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Issue: Police Comics #57 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1946
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Issues: #57 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
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: 10 (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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Plastic Man Meets Mr. Misfit

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003
as Cover - Police Comics #57 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. Misfit (a Martian, introduction); Professor MacGhoul (villain, introduction); Squeaker (villain)
First Line: Is it right?... Is it wise?... Is it necessary?...
Synopsis: Plas and Woozy meet a bona fide Martian named Mr. Misfit, who alerts Plastic Man to Professor MacGhoul's plan to launch a rocket to Mars. Misfit wants to protect the planet's riches from MacGhoul. After Plas prevents the launch, Misfit disappears, leaving his disguise behind, and neither Plas or Woozy ever got to see the Martian underneath.
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003
as Mars--Keep Away [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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The Egyptian Museum

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton
First Line: Bah! What would the Bomb amount to without my brain and burly brawn to protect him?
Synopsis: The Human Bomb solves a case when he and Hustace witness a murder via "television telephone."
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Miscellaneous
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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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Candy O'Connor
First Line: Ohh, Ted, this publicity stunt musn't fail!
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dewey Drip; Ma Drip; Pappy Drip
First Line: H'yar come mail man Jud wif a lettuh!
Synopsis: Dewey's aunt writes and invites him to visit because she has some special "food" for him. Turns out she meant "feud."
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Pages: 1
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Who Bombed Mr. Tarviss?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Mr. Tarviss; Vengeance (villain)
Synopsis: Manhunter must track down the wayward Vengeance, who is bent on securing an old tycoon's riches.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Is This Murder?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Dick Mace
Character(s): Dick Mace
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Pages: 2
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The Butcher Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 2
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Jackie Boy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Spirit; Ebony; Dirty Louie; Tinhorn Tom
Synopsis: Skullduggery at the Steeplechase
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #9/10/1944 published September 1944
was Jackie Boy [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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