Dell Comics continued the adventures of the old time radio drama version of Captain Midnight. Here, he was a World War I flying ace and leader of the US Military's elite "Secret Squadron." He had earned the nickname "Captain Midnight after returning from a mission at the stroke of 12. Captain Midnight battled injustice and villains such as Ivan Shark.

Captain Midnight, a.k.a. Captain Albright, was a genius inventor who had secret lab located somewhere in Nevada. He wore a skin tight suit that had a "Gliderchute" (similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingsuit_flying wingsuit]) attached to the sides which allowed him to glide like a flying squirrel. He used other gadgets such as his Swing-Spring (a projecting swing-line), Blackout Bomb and Doom-Beam Torch.

He fought Nazis such as Baron Von Gatz and Japanese agents such as Black Mikado. After the war, he fought criminals, communists, and alien invaders, such as Jagga the Space Raider and Xog, King of Saturn. He was assisted by his sidekick Sergeant Twilight. He teamed up with Spy Smasher against Yellow Hawk.

*Funnies #57-63
*Popular Comics #75-78
*Captain Midnight #1-67
*America's Greatest Comics #8
*All Hero Comics #1
*Whiz Comics #47

*The US copyright office has [https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/search?page_number=1&query=%22Captain%20Midnight%22&field_type=%22keyword%22&records_per_page=10&sort_field=%22representative_date%22&sort_order=%22asc%22&registration_class=%22RE%22&model=%22%22 no record of the radio show being renewed] however, radio show copyright laws vary from state to state and the law in Illinois (where the serial debuted) is [https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-plan/publications-and-reports/documents/pub144.pdf rather vague] so it's difficult to know the copyright status. Other publishers have freely used the character with no legal repercussions, however (as of 2025), a [https://www.trademarkia.com/trademarks-search.aspx?tn=captain%20midnight trademark on the name is owned by Dark House Comics], so its status as at least an [https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/FAQ?so=search#What_About_Orphan_Works.3F orphan work] is certain.
* In 1940, Ovaltine, a product of The Wander Company, took over sponsorship of the radio series.
* When the TV series went into syndication in 1958 via Telescreen Advertising, Ovaltine was no longer the sponsor. However, The Wander Company owned the rights to the character's name "Captain Midnight," forcing a title change by Screen Gems from Captain Midnight to Jet Jackson, Flying Commando, and all references in the episodes to Captain Midnight were redubbed "Jet Jackson." The series (as "Jet Jackson") was syndicated well into the early 1960s. The Jet Jackson name was also used for the show's syndication in Australia in order to avoid confusion with a fictional bushranger also named Captain Midnight.
* In 1977, Marvel published [https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/35531/OVALTINE-PRESENTS-THE-CAPTAIN-MIDNIGHT-ACTION-BOOK Ovaltine presents the Captain Midnight Action Book], which featured an entirely different superhero.
* The cover of Captain Midnight #1 shows him alongside Captain Marvel; however, they never actually met in a story.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Midnight Wikipedia]
*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/c/capmid.htm International Hero]
*[http://www.dpccomics.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/theamericancomicshop/goldenagedatabase/index.php?search=Captain+Midnight Golden Age Heroes Directory]
*[http://www.otr.com/cm_history.html Old Time Radio]
*[https://zootradio.com/Captain_Midnight.php Zoot Radio]
*[https://www.radioarchives.com/Captain_Midnight_Volume_3_The_Mysterious_Voice_p/ra345.htm Radio Archives]
*[https://archive.org/details/CaptainMidnight Archive.org]
*[https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/adventure/captain-midnight Old Time Radio Downloads]
*[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/captain-midnight/4005-62053/ Comic Vine]
*[https://www.comics.org/feature/5940/ Grand Comic Database]
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