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Issue: Police Comics #24

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Publication Date: November 1943

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Issues: #24 of 127 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Quality Comics

Brand: Quality Comic Group

Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines

On Sale Date: 09/15/1943

Volume: none

Pages: 60

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)

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Format

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:

Reprinted In3

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]2
- The Hundred Plastic Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From1

1 Content Item
- The Kidnapping of Ebony [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

Images2

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]

First Line: Do you like Plastic Man?

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Plastic Man Archives #2 published February 2000
as Cover - Police Comics #24 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Jack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits #[nn] published August 2001
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Hundred Plastic Men

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Pinky Flowers (villain, introduction); Louie (villain); Mike (villain); Dr. Phineas T. Gleason (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Woozy briefly gains Plas's powers while a weird doctor creates his own Plastic Men out of reclaimed rubber, controlling them with robotics.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Plastic Man Archives #2 published February 2000
as The Hundred Plastic Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

Notes: Story is signed "Jack Cole".

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, military

Character(s): Dewey Drip; Ma Drip; Pappy Drip; Colonel

First Line: And Dewey says: "Please don't send no more home-made medy-cine"...

Synopsis: Ma cooks up a "health-food cake" and sends it to Dewey in Army camp. He feeds it to his colonel, hoping to get off garbage duty. His plan fails.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Kidnapping of Ebony

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Spirit [Denny Colt]

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

The Spirit #11/24/1940 [Detroit News] published November 1940
was The Kidnapping of Ebony [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery, superhero

Character(s): Destiny

First Line: As Destiny wanders past a low dive...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

The Amnesiac

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]

Synopsis: Manhunter begins working closely with the Police Department and is given special access to their files.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Strong Man for Hire

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Burp the Twerp

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Sabotage

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

Blackout Burglary

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, mystery

Character(s): Flatfoot Burns

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Cyclone Cupid

First Line: It is the night of a concert by Dmitri Ivan Voulashaiavitzky, the world renowned violinist, every celebrity in America has turned out in full force!

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Final appearance. Cyclone Cupid usually appeared in National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series), but the final episode is here in Police Comics.

Hearts and Sluggers

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; Honeybun

Synopsis: The Human Bomb helps Hustace win back his girlfriend by pitting the weakling against his rival, a boxer.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

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.