Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 #[nn]

(September 2000)

Police Comics #1 Plastic Man Bounces into Action (Table of Contents)

Remembering the Millennium / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Greenberger

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Discusses the features of Police Comics and its star Plastic Man.

Indexer Notes

Printed on inside front and back covers.

[Introducing the Firebrand] (Table of Contents)

The Firebrand / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger

Pencils:

Reed Crandall

Inks:

Reed Crandall

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Slugger Dunn; Ed Reilly; Joan Rogers

Synopsis:

Playboy Rod Reilly exposes a diamond smuggler posing as a baron.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

Indexer Notes

Writing credit from GCD index of Police Comics #1. Credited as "unknown" in this issue.

[The Origin of 711] (Table of Contents)

#711 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George E. Brenner

Pencils:

George E. Brenner

Inks:

George E. Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

#711 [Jacob Horn]

Synopsis:

Jacob Horn takes the rap for a friend but leaves his prison cell to stop a swindler as costumed hero #711.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

[Dr. M. Balm's Man-Eating Plant] (Table of Contents)

Super Snooper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox

Pencils:

Gill Fox

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Super Snooper; Dr. M. Balm

Synopsis:

Dr. Balm sends a flesh-eating plant to kill Super Snooper, but it doesn't work according to plan.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

[The Attack of Ali Harid] (Table of Contents)

Eagle Evans, Flier of Fortune / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Clark Williams

Pencils:

Clark Williams

Inks:

Clark Williams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Eagle Evans; Snap Smith; Ali Harid

Synopsis:

Evans and his photographer Snap risk their lives to get pictures of the enemy hiding in the dessert land Cyranis.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

[The Legend of the Black Baron] (Table of Contents)

Chic Carter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Chic Carter; Curtis Randall; Hodges; Harvey Randall; Betty Randall; Cousin Damon

Synopsis:

Chic becomes The Sword to find out who killed Curtis Randall for his estate.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Smash Comics #26. Creator credits from GCD index of Police Comics #1. Story and art credited to Will Eisner on this issue.

[The Origin of Plastic Man] (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Plastic Man [Eel O’Brian]

Synopsis:

Gangster Eel O'Brian's dip in a vat of acid turns him into the superhero Plastic Man and against the mobsters he used to work with.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

Indexer Notes

Lettering credit from GCD index of Police Comics #1.

[The Redemption of Steele Kerrigan] (Table of Contents)

Steele Kerrigan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Bryant

Inks:

Al Bryant

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Steele Kerrigan; Anne

Synopsis:

The day after being released from prison, Steele is returned to prison for the murder of a police officer and must escape to prove himself innocent.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

[The Alien Smuggling Racket] (Table of Contents)

The Mouthpiece / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Guardineer

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer

Inks:

Fred Guardineer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Bill Perkins [The Mouthpiece]

Synopsis:

New DA Bill Perkins takes on a smuggling racket as the masked character The Mouthpiece.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

Vengeance! (Table of Contents)

Dick Mace / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert M. Hyatt

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery; war

Characters:

Dick Mace

Synopsis:

Dick Mace investigates a shooting involving two veterans of the First World War.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

Indexer Notes

Includes small illustrations.

[The Coming of the Phantom Lady] (Table of Contents)

Phantom Lady / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Arthur Peddy

Inks:

Arthur Peddy

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Henry Knight

Synopsis:

Socialite Sandra Knight looks into munitions manufacturers as Phantom Lady.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

["This the Drip residence?"] (Table of Contents)

Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Devlin

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dewey Drip

Synopsis:

Backwoodsman Dewey Drip receives his draft notice.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

[The Origin of the Human Bomb] (Table of Contents)

The Human Bomb / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll]

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll]

Inks:

Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]

Synopsis:

Roy Lincoln is working on a new explosive with his father when a foreign enemy tries to steal it and he becomes The Human Bomb in the process.

Reprints:

• from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

["Want bones of steel?"] (Table of Contents)

Got Milk?; Superman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Superman

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad featuring Superman as part of "Got Milk?" campaign by dairy producers.