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Issue: Police Comics #58 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1946
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Issues: #58 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagPlastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003 as Backcover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)] cover
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The Green Terror!

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 #58 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Green Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; The Green Terror [Mr. Green] (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The Green Terror worked for years to study strange plants and be able to take on their characteristics. He took revenge on Woozy for destroying one of his experiments, and subjected him to a great "smother plant" that exhaled large amounts of carbon dioxide to suffocate its victims. This villain bled green when he was stabbed by his own weapon.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003
as The Green Terror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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The Monday Men Are Coming!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Flatfoot Burns
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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: Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Roy Lincoln, brilliant experimental scientist, who, when he dons his armor, becomes the racket-racking Human Bomb!
Synopsis: The Human Bomb once again must pull Hustace's fat out of the fire.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Final appearance of The Human Bomb feature at Quality. It is revived at DC in Human Bomb (DC, 2013 Series) #1 (February 2013).

Last Golden Age appearance of The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] character. Next appearance in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 Series) #107 (September-October 1973).

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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The Dawson Realty Co.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Candy O'Connor
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Last story signed by Harry Sahle.
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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: Reckon ah mustabeen after ol' Jake, that gran'pappy bass, for mos' ten years!
Synopsis: Dewey does "catch and release" with a large fish and gets bitten for his kindness.
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Pages: 1
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The Killer Called Hatchet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Hatchet [Rufus Knell] (villain, introduction))
Synopsis: Manhunter faces the shadow killer named Hatchet.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Butcher

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dick Mace
Character(s): Dick Mace
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Wot s'matter, Foxy?
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Pages: 2
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The Case of the Headless Burglar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Headless Burglar [Half-Pint Harry] (introduction)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #9/24/1944 [unnamed variant] published September 1944
was The Case of the Headless Burglar [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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