While Midnight may have been created as a response to The Spirit, and he certainly looks the part with his virtually identical appearance plus a domino mask, his backstory was also inspired by Street ...

Lady Luck #86 (#1) (Quality, 1949) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages. First issue of the series, with numbering continued from Smash Comics. Klaus Nordling story and art. Gill Fox cover.