Comic Book
After Dell in 1941, Fawcett published Captain Midnight from JUN/42 to SEPT/48. The Fawcett character bore little resemblance to the radio character, and only the character Ichabod Mudd, appeared regularly in the comic, as the sidekickSgt. Twilight.
Captain Midnight in the comic had a skintight scarlet suit and an array of gizmos like Dr. Mid-Nite which released clouds of blinding darkness, the infra-red "Doom-Beam Torch" which he used to burn his emblem into walls and unlucky villains, and a "Gliderchute" (similar to the flying Wingsuit) attached to the sides of his costume
In his Captain Albright secret identity he was a genius-level inventor like Edison. He had a secret laboratory in the desert. Otto Binder was one of the writers on the comic book. Other characters Binder worked on include...?
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