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Issue: Police Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1941
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Issues: #3 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/06/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin [as Edward Cronin]
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1941 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Firebrand
Character(s): The Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Cover - Police Comics #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Boss Slaine, Traitor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. M. Iger
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall (signed)
Inker(s): Reed Crandall (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Firebrand
Character(s): The Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Joan Rogers (Rod's fiancee); Emerald Ed Reilly (Rod's father); Slugger Shea (Rod's manservant); Boss Slaine (villain)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Rock Gatty's "Impossible" Killing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Penciller(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Inker(s): George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): #711
Character(s): #711 [Daniel Dyce]; Rock Gatty (villain)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Devlin ?
Penciller(s): John Devlin
Inker(s): John Devlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dewey Drip
Character(s): Dewey Drip
First Line: All right, rookie -- go in an' see the doc -- but first take off your clothes --
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Double Agent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams [as Clark Williams] (signed)
Inker(s): Witmer Williams [as Clark Williams] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Eagle Evans, Flier of Fortune
Character(s): Eagle Evans
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Hand of Biro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Chic Carter
Character(s): Chic Carter [The Sword]; Gay Nolan; Dr. Blair; Dr. Grimes (villain); Torg (villain)
Synopsis: Chic and Gay are trapped in a private hosptial being run by a maniac.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Chic appears as The Sword for the last time.

The Quality Companion categorically states that The Sword was created by Henkel.

Henkel himself said, in Alter Ego #48, that super-heroes didn't interest him. He was more into adventure stories, like those in the movies. He liked realism. Perhaps this was why Carter appeared in costume as The Sword for only a very short time.
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The Pinball Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole; John Belfi ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Captain Murphy [aka Captain Murphey]; Baldy Bushwack (villain)
Synopsis: Captain Murphey expects Plastic Man to solve at least one case per month or lose his badge, so Plas succeeds in stopping a pinball machine racket started by one Baldy Bushwack.
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as The Pinball Racket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Super Snooper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gill Fox ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Super Snooper
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Motorcycle Cop Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Bryant (signed)
Inker(s): Al Bryant (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steele Kerrigan
Character(s): Steele Kerrigan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
The Escape of Fatso Dowd

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Feature(s): The Mouthpiece
Character(s): The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]; Fatso Dowd (villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Pearls of Peril

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt (credited)
Penciller(s): Gill Fox [as G. F.] (signed) (3 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): Gill Fox [as G. F.] (signed) (3 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dick Mace
Character(s): Dick Mace
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arthur Peddy (signed)
Inker(s): Arthur Peddy (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Phantom Lady
Character(s): Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; two un-named kidnappers (villains)
First Line: Late at night...Sandra and Dan Borden return through the park from a defense committee meeting...
Synopsis: The Phantom Lady rescues her fiancee, Don Borden, from spies trying to get defense secrets from him. The spies had tried to frame the Phantom Lady for Don's kidnapping, but she eluded the police. She disappears after rescuing Don and when the cops come in saying that "some dame" called in a tip, Don thinks of Sandra.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as Framed For Kidnapping [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as Framed For Kidnapping [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Burp the Twerp
Character(s): Burp the Twerp
First Line: Gangway, crime!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carrol] (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carrol] (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carrol] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Bomb
Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Jean Caldwell (Lincoln's fiance); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; un-named Nazi spy (villain); the Nazis (villains)
First Line: At the home of his fiancee, Jean Caldwell, Roy Lincoln receives a message.
Synopsis: Roy is called away from Jean's side to the White House, where the President asks Roy to oversee a new lab. While doing this, Roy happens to see a note mentioning a deadly purple mist. When the Human Bomb flushes out the spy behind the mist, he discovers the man to have a pair of purple glasses which, when worn, reveal Nazi assassins hiding within the mists.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Quality Companion states Gustavson created the strip and wrote it.

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