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Issue: Police Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1941
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Issues: #4 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/10/1941
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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Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
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); Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] (inset); Eagle Evans (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Cover - Police Comics #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Herr Strasse's Sea Island Spy Ring

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): Firebrand
Character(s): Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; the Nazis (villains)
First Line: Stark dangers beyond the realm of Rod Reilly's everyday life...
Synopsis: Rod develops a combat bomber capable of taking off and landing with only 50 yards of airstrip available. After the Nazis attempt to steal the plane and the Firebrand steps in to stop that endeavor, the U.S. military orders 5000 of the aircraft.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Van Dern Pearls

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]
Synopsis: Daniel learns of a plot to snatch the Van Dern pearls.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Van Dern is the name of Batman's maternal family and the pearls are a symbol linked to his mother's death in more modern revelations.
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The Yegg Beater

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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Defending the Dartmoor

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; Snap Smith
First Line: Eagle Evans, famous American aviator...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Dr. Scratch of Demon Hill

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; Gargoyle; Sir John Nienstine; Gay Nolan; Monahan; Dr. Scratch (villain)
Synopsis: Dr. Scratch is trying to build an electronic brain, using the actual brains of famous scientists. Chic Carter, now abandoning his former role of the Sword and content just to be a reporter, tackles this eerie case.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story riffs on Universal's Frankenstein movies, with Dr. Scratch in search of a brain, aided by his assistant Gargoyle (think Igor), with his intended target being Dr. Nienstine (rhymes with Frankenstein).
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Crime School for Delinquent Girls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed); John Belfi ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Madam Brawn (villain, introduction); Lefty Goon (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Madam Brawn of the Crime School for Delinquent Girls campaigns to take over the protection racket in Windy City. Eel O'Brian manages to wiggle his way into the racket, but Plastic Man gets tied into knots before subduing the Madam. After Brawn manages to escape, Plas grants her leniency, but she vows to get revenge.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Crime School for Delinquent Girls [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Belfi claimed (in Alter Ego #11, page 6) to be inking some Plastic Man stories at this date. The art does look rather different from Cole's complete pencil and ink jobs, so this may feature at least partial Belfi inks.
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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: But Dewey -- what makes you think you'll do well in the tank corps?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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McGaw's Proposition

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; Spike McGaw (villain); Cokey Marino (villain)
First Line: The life of an ex-convict is a ceaseless struggle...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Flash Photo Fixers

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]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Goof

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dick Mace
Character(s): Dick Mace; Duffy the Goof (pilot)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dick Mace text story.
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The Dirigible of Doom

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; un-named Anglican Ambassador; Kurtz (villain, death); Heine (villain, death)
First Line: Glamorous Sandra Knight, daughter of a senator...
Synopsis: The Phantom Lady rescues Don and an ambassador from a dirigible on which some Nazis had planted a bomb.
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In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as The Dirigible of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as The Dirigible of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Safety Pin Stealer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed); John Belfi ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Burp the Twerp
Character(s): Burp the Twerp
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson
Penciller(s): Will Eisner; Lou Fine
Inker(s): Will Eisner; Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Bomb
Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; the Nazis (villains, some die)
First Line: At the laboratory in Washington...
Synopsis: Roy, an accomplished chemist in his own right, invents another explosive that scares his co-workers so much that he moves the experiment into his own private lab. It is formulated into a substance that is harmless on its own, but detonates when it comes in contact with Roy's hot hands. The substance is used to take down a Nazi vessel that the Human Bomb encounters en route to Havana.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Quality Companion states Gustavson created the strip and wrote it.

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