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I have been meaning to put these two guys together for a while now, and have finally got to it. Captain Midnight was a Fawcett Comics character, but I don't remember him making any any appearances in DC titles. I guess he wasn't part of the deal when they acquired Captain Marvel, Bulletman, Spy Smasher and the rest?
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21 comments:
You're correct, Ross. There were certain back-issues of Fawcett Comics that did not get their copyright properly renewed. So, technically, they're in the public domain now. Allowing the stories therein to be reprinted by AC Comics of Orlando.
Capt. Midnight, however, has been used in current original stories by Dark Horse and Moonstone.
Captain Midnight had radio serials that was his primary source of adventuring, so it could be that Fawcett didn't own his rights anymore when DC acquired the Fawcett library. Nice cover again, Ross.
P.S.---One wonders if Mildred, Mordred, and Cynthia need some protection from the Elder of the Universe known as Father Time.*
*Not to be confused with the Golden Age vigilante who was actually Larry Scott. Son of an innocent man who was framed and executed for murder.
@Carycomic: maybe Ross could do that as a sequel for STF #4300 (which is due out approx. January 21, 2024).
He began as a radio character in 1938 several years before the comic. Dell published the first comic adaptation in 1941. Fawcett did their version in 1942.
Shades* of #253! This pair and Moon Knight could start a team, calling themselves the Midnight Guardians.
*Pun not intended but appreciated.
@Bob Greenwade: if Marc Spector teamed up with Lamont Cranston, would Ross have to worry about a lawsuit by Cat Stevens?
Yeah, Fawcett licensed Captain Midnight, just like it licensed Nyoka the Jungle Girl (and like DC licensed Captain Action, Hot Wheels, and Jerry Lewis).
Not to mention Bob Hope.
@Bob No, no... the Midnight Society! As in, "Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society..." Oh, and let's add in the Midnighter too. Any others fitting the theme?
There's the Tick villain who calls himself "The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight."
@Other Bob: He'd be the one that our Midnight Society is chasing!
@Ross: Today I suddenly had this vision of Cameron Monaghan's proto-Joker (from Gotham) teamed up with Dean Winters as Mayhem (from the Allstate ads).
@ReCaptcha: I'm tired of motorcycles. Can't you put something new into the rotation?
i'm not clear on it...is there a Midnight Marvel or Mid-knight Marvel? Seems to be someone to round out the group.
The doctor takes a flyer...cute. In the old days, their enemy would have been
Day-Glo (a Joker variation). And a theme for them could be Shadow by Moonlight.
Such a rich potential for stories. Great developing, Ross.
@Tobor and Carycomic: another Cat Stevens reference?
@Bob Greenwade: would you settle for ten speed bikes and wooden staircases?
I'm still waiting for Lamont Cranston vs. Anton Lamont
Guest-starring Jethro Dumont (alias the Green Lama)?
@Anon@10:42: Bicycles and stairs are already a part of it, along with crosswalks, bridges, mountains... but I did get my wish a few minutes ago, and got one asking for tractors, which I'd never seen before. Still, it was one of five in a row, and two of those asked for motorcycles.
Great cover! You could also ad Midnight (DC's version of The Spirit) to the team.
While we're on the topic, the title character in the B.C. comic strip sometimes goes out as the Midnight Skulker.
@Bob Greenwade: which would you rather have as a refreshing change-of-pace? A Yamaha mini-bike? Or a Yamaha piano?
That would probably depend on which one was more ecologically correct.
Yamaha pianos don't use real ivory, do they?
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