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Issue: Police Comics #12 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1942
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Issues: #12 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/05/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, 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:  
Disclose Reprinted In4
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset); Chic Carter (inset)
First Line: With Plastic Man
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Cover - Police Comics #12 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sinister Swami

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Rita Johns (introduction); Captain Murphey [aka Captain Murphy]; Looie (villain); Swami (villain); Skipper O'Toole (villain)
Synopsis: Looie puts out a reward for the murder of Plastic Man and The Swami decides to accept the offer. However, he discovers that his super-powers were hindered by the very existence of Plastic Man.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as The Sinister Swami [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Super Snooper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Carl Von Spunk's Pottery Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): #711 [Daniel Dyce]; Carl von Spunk (villain)
Synopsis: For all his success, #711 gets sloppy and more inmates discover his true identity.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Fifth Column Hospital

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Firebrand [Rod Reilly]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Art was previously attributed to Reed Crandall.
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The Theft of the Montague Diamond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Jim Kelly; Kit Kelly
First Line: What goes, Jim?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Manhunter is wearing his original costume.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dewey Drip
First Line: Gawsh! Maw sent me mah dawg so I won't be lonesome for her an' Paw!
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Black Queen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spirit [Denny Colt]; VILLAIN: Black Queen (first appearance)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #6/16/1940 [Philadelphia Record] published June 1940
was The Black Queen [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Burp the Twerp
First Line: So you want to join the army, eh?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Tank Factory Sabotage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Senator Knight; Masie (factory worker); Mike (villain); un-named spies (villains)
Synopsis: Sandra and her father head out to the testing grounds to witness new U.S. tanks in their preliminary testing, and are shocked to see the tanks literally falling apart! Sandra then decides to go undercover as a new factory worker in order to discover why this is happening.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as The Tank Factory Sabotage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as The Tank Factory Sabotage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Captain Blackwolf's Crew of Corpses

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Message from Allah

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dick Mace
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Waterfront Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]; Underwaterman (villain, a Nazi, death)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (origin retold)
First Line: What's wrong with Hungarian goulash?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Quality Companion states Gustavson created the strip and wrote it.

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