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Issue: Police Comics #18 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1943
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Issues: #18 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/12/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

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. 2.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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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]
First Line: Featuring Plastic Man and the Spirit
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Cover - Police Comics #18 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Drafting of Plastic Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Captain Murphey [aka Captain Murphy]; Professor Van Dyke (introduction, death); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Pogo Flinch (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Plas had been deferred from civil service during the war because Captain Murphey needed him more on the home front. However, President Roosevelt requisitions Plas's services for the FBI, confirmed by a telephone call, which meant Plas would work for the government on counter-espionage.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as The Drafting of Plastic Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Plastic Man's home base is Mammoth City.
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A Night of Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Burp Gets a New Body

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Burp the Twerp
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Headless Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Destiny; Frank N. Stein (the Headless Man; first appearance)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Dewey Drip; Captain; artist
First Line: I wish to paint zat old cannon near ze fort!
Synopsis: An artist paints a realistic portrait of a cannon.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Gang Warfare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Spirit [Denny Colt]; The Combination (villain, introduction); Mr. Gaunt (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #9/22/1940 [Detroit News] published September 1940
was Gang Warfare [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Golden Egg!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Bunny Man [Killer Dan] (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: An Easter egg hunt on the grounds of Senator Knight's home. But Sandra smells a rat when one of the eggs collected ticks, while another is very heavy. Don deduces the first to be a bomb and the others loaded with explosives.......a plot to kill Senator Knight.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as Golden Egg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as Golden Egg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Phantom Lady wears a domino mask.
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The Man from Nowhere

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Chic Carter; Killer Kane (first appearance; dies)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Final appearance in Police Comics. Chic Carter will move to National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series), starting with #33 (July 1943).
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No Firing Squad for Juan

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dick Mace
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Boy, I'm mad!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Three Mosquitoes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Jean Adams; The Three Mosquitoes [Baron; two un-named others] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Jean gets the inventing bug and has an engineer create a dynamite-propelled rocket car, and against the wishes of Roy, she takes it for a test drive, careening all over town. In the end, Jean swears to give up inventing things again.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The Quality Companion states Gustavson created the strip and wrote it.

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