OK,
I admit that, by today's standards, this cover of Captain Midnight #10 comic book looks cheesy, but . . . look at the bold print below.
Issue Date: July 1943
Publisher: Fawcett Pubs.
Pedigree: Edgar Church (Mile High)
Era/Age: Golden/Atom
Grade: 9.0 (VF/NM)
Grade Service: CGC ID#0056494020
Page Condition: Off-White
Check Current CGC Census
Price: $2,600
Status: SOLD!
2nd highest graded copy, but who cares - this is the Mile High!
Overstreet 2005 VF/NM 9.0 value = $778; NM- 9.2 value = $1,050.
There will be a message on the board every now and then in the code below.
Translate it on a sheet of paper (silently) and turn it in for the goodies. This offer is good for work turned in by Wednesday the 18th.
Code:
Q W E R T Y U I O P A S D F G H J K L Z X C V B N M
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
For example:
The message is first transposed into the other letters, then compressed into five-letter blocks.
ZKQFL SQZTZ IOLOL GIOLT T
then becomes . . .
Z K Q F L S Q Z T R Z I O L O L --- G I O L T T
T R A N S L A T E D T H I S I S --- O H I S E E.
This is an official Captain Midnight Decoder from 1946.
Front and Back.
