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Issue: Police Comics #25 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1943
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Issues: #25 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: 10/15/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George Brenner
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Bookstore Mystery

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; The Spirit [Denny Colt] (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #2 published February 2000
as Cover - Police Comics #25 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits #[nn] published August 2001
as The Bookstore Mystery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Rare Edition Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Lester G. Simpkins (introduction, death); Sykes Mob [Joe Sykes (villain, introduction); Mike (villain, introduction); Sam (villain, introduction); Louie (villain, introduction)]; Number Seven (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Plastic Man must figure out why people are killing to obtain an old book and must find a way to defeat Number Seven, a disfigured WW1 vet who wielded a gun that shot liquid fire.
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #2 published February 2000
as The Rare Edition Murders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dewey Drip
Character(s): Dewey Drip; General Fitzwillie
First Line: It sez here thet thuh private who caught thuh phoney wearin' an army uniform was promoted to sarjint!
Synopsis: Dewey hopes to earn a promotion by exposing a "fake" general -- who is a real general, of course.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Victory Garden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Flatfoot Burns
Character(s): Flatfoot Burns
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Darson Twins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Keller [as Keller] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Keller [as Keller] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Feature(s): Destiny
Character(s): Destiny; Darson Twins (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Signed in the last panel.
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Joining the Scouts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Burp the Twerp
Character(s): Burp the Twerp
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dr. Prince Von Kalm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner (signed)
Penciller(s): Will Eisner (signed)
Inker(s): Will Eisner (signed)
Colorist(s): Joe Kubert
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spirit
Character(s): The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dr. Prince von Kalm (villain)
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #11/17/1940 [Detroit News] published November 1940
was Dr. Prince Von Kalm [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Leav
Inker(s): Mort Leav
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Bomb
Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]
First Line: In the laboratory of Roy Lincoln...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is Leav. He draws large hands, many lively faces, some panels without backgrounds, and a special way of running with high lifted legs. Compare with his signed story in Wanted Comics #52.
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Cut Him Off

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Hyatt ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dick Mace
Character(s): Dick Mace
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Devlin ?
Penciller(s): John Devlin
Inker(s): John Devlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dewey Drip
Character(s): Dewey Drip
First Line: That big night in town was too much for me, Dewey!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Corky (villain); Spike (villain); Rocks Hannigan (villain); "Eagle Eyes" Connor (villain); "Ears" McSorley (villain); "Bone Crusher" Wilson (villain)
First Line: Beach City has been the scene of many conventions...
Synopsis: Rocks Hannigan calls for a convention of crooks in Beach City, and their aim is to rub out Manhunter and his dog.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #78 published March 2009
as Crime Convention [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #5 published June 2011
as Unfair To Organized Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10

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