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Issue: Police Comics #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #9 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/03/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gill Fox [as Gilbert Fox]
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1942 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 Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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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]; #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset); The Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (inset); Chic Carter (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Cover - Police Comics #9 [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
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Gill Fox in Alter Ego Vol. 3 #12 (January 2002).
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Satan's Son Sells Out to the Japs!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] (origin re-cap); Officer Plotz; Hairy Arms [aka Mrs. Reknits] (villain, introduction); Slug (villain, introduction, death); Wooley (villain, introduction, death); Arson Carson (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Hairy Arms is a gang leader who serves the Axis powers, and when his gang finds out about that, they defy him and seek help from Eel O'Brian. Plastic Man follows up with fellow officer Plotz, then learns that Arms has kidnapped a boy and left a ransom note demanding $50,000 be left at Wildwood Cemetery, where Arms was found manufacturing an army of robots. Later, Arms is taken down by his own men.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Satan's Son Sells Out to the Japs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Wildwood Cemetery was the home of the Spirit. There is a real world cemetery by that name in Massachusetts, a state to which Cole later moved.
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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: Wot y'shootin' at, Paw?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Witmer Williams [as Clark Williams] (signed)
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
First Line: On the frozen steppes of Russia, Eagle Evans and his pal Snap Smith, battle for the lives of two men representing the allied cause of democracy...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Horse Killers

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Bat Barron's Prison Murder Plot

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]; Bat Barron (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Dyce finds a way to contribute to the national defense from prison when Nazis threaten to recruit agents from within the prison.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Kotzky
Inker(s): Alex Kotzky
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Jim Kelly; Kit Kelly; The Voodoo Queen (villain, introduction); a voodoo priest (villain, introduction); Xaxol (villain, introduction, a giant); The Firing Squad (villains)
First Line: On the water front of Empire City, squats the "Swamp"...
Synopsis: A trio of freaks secretly observe and aid Manhunter on a case.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The shoe print disappears from the small circle on Manhunter's chest.
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The Butler Did It!

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] (Naval Reserve Officer); Joan Rogers (Rod's fiancee); Slugger Dunn; Maxwell (inventor of a gun sight); the Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Rum Runner's Racket

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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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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]; Senator Knight; the Japanese (villains)
First Line: Unknown to anyone, Senator Knight's beautiful daughter.........
Synopsis: Sandra sees her father shot down in Congress by a Japanese agent, and learns that the Japanese are plotting to destroy the J. M. Steel Plant.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #85 published April 2011
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Doom Train

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Hyatt ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dick Mace
Character(s): Dick Mace
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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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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Mike Fooch, Czar of Crime

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]; Mike Fooch (villain)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Murder Movie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [Ralph Johns]
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 Carroll] (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll] (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Bomb
Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Jean Adams (Roy's fiancee); the Nazis (villains)
First Line: At the home of his fiancee, Jean... Roy Lincoln receives an urgent message...
Synopsis: The Human Bomb tracks down a group of Nazis who had seized an aluminum mine in Argentina.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Quality Companion states Gustavson created the strip and wrote it.

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