Police Comics
#21
(August 1943)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-06-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- John Beardsley (editor)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look out, Plastic Man!
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Reprints
-
in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000 [February 2001])
-
[The Menace of Serpina]
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Sylvester Smirk (introduction); Pulman Coach (introduction); Mr. Hardwich (introduction); Mammo (introduction); Bobo (a boa constrictor, introduction); Madame Serpina (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Plastic Man and Woozy take on Madame Serpina.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000 [February 2001])
-
[The Blue Room of Blandings Castle]
Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Cassone (signed as J. Cassone)
- Inks
- John Cassone (signed as J. Cassone)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]
Phantom Lady vs. the Spider Widow
Phantom Lady / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank Borth (signed as Frank M. Borth)
- Inks
- Frank Borth (signed as Frank M. Borth)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton]; The Boss (villain); Chuck (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- Phantom Lady gets a letter from Spider Widow, informing her that she is challenging her to a duel to see who is the most capable crime fighter, and that she intends the Raven to remain with her. Spider Woman gets a similar letter from Phantom Lady. What neither of these women understand is that both have been set up by a criminal gang which hopes one or the other of the lady heroes will perish at the hands of the other.
- Reprints
in [no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The poor sap!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Dewey Drip; Sergeant Thobald J. McJones
- Synopsis
- The sergeant tries to teach Dewey how to pick up a woman.
Indexer Notes
Script/art previously credited to Joe Devlin. Joe (aka John) Devlin did not work on this strip after 1942, according to Bails (who also credits him for art only).
[Oriental Agents]
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ellen Dolan (introduction); Homer Creep (introduction)
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/29/1940 (September 29, 1940)
-
[Prof. Snap Gadget]
Flatfoot Burns / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Flatfoot Burns
[Burp's Super Hearing]
Burp the Twerp / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Burp the Twerp; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Winston Churchill
Temple of Doom
Dick Mace / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Hyatt ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Dick Mace
[no title indexed]
Super Snooper / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I had that plane overhauled twice -- and it still has a terrible knock in it!
- Genre
- humor
Introducing the Bombadiers
The Human Bomb / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Paul Carrol) (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I want to be put in 1A!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; The Bombardiers [Montague T. McGurk [Curley]; Swordo; Miss Red Rogers] (introduction for all); James (Roger's chauffeur); Tommy Rogers (Red's brother, death); un-named Japanese soldier (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- Roy Lincoln and two other fellows are turned down by the United States Army, so they all attempt to get to Tokyo to fight the Japanese. Red Rogers flies them to Tokyo, but first Roy reveals his secret identity and offers the group capsules that contain his secret formula to become explosive. The men remain unaware that Red's brother is being held captive by the Japanese until their arrival there.
- Reprints
- in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2011 series) (November 2011)
-
- Keywords
- 27-QRX
Indexer Notes
The story title from the Quality companion reprint.
Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs.
Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Look out, Plastic Man!"]
Plastic Man -
1.
[The Menace of Serpina]
Plastic Man -
2.
[The Blue Room of Blandings Castle]
Manhunter -
3.
Phantom Lady vs. the Spider Widow
Phantom Lady -
4.
["The poor sap!"]
Dewey Drip -
5.
[Oriental Agents]
The Spirit -
6.
[Prof. Snap Gadget]
Flatfoot Burns -
7.
[Burp's Super Hearing]
Burp the Twerp -
8.
[The Apaches]
Destiny -
9.
Temple of Doom
Dick Mace -
10.
["I had that plane overhauled twice -- and it still has a terrible knock in it!"]
Super Snooper -
11.
Introducing the Bombadiers
The Human Bomb -
12.
Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- John Pannozzi
- Tony R. Rose
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