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Issue: Police Comics #31 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1944
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Issues: #31 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: 04/14/1944
Volume:
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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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
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Washed Up

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #3 published January 2001
as Cover - Police Comics #31 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Be the master - not the slave - learn this easy, quick way to defend yourself in any situation...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for three books that teach martial arts.
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The Mangler's Slaughter Clinic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian; also disguised as Martin McGee]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; The Mangler (villain, introduction); Dr. Slicer (villain, introduction); Knife McBlades (villain, introduction); Drip; Charlie
First Line: Aw, what're yuh scared of, Drip?
Synopsis: The Mangler tries to operate on Woozy Winks, but Woozy's good luck charm prevents any injuries.
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #3 published January 2001
as The Mangler's Slaughter Clinic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Pappy Drip; Ma Drip
First Line: Dis lettah sez yore son, Dewey, might soon be afightin' Japs!
Synopsis: Hearing "Japs" described as like "apes," Ma visits a traveling circus and starts punching a gorilla. She apologises and says "ah shoulda know'd yo' was too clean-cut an' refiney t' be a Jap!"
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Pages: 1
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The Trance-Call Fails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Feature(s): Destiny
Character(s): Destiny; John Sykes; Mrs. John Sykes; Jeffers
First Line: Has Destiny lost his strange power?
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Pages: 5
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Corney Cobb, Apprentice Detective

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Flatfoot Burns
Character(s): Flatfoot Burns; Corney Cobb
First Line: You're under arrest!
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Pages: 6
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Blackmail and Blood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor (dog); Thornton Divine [Jones]; John Bounty; Stella Bounty; Henry
First Line: Blackmail is the scheme!
Synopsis: Manhunter investigates the shooting of Thornton Divine.
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Pages: 10
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Death at the Mike

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Allison Aylesworth; Eric Holmes; Arthur Jenkins; Dick Mace; Judge Reardon
First Line: The man stepped up to the bank of microphones and straightened his notes to...
Synopsis: Dick Mace is called in to examine the strange deaths of Aylesworth and Holmes.
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Pages: 2
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Stand by for Action

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; Mustapho (villain, introduction, reforms)
First Line: Yes, Hustace, Mustapho was a famous stage magician and...
Synopsis: A stage magician kidnaps Hustace, but the Human Bomb discovers that he is under external mental influences, so his prison sentence is commuted and he takes to charity work.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The Quality Companion verify that Gustavson wrote this feature through Police #22, then picked up again with #37. The intervening writer is unknown for this story.
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Super Dog House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Burp the Twerp
First Line: I smell blood!!
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Pages: 1
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Dipsy Dooble

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dipsey Dooble; Commissioner Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Winthrop Boombershlag
First Line: No red tape...
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #3/30/1941 published March 1941
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonderscope
First Line: Free! With this amazing offer red and white wig wag signal flags and...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonders of Living Things
First Line: Free 150 power microscope with this offer
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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