First appearance: Smash Comics #18 (January 1941) <from Quality Comics>
First appearance: Smash Comics #18 (January 1941) <from Quality Comics>
Some of the most breathtaking, creative cartooning I've ever seen was James Harvey's "Midnight in the Phantom Zone" backup feature from Bug: The Adventures of Forager, the DC/Young Animal series by the Allreds.
Someone (NOT ME!) scanned the whole thing, and even though it's a pretty huge departure from the Golden Age Midnight, it's really something to see.
https://imgur.com/gallery/9oypT
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Midnight is a great name...too good to waste.
and The Spirit is a great character that has endured through the decades.
When Roy Thomas did Midnight's "Secret Origin" for Secret Origins #28 (July 1988), it had some additions / enhancements to that original 5-page story.
To be continued . . .
A few more pages from Secret Origins #28 (July 1988):
NOTE: The "Rod Reilly, Park Avenue's #1 playboy" that Midnight briefly talked to was Quality Comics' Firebrand back during the Golden Age.
Midnight's entry from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. XV (May 1986)
Midnight's second appearance in Smash Comics #19 (February 1941):
To be continued . . .
TRhe last two pages of Midnight's second appearance in Smash Comics #19 (February 1941):