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Issue: Police Comics #11 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #11 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/03/1942
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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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
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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): Gill Fox
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); Chic Carter (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Cover - Police Comics #11 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits confirmed by Gill Fox. Fox's color guides were found with the original art.
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The Brain of Cyrus Smythe

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]; Captain Murphey (Mammoth City Policeman); Tad Wilkins (introduction, death); Mr. Wilkins (death); Mrs. Wilkins (death); Valda; Shirley; Father Time (cameo); Cyrus Smythe (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Cyrus Smythe was a super-powered villain who was killed in 1642 by a monster of his own creation, and left in a vat of chemicals that allowed his body to die but the brain to remain alive. Soldier Tad Wilkins died centuries later near the grave of Smythe, and medics mistakenly implanted Smythe's brain into Wilkins and Smythe assumed the soldier's life in America. Soon he came into conflict with Plastic Man and his body died.....but the living brain was once again buried.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as The Brain of Cyrus Smythe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: DC villain, the Ultra-Humanite, also had a mobile brain, first appearing in Action Comics #20 (1940).

A similar freak, Giganta, appeared in Wonder Woman #9 (1944), having elements of both size-changing and brain transference.
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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: Mah boy in the army camp says yer boy Dewey is now the General Nuisance of the camp!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Runt's Revenge

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 Runt (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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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]; Hoiman Schtrugmeyer (villain)
First Line: Huh? Stop sta-a-a-a-r-r-ring...It is annoying me!!
Synopsis: The Human Bomb faces his first costumed super villain, a master of physics who plays a destructive flute.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The Quality Companion states Gustavson created the strip and wrote it.
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The Tire Thieves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Bryant
Inker(s): Al Bryant
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steele Kerrigan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Laughing Gas Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Kotzky (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Kotzky (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Professor Hooker; Matelli; Egghead; Jim Kelly; Kit Kelly; Chief Brannigan; Uriah Heap (villain, the professor's assistant)
Synopsis: Professor Hooker invents a laughing gas that is stolen by his lab assistant. Soon, Manhunter is on the trail and he discovers the antidote to the gas: onions!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Manhunter wears new costume without a mask, red armlets or chest symbol (which has moved onto his belt).
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Killer Kane

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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The Origin of the Spirit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): Joe Kubert
Letterer(s): Zoltan Szenics ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spirit
Character(s): The Spirit [Denny Colt] (introduction, origin); Commissioner Eustace Dolan (introduction); Ebony White (introduction, unnamed); Dr. Cobra (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #6/2/1940 [Philadelphia Record] published June 1940
was The Origin of the Spirit [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This appears to be the first "The Spirit" story to receive national magazine distribution. The original newspaper comic-book inserts appeared in only a handful of markets, and none were further west than Minneapolis.

Ebony White, the hero's future sidekick, appears in only one panel as an unnamed cab driver. The character, who is African-American, was written and drawn as a racist caricature.
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The Monster of the Swamps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Chic Carter
Character(s): VILLAIN: The Swamp Monster (intro; Rocky Green)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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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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The White Gardenias

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. M. Iger
Penciller(s): Lee J. Ames (signed)
Inker(s): Lee J. Ames (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Firebrand
Character(s): The Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Slugger Dunn; Joan Rogers; Senator Barrow; The White Gardenias [Senator Beep; others](villains)
Synopsis: Firebrand must battle a local hate group that is attempting to halt the activities of a U.S. Senator that promises to expose the group.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagQuality Companion #[nn] published November 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The Order of the White Gardenias were a true-life branch of the KKK.
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Produce the Body

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Hyatt ?
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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The Murder of Malcom Munsey

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]; Malcom Munsey (death)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Spy Ring Murder

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; Lieutenant Bob Forbes (of U.S. intelligence, death); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Sandra and Don witness the murder of a U.S. intelligence officer who had been working on the suspected sabotage of an American re-fueling station. The Phantom Lady discovers some Nazis are responsible and they are operating through the office of a wealthy jeweler.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as The Spy Ring Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as The Spy Ring Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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