Police Comics #86

(January 1949)

Phffffttt! (Table of Contents: 1)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Jack Cole

Inks

Jack Cole

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Diable (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

There is a suicide scene. Writer's credit from Woolfolk's paybook, as reported by Martin O'Hearn.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble ?

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hmm...Paw fell asleep right by the new raddio!

Genre

humor

Characters

Dewey Drip; Paw Drip

Synopsis

Paw sleeps through a very loud radio program, awaking only when Dewey turns it off.

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from "Joe Devlin" (presumably a typo for "John Devlin") to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-11. The Who's Who does not indicate a writing credit for John Devlin on this strip. Writing credit revised to "Bernard Dibble?" Artist credit revised from Joe Devlin to Bernard Dibble, who took over the strip from John Devlin in 1943.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble ?

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Good lan', Paw! What happened to yuh while ah been away?

Genre

humor

Characters

Dewey Drip; Paw Drip

Synopsis

Dewey discovers his father in bed with numerous injuries. He thinks it was some of their feuding neighbors, but Paw admits he tried to take a bath in the new washing machine.

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from "Joe Devlin" (presumably a typo for "John Devlin") to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-11. The Who's Who does not indicate a writing credit for John Devlin on this strip. Writer credit revised to "Bernard Dibble?" Artist credit revised from Joe Devlin to Bernard Dibble, who took over the strip from John Devlin in 1943.

[The Society Luncheon] (Table of Contents: 4)

Honeybun / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Gustavson

Pencils

Paul Gustavson

Inks

Paul Gustavson

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson

Genre

romance

Characters

Honeybun

Indexer Notes

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Candy O'Connor--A Modern Annie Oakley (Table of Contents: 5)

Candy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Sahle

Pencils

Harry Sahle

Inks

Harry Sahle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Candy O'Connor

[The Glossop Heirs] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Lou Fine

Inks

Lou Fine; Quality staff

Colors

?

Letters

Martin DeMuth

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spirit [Denny Colt]

Reprints

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/4/1945 (February 4th, 1945)

Magician (Table of Contents: 7)

Plastic Man / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]

[Death At the Dog Track] (Table of Contents: 8)

Manhunter / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alice Kirkpatrick

Inks

Alice Kirkpatrick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Manhunter [Dan Richards]

Indexer Notes

per Jerry Bails' Who's Who, Al Bryant had a nervous breakdown in 1946 and never returned to comics.