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Issue: Police Comics #11 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #11 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/03/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In5
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); Chic Carter (inset)
First Line: Starring Plastic Man greatest comic magazine character
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Cover - Police Comics #11 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits confirmed by Gill Fox. Fox's color guides were found with the original art.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Give yourself a 'break'!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mickey Finn; Phil Finn; Lala Palooza (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Samar (inset)
First Line: Buy it now from your regular newsdealer
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Feature Comics #59.
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The Brain of Cyrus Smythe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Murphey (Mammoth City Policeman); Tad Wilkins (introduction, death); Mr. Wilkins (death); Mrs. Wilkins (death); Valda; Shirley; Father Time (cameo); Cyrus Smythe (villain, introduction); Zither; Si Ray
First Line: Out of the past comes a menace of giant proportions to threaten the life of every mortal in the land!!
Synopsis: Cyrus Smythe was a super-powered villain who was killed in 1642 by a monster of his own creation, and left in a vat of chemicals that allowed his body to die but the brain to remain alive. Soldier Tad Wilkins died centuries later near the grave of Smythe, and medics mistakenly implanted Smythe's brain into Wilkins and Smythe assumed the soldier's life in America. Soon he came into conflict with Plastic Man and his body died.....but the living brain was once again buried.
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as The Brain of Cyrus Smythe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: DC villain, the Ultra-Humanite, also had a mobile brain, first appearing in Action Comics #20 (1940).

A similar freak, Giganta, appeared in Wonder Woman #9 (1944), having elements of both size-changing and brain transference.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dewey Drip; Mr. Drip; Mrs. Drip; General Fitz-Frogfuzz
First Line: Mah boy in the army camp says yer boy, Dewey, is now the general nuisance of the camp!
Synopsis: Dewey's maw thinks he has become a general.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Runt's Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, superhero
Character(s): #711 [Daniel Dyce]; The Runt (villain); Drip; Dip
First Line: Say, what's dis I hear about da 'runt' bein' sent up here for a stretch?
Synopsis: The Runt has gotten himself transferred to the prison to kill some talkative underlings.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hoiman Schtrugmeyer (villain)
First Line: Huh? Stop sta-a-a-a-r-r-ring...It is annoying me!!
Synopsis: The Human Bomb faces his first costumed super villain, a master of physics who plays a destructive flute.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The Quality Companion states Gustavson created the strip and wrote it.
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The Tire Thieves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Steele Kerrigan; Anne; Bugsy Williams; Dippy Stahl; Mr. Stanton; Fritz
First Line: We'll leave the car here, Anne, while I see you off!
Synopsis: Steele comes across a gang of tire thieves.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Laughing Gas Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor Hooker; I. Q. Matelli; Egghead; Jim Kelly; Kit Kelly; Chief Brannigan; Uriah Heap (villain, the professor's assistant)
First Line: Ha.. ha!! It's completed, Uriah, completed! Ho.. ha.. ha!
Synopsis: Professor Hooker invents a laughing gas that is stolen by his lab assistant. Soon, Manhunter is on the trail and he discovers the antidote to the gas: onions!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Manhunter wears new costume without a mask, red armlets or chest symbol (which has moved onto his belt).
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Killer Kane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Burp the Twerp; Killer Kane; Joe
First Line: My super crime compass tells me an axe murder is being committed five miles due east!
Synopsis: Kane has to kill someone to keep his reputation as a killer.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Origin of the Spirit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Leeng; Kelly; Happy; O'Rourke; Pokey; Gimp
First Line: Good evening, Commissioner Dolan... may I come in?
Synopsis: Denny Colt is exposed to Dr. Cobra's serum, apparently dies, and comes back to fight crime as the Spirit.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #6/2/1940 [Philadelphia Record] published June 1940
was The Origin of the Spirit [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This appears to be the first "The Spirit" story to receive national magazine distribution. The original newspaper comic-book inserts appeared in only a handful of markets, and none were further west than Minneapolis.

Ebony White, the hero's future sidekick, appears in only one panel as an unnamed cab driver. The character, who is African-American, was written and drawn as a racist caricature.
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The Monster of the Swamps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Peter Miles; Chic Carter; Gay Nolan; Nick; The Swamp Monster [Rocky Green] (intro, villain)
Synopsis: Chic and Gay check out a legend of a swamp monster.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Super Snooper
First Line: Y'gotta help me, Snooper! My assistant is stealin' my gas!
Synopsis: Super Snooper has to figure out how a man is stealing gas.
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Pages: 1
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The White Gardenias

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Slugger Dunn; Joan Rogers; Senator Barrow; The White Gardenias [Senator Beep; others] (villains)
First Line: Rod and Slugger on leave are in the gallery, as Senator Barrow addresses the members of the state legislature.
Synopsis: Firebrand must battle a local hate group that is attempting to halt the activities of a U.S. Senator that promises to expose the group.
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In Issue: FlagThe Quality Companion #[nn] published November 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The Order of the White Gardenias were a true-life branch of the KKK.
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Produce the Body

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dick Mace; Carlos Mijara; Steve
Synopsis: Several Haitians have mysteriously disappeared.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.8
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Follow the Black Condor in the September issue of Crack Comics on sale July 15th
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
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The Murder of Malcom Munsey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]; Malcom Munsey (death); Mrs. Munsey; Greaseball Bulloni
First Line: Shood him!
Synopsis: Bulloni is stealing some plans and murders Malcolm Munsey.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Spy Ring Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lieutenant Bob Forbes (of U.S. intelligence, death); Nazis (villains); Mike
First Line: Slowly, down a lonely road on the outskirts of Washington, D. C., a taxi makes its way.
Synopsis: Sandra and Don witness the murder of a U.S. intelligence officer who had been working on the suspected sabotage of an American re-fueling station. The Phantom Lady discovers some Nazis are responsible and they are operating through the office of a wealthy jeweler.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as The Spy Ring Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as The Spy Ring Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Quality comic group
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Eddie L.; Virginia D.; Tommy R.
First Line: The Tootsie Roll of honor
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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