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Issue: Police Comics #42 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1945
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Issues: #42 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
First Line: Plastic Man nearly blows up when Woozy cooks with gas!
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #4 published January 2002
as Cover - Police Comics #42 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: What a way to run a roller coaster!
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Pages: 1
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The Diabolical Dr. Dratt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Dr. Lucius D. Dratt (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Dr. Dratt tries to kill Plastic Man.
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #4 published January 2002
as The Diabolical Dr. Dratt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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The Good Records

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Candy O'Connor
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; Glee Dover; Squire Flintz; Jehu
First Line: Roy Lincoln, the brillaint scientist, is going on a journey...
Synopsis: An unscrupulous banker uses a phony mortgage to steal property from a pretty girl, making Hustace and her boyfriend, Jehu, the center attraction at a necktie party.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs.
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Two Tracks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Grayson; The Ghost (villain)
Synopsis: A ghost robs a train, and frames Grayson for it.
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Pages: 10
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The Benefit Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Burp the Twerp
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Pages: 1
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Jungle Episode

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dick Mace
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dick Mace text story.
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Lizzie Dizzie's Hat Shoppe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Flatfoot Burns
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Dewey Drip; Sergeant; Colonel
First Line: War, gentlemen, is a science --
Synopsis: After listening to the colonel lecture about using "imagination" to win the war, Dewey dreams he wins the Medal of Honor and is feted by all. However, when he comes back to reality, he's on garbage detail again.
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Pages: 1
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Professor Pinx

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spirit [Denny Colt]
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #8/2/1942 published August 1942
was Professor Pinx [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Curiosity Killed a Cat

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jim and Jane; Bendix coaster brakes
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Pages: 1

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