Dates
- Cover date
- August 1947
- On sale
- June 4, 1947
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Untitled · 11 pages
Percy, who stole a valuable sapphire, gets away from Midnight at the Slocum County Fair. Shortly afterwards the prize cow Angela is stolen before the cattle judging competition. While Midnight is searching for the cow, a beautiful dancing girl leads him into Percy's ambush. At the end, Midnight figures out that the sapphire had been stuck in Angela's cowbell. Percy couldn't get the sapphire out, nor remove the cowbell, so had to take Angela with him.
- The Apache Dancer · 6 pages
Deke gets Daffy a gig as an apache dancer.
- The Dope Smugglers · 6 pages
Two of the force's best men have been killed trying to find the headquarters of the dope runners, and now Inspector Burton summons Black X for help.
- Untitled · 4 pages
A parcel of counterfeit money is picked up at the railway station.
- Untitled · 6 pages
Batch rents a car to take Bunny out.
- This Is the Bird · Jimmy Christian · 2 pages
In the Andes the giant bird out of a legend comes down on the mountain winds and scares off gold-seeking guides and carriers.
- The Club Presidency · 6 pages
The boys have an explosive club meeting after Mom's hen drinks some nitroglycerine.
- Untitled · 6 pages
A society dame sends a false kidnapping note to attact Chuck's attention
Characters
Reprinted in
Black X (1950)