Midnight Tales was obviously meant as a title given to Wayne Howard as a reward for his loyalty to Charlton. Howard, an artist classed in the Wood school of art (a fancy way of saying he was a Wood-imitator) did all covers and the majority of stories in each issue. Since the demise of Midnight Tales he did some work for Marvel and DC, then left the industry. I once thought he might have died, but was corrected by Kinnear Penman. Thanks Kinnear!

The title was hosted by Professor Coffin, also called the Midnight Philosopher, and his stunning niece Arachne.

The series was later revived under the new title of Professor Coffin, but consisted of reprints only.

Modern Comics published reprints of #s 12 and 17 (1977).

Run: #1 (December 1972)-#18 (May 1976).

Creator credits: Dan Adkins art #s 12, 13; Steve Ditko art #12; Wayne Howard art #s 1-15, 17, 18 covers #s 1-18; Don Newton art #s 11-14; Joe Staton art #s 1, 3-11, 13; Tom Sutton art #s 3-10.