Police Comics
#39
(February 1945)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- George Brenner (credited as George E. Brenner) (editor)
[no title indexed]
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Plastic Man and Woozy... In another hair-raising spine-tingling adventure!
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
-
in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2001 [January 2002])
-
His Lordship Woozy Winks
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; The Knight of the Tower [Sir William Pilson] (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Plas and Woozy travel to the British Island of Bladau when they believed that Woozy was the beneficiary of his dead uncle, Jeffrey Winks. Woozy stands to inherit the title of "Earl" and a million dollars a year.....until it is discovered that the true heir was Moozy Winks, and Woozy was no relation at all.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2001 [January 2002])
-
- Keywords
- Bladau
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shucks! Why do I come to these places anyway?
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Dewey Drip
- Synopsis
- Dewey is surprised when a sexy blonde approaches him in a nightclub. He's sad to discover she's a spy.
[Portrait of Murder]
Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; John Rumson; Jane Rumson; Tom; Cravens; Clancy; Ama Singh
- Synopsis
- A picture comes to life and commits murder.
Indexer Notes
Art formerly credited to Sam Citron.
[Beaver Burp]
Burp the Twerp / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Burp the Twerp
[Pancho De Bool and Peppi Tamale]
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Homer Creep; Peppi Tamale (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Homer Creep gets married to Peppi Tamale.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/19/1941 (January 19, 1941)
-
[no title indexed]
Flatfoot Burns / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Janice Valleau (signed as Ginger)
- Inks
- Janice Valleau (signed as Ginger)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I tell you there's been a murder!
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Flatfoot Burns
The First Illusion
Dick Mace / text story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Dick Mace; Jesse Lasky; Sam Goldwyn; Cecil B. DeMille; Arthur Friend
Indexer Notes
Story of THE SQUAW MAN's making (a movie).
[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
- You've got me??
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Throckmorton; Butcher Boys (villains)
- Synopsis
- Throckmorton gets himself thrown in jail with the Butcher Boys, who talk him into helping them escape.
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.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Plastic Man and Woozy... In another hair-raising spine-tingling adventure!"]
Plastic Man -
1.
"Look! That tree right across the road!"
Volto From Mars -
2.
His Lordship Woozy Winks
Plastic Man -
3.
["Shucks! Why do I come to these places anyway?"]
Dewey Drip -
4.
[Portrait of Murder]
Manhunter -
5.
[Beaver Burp]
Burp the Twerp -
6.
[Pancho De Bool and Peppi Tamale]
The Spirit -
7.
["I tell you there's been a murder!"]
Flatfoot Burns -
8.
The First Illusion
Dick Mace -
9.
["You've got me??"]
The Human Bomb -
10.
The Springtime of Love
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- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jonathan Sari
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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