Police Comics #58

(September 1946)

The Green Terror (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Alex Kotzky

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. Green (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis:

Mr. Green kills people with his plants.

Reprints:

• in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #5 ([September] 2003)

[The Monday Men Are Coming!] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Stahl

Pencils:

Al Stahl

Inks:

Al Stahl

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Flatfoot Burns

[The Formez Robbery, Take Two] (Table of Contents)

The 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:

The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton

Synopsis:

The Human Bomb once again must pull Hustace's fat out of the fire.

Indexer Notes

Last Golden Age appearance. Next appearance in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #107.

[The Dawson Realty Co.] (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

[no title indexed] (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 "Joe Devlin" (presumably a typo for "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 Joe Devlin to Bernard Dibble, who took over this strip in 1943 from John Devlin.

[The Killer Called Hatchet] (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pete Riss

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Manhunter [Dan Richards]; VILLAINS: Hatchet [Rufus Knell] (first appearance)

Indexer Notes

Credits from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/

The Butcher (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Dick Mace text story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Specks / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael Senich

Pencils:

Michael Senich

Inks:

Michael Senich

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Case of the Headless Burglar (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine; Quality Staff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Headless Burglar [Half-Pint Harry] (villain, introduction)

Reprints:

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/24/1944 (September 24th, 1944)