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Issue: Police Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
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Disclose Detail
Issues: #5 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/10/1941
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:  
Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
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): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset); Chic Carter (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Cover - Police Comics #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Backcover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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]
First Line: A plague of violent sabotage terrorizes cities on the eastern seaboard...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Brick Bat

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]; The Brick Bat (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Because he was a model prison, Dyce is awarded freedoms, including being a trustee and working in the prison offices where he had access to the daily news. Because of this freedom, he was enabled to dash out of and into the prison, usually under the cover of darkness. On one such venture, he meets his first masked foe, The Brick Bat, who had forced a scientist to create a lethal brick which released a deadly gas upon impact.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Brock Bat's cowl was very similar to that of the Batman's.
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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: Maw! Paw!- It's me!- Ah'm home!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Azores Adventure

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
Character(s): Eagle Evans
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Gambling Syndicate of Tony Fancy

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]; Sgt. Monahan; Gay Nolan (Chic's colleague); Tony Fancy (villain)
Synopsis: Chic breaks up a gambling racket in order to rescue a fellow newsman, who sees through his Sword disguise.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Chic appears as The Sword one final time, wearing a top hat and domino mask instead of his previous yellow and red long johns.

The introductory text states that Chic often becomes the Sword.
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The Return of Madam Brawn

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: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Captain Murphy [aka Captain Murphey]; Madam Brawn [aka "Kingpin" of Crime] (villain, death); Gassin Gert (villain)
Synopsis: The cigar-chomping Brawn returns unrepentant, and during a battle, Gassin Gert uses her gas gun and Brawn falls on a spike and dies......but not before Plas revealed his secret identity to her.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as The Return of Madam Brawn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Original indexer reports Plas being forced to smoke marijuana in this story.
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Super Snooper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gill Fox ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Super Snooper
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dr. Burgess's Diamond Theft

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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Madness of Professor Snook

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]; Professor Snook (villain, death)
Synopsis: The Mouthpiece has to track down a gang of brutal thugs, headed by Professor Snook, who took a plunge over a castle wall rather than be captured.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Vanishing Evidence

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dick Mace
Character(s): Dick Mace
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Ortega the Saboteur

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; Senator Henry Knight (cameo); un-named U.S. Assistant Secretary of State; Donna Clarrissa Montano (Parador Ambassador's daughter); Lieutenant Yardley (USN Officer); Captain Ortega (villain, Parador Army Officer)
Synopsis: The Phantom Lady stops a spy from stealing a plane and getting away with valuable information.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as Ortega the Saboteur [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as Ortega the Saboteur [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Suicide Sam

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
Reprinting
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]
First Line: We find Roy Lincoln and his fiancee, Jean Adams, at a diplomat's ball in Washington.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Quality Companion states Gustavson created the strip and wrote it.

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