| Mister Midnite | |
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Real Name |
Neal Carruthers III |
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First Appearance |
Silver Streak Comics #1 |
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Original Publisher |
Lev Gleason |
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Created by |
Unknown |
Origin[]
Neal Carruthers III is a wealthy young American sportsman who has an inexplicable ability to stop the passage of time. Carruthers is bored enough to try putting this talent to use helping the police. Donning a tuxedo, a red cape, and a domino mask, he assumes the identity of Mister Midnite. He leaves behind a calling card in the form of a watch dial with the hands set at midnight. He gets his information through his friend, Police Chief Birey, who has no idea that Carruthers is Mister Midnite. The police chief dislikes Mister Midnite because he constantly gives the police force a bad reputation, since by stopping the villains himself, he makes the police seem incompetent and inept.
Public Domain Appearances[]
- Silver Streak Comics #1-2
Notes[]
- In his first adventure, he stops the natural flow of time at midnight on the seventh chime of the clock and in his second adventure has some connection to a mysterious power over time and light that can instantly transport him to where he wishes to go.
- The police commisioner is named J. C. Wade.
- To make time cease to move, he says "Stop Time!" He says "Time proceed" to resume the flow of time.