Police Comics
#13
(November 1942)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-09-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- John Beardsley (editor)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rubber salvage collection
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset); Chic Carter (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset)
- Reprints
Presenting the Man Who Can't Be Harmed
Plastic Man / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks (introduction, origin); Zambi the Soothsayer (introduction); Homer Twitchel (introduction); Captain Murphey [aka Captain Murphy]; Mr. Mire (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- When Woozy saves the life of Zambi the Soothsayer, little did he realize that he'd be rewarded with invulnerability and immunity to pain. To decide his course in life, he flips a coin and pursues a life of crime, soon becoming partners with Eel O'Brian. But Plas talks Woozy into turning himself in, but when he does, the Police discover that Woozy's powers prevent him from being held. So a deal is made for Woozy to help Plastic Man capture Eel O'Brian!
- Reprints
-
in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #15 (November-December 1971) - in A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (Smithsonian Institution / Harry N Abrams, 1981 series) (1981)
-
in Gigant (Semic, 1976 series) #5/1984 (1984) -
in Gigant (Semic, 1977 series) #5/1984 (uke 32 1984) - in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998 [February 1999])
- in Plastic Man 80-Page Giant (DC, 2004 series) #1 (2003 [February 2004])
-
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Blast it men! Put some life in this drill!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dewey Drip
[The Man Who Killed Deek Dakin]
#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
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; crime; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- #711 [Daniel Dyce]; Deek Dakin (death)
[The Sinister Peanut Vendor]
Firebrand / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Firebrand [Rod Reilly]
Indexer Notes
Final appearance of the Firebrand (Quality) feature.
Final Golden Age appearance of the Firebrand [Rod Reilly] character. Next appearance in Freedom Fighters (DC, 1976 Series) #11 (November-December 1977).
[Machine Gun Clarkson]
Steele Kerrigan / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[Johnny Marston]
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/30/1940 (June 30, 1940)
-
[no title indexed]
Super Snooper / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Snooper has been working feverishly on a camouflage serum which when injected causes clothes and flesh to turn into the color of the background in front of which one is standing.
- Genre
- humor
[The Phony Phantom Lady]
Phantom Lady / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Art Peddy (signed as Arthur Peddy)
- Inks
- Art Peddy (signed as Arthur Peddy)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Masie; Don Borden; phony Phantom Lady (villain); un-named Nazis spies (villains)
- Synopsis
- The authorities begin a search for the Phantom Lady, who was seen blowing up a neutral foreign consul building. The real Phantom Lady, however, is soon captured by the spies responsible and they intend to use her to drive to the White House so they can attack and destroy it.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Black Flashlight
in [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
- No one has peace here at night as long as you remain!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; The Nazis [as the Living Dead] (villains)
- Synopsis
- When The Human Bomb travels to Skull Valley to take on the Living Dead, he discovers them to actually be Nazis, so he fells them with a paralyzing gas.
- Keywords
- Skull Valley
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.
Dark Bayou
Dick Mace / text story / 1.75 pages
- Script
- Robert Hyatt ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Dick Mace
The Human Bomber
The Mouthpiece / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]
Indexer Notes
Last appearance.
[The Theater Murder]
Manhunter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alex Kotzky (signed)
- Inks
- Alex Kotzky
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Clancy; Samson (villain, strongman)
- Synopsis
- Manhunter faces a costumed foe named Samson, who is not only a strongman, but a murderer as well.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Rubber salvage collection"]
Plastic Man -
1.
Presenting the Man Who Can't Be Harmed
Plastic Man -
2.
["Blast it men! Put some life in this drill!"]
Dewey Drip -
3.
[The Man Who Killed Deek Dakin]
#711 -
4.
[The Rat Trap]
Chic Carter -
5.
[The Sinister Peanut Vendor]
Firebrand -
6.
[Machine Gun Clarkson]
Steele Kerrigan -
7.
[The Alaskan Caper]
Burp the Twerp -
8.
[Johnny Marston]
The Spirit -
9.
["Snooper has been working feverishly on a camouflage serum which when injected causes clothes and flesh to turn into the color of the background in front of which one is standing."]
Super Snooper -
10.
[The Phony Phantom Lady]
Phantom Lady -
11.
["No one has peace here at night as long as you remain!"]
The Human Bomb -
12.
Dark Bayou
Dick Mace -
13.
The Human Bomber
The Mouthpiece -
14.
[The Theater Murder]
Manhunter
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Matthew Head
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jonathan Sari
- Jim Van Dore
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