Police Comics #38

(January 1945)

[One Million Dollars for Plastic Man's Death] (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Professor Zwerling (introduction); Rocky Goober (villain, introduction); Boss Skullman (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Boss Skullman puts out a hit on Plastic Man and Professor Zwerling.

Reprints:

• in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 ([November] 2001)

Indexer Notes

Phony suicide scene.

On the Air (Table of Contents)

Flatfoot Burns / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Janice Valleau [as Ginger]

Inks:

Janice Valleau

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Flatfoot Burns

[Three Bombs At the Ball] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton

Hank Pinupo (Table of Contents)

Candy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Sahle ?

Pencils:

Harry Sahle

Inks:

Harry Sahle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Candy O'Connor

[Framed By Arno Roxx] (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Millard

Pencils:

Pete Riss

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor

Indexer Notes

Credits from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/ ; art formerly credited to Al Bryant and Sam Citron

["Drip'll never make it this time!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dewey Drip

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from John Devlin to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. The Who's Who does not indicate a writing credit for John Devlin on this strip. Artist correction from John Devlin to Bernard Dibble, who took over this strip in 1943 from John Devlin.

Tabu Island (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Dick Mace text story.

[All In Pieces] (Table of Contents)

Burp the Twerp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole (signed)[as Ralph Johns]

Inks:

Jack Cole (signed)[as Ralph Johns]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Burp the Twerp

Reprints:

• in The Toon Treasury of Classic Childrens' Comics (Harry N. Abrams, 2009 series) [nn]

[Davy Jones's Locker] (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

Joe Kubert

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Spirit [Denny Colt]

Reprints:

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/2/1941