Police Comics
#10
(July 1942)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-05-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Gill Fox (credited as Gilbert Fox) (editor)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
[no title indexed]
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With Plastic Man new - different
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998 [February 1999])
-
[The Cyclop Caper]
Plastic Man / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Omar McGootch (introduction); Zack (villain); Cyclop (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Plastic Man gets help stopping a gang from Omar of the Western Union, but Omar keeps messing up.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998 [February 1999])
-
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Gin'ral -- they said to report here as your new orderly
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dewey Drip
[The Axis Prison Breakout]
#711 / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- Pencils
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- Inks
- George Brenner (signed as George E. Brenner)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; crime; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- #711 [Daniel Dyce]
[The Air Race Menace]
Eagle Evans / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams (signed as Clark Williams)
- Inks
- Witmer Williams (signed as Clark Williams)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; aviation
Indexer Notes
Last appearance in Police Comics. Eagle Evans next appears as a "sky fighter" in Bomber Comics (Gilberton, 1944 series) #1. Tracking of feature noted by Leonard Wolinsky via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.
[The Voodoo Queen]
Manhunter / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; J.C. Dobbs; McGonigle; The Voodoo Queen (villain); a voodoo priest (villain); Xaxol (villain, a giant)
- Synopsis
- When the Voodoo Queen casts a spell upon a tycoon, Officer Richards is the first on the scene, and, as Manhunter, tracks the villains to their cemetery lair, and, after a brief battle, left it ablaze.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
A small shield now appears in the small circle on Manhunter's chest.
[no title indexed]
The Human Bomb / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol) (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In Washington, Jean, Roy Lincoln's fiancee receives a very long distance telephone call...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- After winning back the aluminum mine from the Nazis in Argentina, The Human Bomb decides to remain in country to battle more Nazi rats.
- Reprints
Indexer 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.
The Case of the Black Raven
Chic Carter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Vern Henkel (signed)
- Pencils
- Vern Henkel (signed)
- Inks
- Vern Henkel (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
Indexer Notes
ripoff of THE MALTESE FALCON
[The Civilian Defense Scandal]
Phantom Lady / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Art Peddy (signed as Arthur Peddy)
- Inks
- Art Peddy (signed as Arthur Peddy)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Senator Knight; Tom Jenson (death); un-named German Consolate Undersecretary [as Mr. MacMarris, O.C.D. Chief, who was murdered] (villain); Koiby (villain); Joe (villain)
- Synopsis
- When Senator Knight refuses to allow an investigation of extortion in the U.S. offices of Civilian Defense as a lack of confidence in our Capitol, the Phantom Lady decides to unofficially conduct such an investigation.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Black Light
in [no title indexed]
Super Snooper / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah, at last I have discovered how to put a woman's head on man's body and vice versa!!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
The Mouthpiece / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer ?
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy scout, Don Conroy, busy at his task of collecting papers for national defense sees a suspicious character enter a phone booth in the station.
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]; Don Conroy (Boy Scout); Big Joe Gabul (villain); Moko (villain)
- Synopsis
- Scout Don Conroy accidently hears a big time crook call an associate named Moko to meet him at Southard Park in order to turn over stolen plans for a new cannon.
- Reprints
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #91 (2013) [in black and white]
-
[no title indexed]
Firebrand / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Their ship putting in at Cairo, Rod and Slugger quickly head for shore.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Joan Rogers; "Slugger" Dunn; the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Still aboard the destroyer "Russell," Slugger and Rod sail to Cairo, Egypt, where they meet Joan, who is serving there with the Red Cross, but they also meet with Nazis.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art was previously attributed to Reed Crandall, but the art is more consistent with Ames’ signed art from Fight Comics #19 (June 1942), including his bulgy noses and how he draws the “S” inside the ears.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["With Plastic Man new - different"]
Plastic Man -
1.
[The Cyclop Caper]
Plastic Man -
2.
["Hi, Gin'ral -- they said to report here as your new orderly"]
Dewey Drip -
3.
[The Axis Prison Breakout]
#711 -
4.
[The Air Race Menace]
Eagle Evans -
5.
[Rogan's Gambling Racket]
Steele Kerrigan -
6.
[The Voodoo Queen]
Manhunter -
7.
["In Washington, Jean, Roy Lincoln's fiancee receives a very long distance telephone call..."]
The Human Bomb -
8.
The Case of the Black Raven
Chic Carter -
9.
[The Civilian Defense Scandal]
Phantom Lady -
10.
Murder in the Pines
Dick Mace -
11.
["Ah, at last I have discovered how to put a woman's head on man's body and vice versa!!"]
Super Snooper -
12.
["Boy scout, Don Conroy, busy at his task of collecting papers for national defense sees a suspicious character enter a phone booth in the station."]
The Mouthpiece -
13.
[Terry the Terrible]
Burp the Twerp -
14.
["Their ship putting in at Cairo, Rod and Slugger quickly head for shore."]
Firebrand
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- R. S. Martin
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jonathan Sari
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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