Police Comics
#58
(September 1946)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Printer
- Printed in U. S. A.
- Editing
- George Brenner (credited as George E. Brenner) (editor)
The Green Terror!
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
-
in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #5 ([October] 2003)
-
- Keywords
- hoop rolling
The Green Terror
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; The Green Terror [Mr. Green] (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- The Green Terror worked for years to study strange plants and be able to take on their characteristics. He took revenge on Woozy for destroying one of his experiments, and subjected him to a great "smother plant" that exhaled large amounts of carbon dioxide to suffocate its victims. This villain bled green when he was stabbed by his own weapon.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #5 ([October] 2003)
-
[The Monday Men Are Coming!]
Flatfoot Burns / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Flatfoot Burns
[no title indexed]
The Human Bomb / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Roy Lincoln, brilliant experimental scientist, who, when he dons his armor, becomes the racket-racking Human Bomb!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton
- Synopsis
- The Human Bomb once again must pull Hustace's fat out of the fire.
Indexer Notes
Final appearance of The Human Bomb feature at Quality. It is revived at DC in Human Bomb (DC, 2013 Series) #1 (February 2013).
Last Golden Age appearance of The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] character. Next appearance in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 Series) #107 (September-October 1973).
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 Dawson Realty Co.]
Candy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harry Sahle (signed)
- Pencils
- Harry Sahle (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Sahle (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Candy O'Connor
Indexer Notes
Last story signed by Harry Sahle.
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reckon ah mustabeen after ol' Jake, that gran'pappy bass, for mos' ten years!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dewey Drip
- Synopsis
- Dewey does "catch and release" with a large fish and gets bitten for his kindness.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #17 (May 1949)
-
[The Killer Called Hatchet]
Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Hatchet [Rufus Knell] (villain, introduction))
- Synopsis
- Manhunter faces the shadow killer named Hatchet.
[no title indexed]
Specks / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wot s'matter, Foxy?
- Genre
- humor; children
The Case of the Headless Burglar
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Headless Burglar [Half-Pint Harry] (introduction)
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/24/1944 (September 24th, 1944)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Green Terror!
Plastic Man -
1.
The Green Terror
Plastic Man -
2.
[The Monday Men Are Coming!]
Flatfoot Burns -
3.
["Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Roy Lincoln, brilliant experimental scientist, who, when he dons his armor, becomes the racket-racking Human Bomb!"]
The Human Bomb -
4.
[The Dawson Realty Co.]
Candy -
5.
["Reckon ah mustabeen after ol' Jake, that gran'pappy bass, for mos' ten years!"]
Dewey Drip -
6.
[The Killer Called Hatchet]
Manhunter -
7.
The Butcher
Dick Mace -
8.
["Wot s'matter, Foxy?"]
Specks -
9.
The Case of the Headless Burglar
The Spirit
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Steven Rowe
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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