Publication History
The character was intended as a simple replacement for Will Eisner's The Spirit while Eisner was at war, but took on its own life in later stories. He was created for Quality Comics by Jack Cole, who later that year would become famous for creating Plastic Man.
Midnight's first appearance was in Smash Comics #18 (January, 1941). The character was popular enough to become the cover feature with Smash Comics #28 (November 1941), a position he would hold for nearly eight years until the title's cancellation with issue #85 (October, 1949).
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