Police Comics
#57
(August 1946)
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); Busy Arnold (credited as E. M. Arnold) (general manager)
Plastic Man Meets Mr. Misfit
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
-
in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #5 ([October] 2003) - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #809 - Plastic Man - Volume 9 ([April] 2017)
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- Keywords
- jack-in-the-boxes
[no title indexed]
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is it right?... Is it wise?... Is it necessary?...
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. Misfit (a Martian, introduction); Professor MacGhoul (villain, introduction); Squeaker (villain)
- Synopsis
- Plas and Woozy meet a bona fide Martian named Mr. Misfit, who alerts Plastic Man to Professor MacGhoul's plan to launch a rocket to Mars. Misfit wants to protect the planet's riches from MacGhoul. After Plas prevents the launch, Misfit disappears, leaving his disguise behind, and neither Plas or Woozy ever got to see the Martian underneath.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #5 ([October] 2003)
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[The Egyptian Museum]
Flatfoot Burns / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Flatfoot Burns
[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
- Bah! What would the Bomb amount to without my brain and burly brawn to protect him?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton
- Synopsis
- The Human Bomb solves a case when he and Hustace witness a murder via "television telephone."
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.
[no title indexed]
Candy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harry Sahle (signed)
- Pencils
- Harry Sahle (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Sahle (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ohh, Ted, this publicity stunt musn't fail!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Candy O'Connor
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- H'yar come mail man Jud wif a lettuh!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dewey Drip; Ma Drip; Pappy Drip
- Synopsis
- Dewey's aunt writes and invites him to visit because she has some special "food" for him. Turns out she meant "feud."
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #18 (July 1949)
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[Who Bombed Mr. Tarviss?]
Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Mr. Tarviss; Vengeance (villain)
- Synopsis
- Manhunter must track down the wayward Vengeance, who is bent on securing an old tycoon's riches.
[Jackie Boy]
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit; Ebony; Dirty Louie; Tinhorn Tom
- Synopsis
- Skullduggery at the Steeplechase
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/10/1944 (September 9th, 1944)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Plastic Man Meets Mr. Misfit
Plastic Man -
1.
["Is it right?... Is it wise?... Is it necessary?..."]
Plastic Man -
2.
[The Egyptian Museum]
Flatfoot Burns -
3.
["Bah! What would the Bomb amount to without my brain and burly brawn to protect him?"]
The Human Bomb -
4.
["Ohh, Ted, this publicity stunt musn't fail!"]
Candy -
5.
["H'yar come mail man Jud wif a lettuh!"]
Dewey Drip -
6.
[Who Bombed Mr. Tarviss?]
Manhunter -
7.
Is This Murder?
Dick Mace -
8.
The Butcher Strikes
Specks -
9.
[Jackie Boy]
The Spirit
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jonathan Sari
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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