The Volcano Men" (text story)
- Wun Cloo by Jack Cole
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