*Vintage UK/Australian Reprints of US Material: Three heroes with military overtones in UK reprints from the American originals this week. Captain Midnight appeared in two series in the 1950s and 1960s from Miller, having appeared in Dell and Fawcett originals after originating in US radio and TV. He was an aviator, super-hero and (eventually) spaceman. Captain Video was a science fiction hero from an American TV series starting in 1949 and the US original comic series from Fawcett. Commander Battle (& His Atomic Sub) was just one Miller issue from the ACG original; it always makes me think of those atomic submarines American kids could send off for from the ads on the back of comic books and in which two children could fit…
IN THIS UPDATE:
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT 
(1st series)
#42 VG/FN £11
(2nd series)
#5 GD £10 Off staples
#10 GD/VG £12 (PICTURED)
CAPTAIN VIDEO
#2 VG £9 (PICTURED) Book shop stamp. 
#5 VG £9
COMMANDER BATTLE AND HIS ATOMIC SUB
#1 VG £12 (PICTURED)