Police Comics
#11
(September 1942)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-07-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Printer
- Printed in U. S. A.
- Editing
- Gill Fox (credited as Gilbert Fox) (editor)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
[no title indexed]
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Starring Plastic Man greatest comic magazine character
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset); Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); Chic Carter (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Comics the Golden Age (New Media Publishing, 1984 series) #2 (May 1984) [recolored] - in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998 [February 1999])
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits confirmed by Gill Fox. Fox's color guides were found with the original art.
[The Brain of Cyrus Smythe]
Plastic Man / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Out of the past comes a menace of giant proportions to threaten the life of every mortal in the land!!
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Captain Murphey (Mammoth City Policeman); Tad Wilkins (introduction, death); Mr. Wilkins (death); Mrs. Wilkins (death); Valda; Shirley; Father Time (cameo); Cyrus Smythe (villain, introduction); Zither; Si Ray
- Synopsis
- Cyrus Smythe was a super-powered villain who was killed in 1642 by a monster of his own creation, and left in a vat of chemicals that allowed his body to die but the brain to remain alive. Soldier Tad Wilkins died centuries later near the grave of Smythe, and medics mistakenly implanted Smythe's brain into Wilkins and Smythe assumed the soldier's life in America. Soon he came into conflict with Plastic Man and his body died.....but the living brain was once again buried.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998 [February 1999])
- in World's Best Comics: Golden Age Sampler (DC, 2003 series) ([December] 2003)
-
Indexer Notes
DC villain, the Ultra-Humanite, also had a mobile brain, first appearing in Action Comics #20 (1940).
A similar freak, Giganta, appeared in Wonder Woman #9 (1944), having elements of both size-changing and brain transference.
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mah boy in the army camp says yer boy, Dewey, is now the general nuisance of the camp!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dewey Drip; Mr. Drip; Mrs. Drip; General Fitz-Frogfuzz
- Synopsis
- Dewey's maw thinks he has become a general.
[The Runt's Revenge]
#711 / comic story / 5 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
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, what's dis I hear about da 'runt' bein' sent up here for a stretch?
- Genre
- adventure; crime; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- #711 [Daniel Dyce]; The Runt (villain); Drip; Dip
- Synopsis
- The Runt has gotten himself transferred to the prison to kill some talkative underlings.
[no title indexed]
The Human Bomb / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed) (credited as Paul Carrol)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed) (credited as Paul Carrol)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed) (credited as Paul Carrol)
- Colors
- Paul Gustavson (signed) (credited as Paul Carrol)
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed) (credited as Paul Carrol)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Huh? Stop sta-a-a-a-r-r-ring...It is annoying me!!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hoiman Schtrugmeyer (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Human Bomb faces his first costumed super villain, a master of physics who plays a destructive flute.
Indexer Notes
Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs.
Letters credit from Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.
[The Tire Thieves]
Steele Kerrigan / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We'll leave the car here, Anne, while I see you off!
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Steele Kerrigan; Anne; Bugsy Williams; Dippy Stahl; Mr. Stanton; Fritz
- Synopsis
- Steele comes across a gang of tire thieves.
[The Laughing Gas Crimes]
Manhunter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alex Kotzky (signed as Alex S. Kotzky)
- Inks
- Alex Kotzky (signed as Alex S. Kotzky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha.. ha!! It's completed, Uriah, completed! Ho.. ha.. ha!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Professor Hooker; I. Q. Matelli; Egghead; Jim Kelly; Kit Kelly; Chief Brannigan; Uriah Heap (villain, the professor's assistant)
- Synopsis
- Professor Hooker invents a laughing gas that is stolen by his lab assistant. Soon, Manhunter is on the trail and he discovers the antidote to the gas: onions!
Indexer Notes
Manhunter wears new costume without a mask, red armlets or chest symbol (which has moved onto his belt).
[Killer Kane]
Burp the Twerp / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My super crime compass tells me an axe murder is being committed five miles due east!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Burp the Twerp; Killer Kane; Joe
- Synopsis
- Kane has to kill someone to keep his reputation as a killer.
[The Origin of the Spirit]
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (signed)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (signed)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (signed)
- Colors
- Joe Kubert
- Letters
- Zoltan Szenics ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good evening, Commissioner Dolan... may I come in?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan (introduction); Dr. Cobra (villain) (introduction); The Spirit [Denny Colt] (origin) (introduction); Ebony White; Leeng; Kelly; Happy; O'Rourke; Pokey; Gimp
- Synopsis
- Denny Colt is exposed to Dr. Cobra's serum, apparently dies, and comes back to fight crime as the Spirit.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This appears to be the first "The Spirit" story to receive national magazine distribution. The original newspaper comic-book inserts appeared in only a handful of markets, and none were further west than Minneapolis.
Ebony White, the hero's future sidekick, appears in only one panel as an unnamed cab driver. The character, who is African-American, was written and drawn as a racist caricature.
The Monster of the Swamps
Chic Carter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Vern Henkel (credited as Vernon Henkel)
- Pencils
- Vern Henkel (credited as Vernon Henkel)
- Inks
- Vern Henkel (credited as Vernon Henkel)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Peter Miles; Chic Carter; Gay Nolan; Nick; The Swamp Monster [Rocky Green] (intro, villain)
- Synopsis
- Chic and Gay check out a legend of a swamp monster.
[no title indexed]
Super Snooper / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Y'gotta help me, Snooper! My assistant is stealin' my gas!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Super Snooper
- Synopsis
- Super Snooper has to figure out how a man is stealing gas.
[The White Gardenias]
Firebrand / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- S. M. Iger
- Pencils
- Lee Ames (credited as Lee J. Ames) (signed)
- Inks
- Lee Ames (credited as Lee J. Ames) (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rod and Slugger on leave are in the gallery, as Senator Barrow addresses the members of the state legislature.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Slugger Dunn; Joan Rogers; Senator Barrow; The White Gardenias [Senator Beep; others] (villains)
- Synopsis
- Firebrand must battle a local hate group that is attempting to halt the activities of a U.S. Senator that promises to expose the group.
- Reprints
- in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2011 series) (November 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
The Order of the White Gardenias were a true-life branch of the KKK.
Produce the Body
Dick Mace / text story / 1.8 pages
- Script
- Robert Hyatt ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Dick Mace; Carlos Mijara; Steve
- Synopsis
- Several Haitians have mysteriously disappeared.
[The Murder of Malcom Munsey]
The Mouthpiece / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shood him!
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]; Malcom Munsey (death); Mrs. Munsey; Greaseball Bulloni
- Synopsis
- Bulloni is stealing some plans and murders Malcolm Munsey.
[The Spy Ring Murder]
Phantom Lady / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Art Peddy (signed as Arthur Peddy)
- Inks
- Art Peddy (signed as Arthur Peddy)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Slowly, down a lonely road on the outskirts of Washington, D. C., a taxi makes its way.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Don Borden; Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Lieutenant Bob Forbes (of U.S. intelligence, death); Nazis (villains); Mike
- Synopsis
- Sandra and Don witness the murder of a U.S. intelligence officer who had been working on the suspected sabotage of an American re-fueling station. The Phantom Lady discovers some Nazis are responsible and they are operating through the office of a wealthy jeweler.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Black Flash (aka Black Beam)
in Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Starring Plastic Man greatest comic magazine character"]
Plastic Man -
1.
["Give yourself a 'break'!"]
Morrow Coaster Brake -
2.
["Buy it now from your regular newsdealer"]
-
3.
[The Brain of Cyrus Smythe]
Plastic Man -
4.
["Mah boy in the army camp says yer boy, Dewey, is now the general nuisance of the camp!"]
Dewey Drip -
5.
[The Runt's Revenge]
#711 -
6.
["Huh? Stop sta-a-a-a-r-r-ring...It is annoying me!!"]
The Human Bomb -
7.
[The Tire Thieves]
Steele Kerrigan -
8.
[The Laughing Gas Crimes]
Manhunter -
9.
[Killer Kane]
Burp the Twerp -
10.
[The Origin of the Spirit]
The Spirit -
11.
The Monster of the Swamps
Chic Carter -
12.
["Y'gotta help me, Snooper! My assistant is stealin' my gas!"]
Super Snooper -
13.
[The White Gardenias]
Firebrand -
14.
Produce the Body
Dick Mace -
15.
["Follow the Black Condor in the September issue of Crack Comics on sale July 15th"]
-
16.
[The Murder of Malcom Munsey]
The Mouthpiece -
17.
[The Spy Ring Murder]
Phantom Lady -
18.
["Quality comic group"]
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19.
["The Tootsie Roll of honor"]
Tootsie Roll
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- Craig Delich
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- R. S. Martin
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- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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