Police Comics
#15
(January 1943)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-11-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- John Beardsley (editor)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
[no title indexed]
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aw, don't mind him!
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Reprints
-
in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998 [February 1999])
-
[The Weather Weapon]
Plastic Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Dr. Egrett (introduction, death); Boreas (introduction); Ratty McGoon (villain, introduction); Don Snitzel (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Boreas, the north wind, was "controlled" by a machine in the possession of Don Snitzel and some Fifth Columnists in order control the weather. The wind was useless on Woozy, who shrugged off all attacks, and any punches were also met with equal and opposite spontaneous force.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998 [February 1999])
-
[The Slaughter Symphony]
Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor (his dog); Sergeant Clancy; Sivan Orsky (villain)
- Synopsis
- Manhunter gets the goat of Sergeant Clancy when he rounds up the murderous maestro Orsky.
Indexer Notes
Manhunter appears bare-legged in the story.
[no title indexed]
The Human Bomb / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What'sa matter -- y'scared?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton (introduction); Honeybun (Hustace's girlfriend, introduction)
- Synopsis
- After giving Hustace Throckmorton an emergency blood transfusion, Roy notices that the little man now exhibits powers similar to the Human Bomb, except he has explosive feet, not hands.
Indexer Notes
Hustace Throckmorton appears in most Human Bomb stories hereafter. This story makes mention of the Black Condor.
Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs.
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Deer Gran Sun Dewey... yistady I decided to jine up with yore army...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dewey Drip
[Mr. Midnight]
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/14/1940 (July 14, 1940)
-
Vulture Smith
Dick Mace / text story / 1.33 pages
- Script
- Robert Hyatt ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Dick Mace
[Statement of the Ownership, Management, and Circulation]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Busy Arnold (credited as Everett M. Arnold) (publisher)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Published by Comic Magazines, Inc 322 Main St Stamford, CT
Editor John Beardsley 322 Main St Stamford, CT
Business Manager Everett M. Arnold 193 Shore Rd Old Greenwich, CT
Owners: Everett M. Arnold, Claire C. Arnold
Henry P. Martin Jr. 8 Foster Dr Des Moines, Ia
Printed at Buffalo, NY
[The Death of 711]
#711 / comic story / 7 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
- superhero; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- 711 [Daniel Dyce] (death); Destiny (introduction); Oscar Jones (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- 711, becoming more sloppy and allowing more and more inmates to discover his identity, faces racketeer Oscar Jones, whose long-winded story about his ignoble life and how his prison stay led him into fisticuffs with 711, is told. Jones wins the struggle only with the benefit of his gun, which is used to pump bullet after bullet into the soon to be lifeless body of 711. However, as 711 dies, the silhouette of Destiny appears over the body.
Indexer Notes
Story continues in the Destiny strip in the next issue.
Final appearance of the #711 feature. However, the Destiny [Quality] feature that begins next issue is a spin-off of #711.
[no title indexed]
Super Snooper / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Surrender or I'll fire!
- Genre
- humor
The School for Spies!
Phantom Lady / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Johnny (War Shipping Board employee); Melinda; Baron Torpe (villain)
- Synopsis
- Melinda attends a class in spying techniques at Baron Torpe's home, and she tells him that she is going to do a little spying that evening. When she brings back a clock and valuable information, she is taken prisoner by Torpe, who is a foreign spy!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Black Light; S.S. Ambria
in Indexer Notes
Phantom Lady wears a mask.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Aw, don't mind him!"]
Plastic Man -
1.
[The Weather Weapon]
Plastic Man -
2.
[The Slaughter Symphony]
Manhunter -
3.
["What'sa matter -- y'scared?"]
The Human Bomb -
4.
["Deer Gran Sun Dewey... yistady I decided to jine up with yore army..."]
Dewey Drip -
5.
[Mr. Midnight]
The Spirit -
6.
[The Vengeance of Dr. Jason]
Chic Carter -
7.
Vulture Smith
Dick Mace -
8.
[Statement of the Ownership, Management, and Circulation]
-
9.
[Crossword Puzzle Duel]
Burp the Twerp -
10.
[The Death of 711]
#711 -
11.
["Surrender or I'll fire!"]
Super Snooper -
12.
The School for Spies!
Phantom Lady
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jonathan Sari
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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