Police Comics
#25
(December 1943)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-10-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- George Brenner (editor)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines. 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. 4.
The Bookstore Mystery
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; The Spirit [Denny Colt] (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000 [February 2001]) - in Jack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits (Chronicle Books, 2001 series) (August 2001)
-
The Rare Edition Murders
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Lester G. Simpkins (introduction, death); Sykes Mob [Joe Sykes (villain, introduction); Mike (villain, introduction); Sam (villain, introduction); Louie (villain, introduction)]; Number Seven (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Plastic Man must figure out why people are killing to obtain an old book and must find a way to defeat Number Seven, a disfigured WW1 vet who wielded a gun that shot liquid fire.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000 [February 2001])
-
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It sez here thet thuh private who caught thuh phoney wearin' an army uniform was promoted to sarjint!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Dewey Drip; General Fitzwillie
- Synopsis
- Dewey hopes to earn a promotion by exposing a "fake" general -- who is a real general, of course.
[The Victory Garden]
Flatfoot Burns / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Flatfoot Burns
[The Darson Twins]
Destiny / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Keller (signed as Keller)
- Inks
- Jack Keller (signed as Keller)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Destiny; Darson Twins (villains)
Indexer Notes
Signed in the last panel.
[Joining the Scouts]
Burp the Twerp / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Burp the Twerp
[Dr. Prince Von Kalm]
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (signed)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (signed)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (signed)
- Colors
- Joe Kubert
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dr. Prince von Kalm (villain)
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/17/1940 (November 17, 1940)
-
[no title indexed]
The Human Bomb / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the laboratory of Roy Lincoln...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]
Indexer Notes
This is Leav. He draws large hands, many lively faces, some panels without backgrounds, and a special way of running with high lifted legs. Compare with his signed story in Wanted Comics #52.
Cut Him Off
Dick Mace / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Hyatt ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dick Mace
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That big night in town was too much for me, Dewey!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Dewey Drip
[no title indexed]
Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Beach City has been the scene of many conventions...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Corky (villain); Spike (villain); Rocks Hannigan (villain); "Eagle Eyes" Connor (villain); "Ears" McSorley (villain); "Bone Crusher" Wilson (villain)
- Synopsis
- Rocks Hannigan calls for a convention of crooks in Beach City, and their aim is to rub out Manhunter and his dog.
- Reprints
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #78 ([March] 2009)
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #5 (2011)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Bookstore Mystery
Plastic Man -
1.
The Rare Edition Murders
Plastic Man -
2.
["It sez here thet thuh private who caught thuh phoney wearin' an army uniform was promoted to sarjint!"]
Dewey Drip -
3.
[The Victory Garden]
Flatfoot Burns -
4.
[The Darson Twins]
Destiny -
5.
[Joining the Scouts]
Burp the Twerp -
6.
[Dr. Prince Von Kalm]
The Spirit -
7.
["In the laboratory of Roy Lincoln..."]
The Human Bomb -
8.
Cut Him Off
Dick Mace -
9.
["That big night in town was too much for me, Dewey!"]
Dewey Drip -
10.
["Beach City has been the scene of many conventions..."]
Manhunter
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