I've got an hour before the show starts! I just feel kind of jumpy! I'll take a walk! 
Smash Comics #85 is an issue of the series Smash Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1949.
Synopsis for Midnight: "Singing Swindle"
A singer on Dave Clark's station becomes despondent after her show, and reveals her crooked agent's kept all of her wages. After Midnight pays "Percentage" Graftly a visit, he tries to get revenge by getting a homely bumpkin girl with a melodious voice as his new client, so that Dave Clark can unmask her on TV and look like a chump. However, her gun-packing down-home relatives show up looking to get her back, and the chaotic debacle is caught on film before Graftly's arrested. Not only did his plans backfire, the goings-on are aired on Dave Clark's station as a comedy hit.
Appearing in Midnight: "Singing Swindle"
Featured Characters:
- Midnight (Final appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Doc Wackey (Final appearance)
- Gabby (Final appearance)
- Sniffer Snoop (Final appearance)
- Peggy Sweet (Final appearance)
- Hot-Foot (Final appearance)
Villains:
- Percentage Graftly
Other Characters:
- Esmereldy
- Jeb Rukes
- Lum Cornfield
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Synopsis for Espionage Starring Black X: "The False Masterpiece"
Appearing in Espionage Starring Black X: "The False Masterpiece"
Featured Characters:
- Black X (Final appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Batu (Final appearance)
- Inspector "Beef" Burton (Final appearance)
Villains:
- Mr. Harrow
- his gang
Items:
- forged DaVinci portrait of Columbus
Synopsis for Lady Luck: "The Talent Scouts"
Appearing in Lady Luck: "The Talent Scouts"
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Villains:
- Count DiChange
- Colonel Eustace Snath
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Synopsis for Jester: "Robbery at the Opera"
The star of a production of The Mikado comes down sick, and Brewster, his understudy, is called to perform in his place. He has a pair of thugs steal a valuable necklace off an aristocrat in attendance of the show's opening, but Chuck Lane's one of the officer's pulling guard duty at the premier, and catches the crooks before they can make their getaway. Brewster used poisonous throat lozenges to get the performer out of the way, and McGinty too when it seemed like he'd become an obstacle.
Appearing in Jester: "Robbery at the Opera"
Featured Characters:
- The Jester (Final appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Detective Hustace McGinty (Final appearance)
Villains:
- Keith Brewster
Other Characters:
- Lindsey
- Lady Kimberly
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Items:
- Poison lozenges
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Synopsis for Daffy: "Manuelo de Vega y Bolona"
Appearing in Daffy: "Manuelo de Vega y Bolona"
Featured Characters:
- Daffy Dill (Final appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Deke Parsons (Final appearance)
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Other Characters:
- Manuelo de Vega y Bolona
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Notes
- Last issue for Midnight, for Espionage, and for Jester.
- The Jester:
- Based on lyrics he's depicted singing, Brewster would seem to be playing the role of the Mikado, although the large axe his character carries would suggest Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner.
- After this issue, Smash Comics changed titles and became Lady Luck, and continued from issue #86 to #90.
- Also appearing in this issue of Smash Comics were:
- "Midnight's Merry Men" (text story, featuring Midnight)
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