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Issue: Police Comics #15 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #15 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/11/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Beardsley
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
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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:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]; The Spirit [Denny Colt]
First Line: Aw, don't mind him!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Cover - Police Comics #15 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Weather Weapon

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]; Woozy Winks; Dr. Egrett (introduction, death); Boreas (introduction); Ratty McGoon (villain, introduction); Don Snitzel (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Boreas, the north wind, was "controlled" by a machine in the possession of Don Snitzel and some Fifth Columnists in order control the weather. The wind was useless on Woozy, who shrugged off all attacks, and any punches were also met with equal and opposite spontaneous force.
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as The Weather Weapon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Slaughter Symphony

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira ?
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor (his dog); Sergeant Clancy; Sivan Orsky (villain)
Synopsis: Manhunter gets the goat of Sergeant Clancy when he rounds up the murderous maestro Orsky.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Manhunter appears bare-legged in the story.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Bomb
Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton (introduction); Honeybun (Hustace's girlfriend, introduction)
First Line: What'sa matter -- y'scared?
Synopsis: After giving Hustace Throckmorton an emergency blood transfusion, Roy notices that the little man now exhibits powers similar to the Human Bomb, except he has explosive feet, not hands.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Hustace Throckmorton appears in most Human Bomb stories hereafter. This story makes mention of the Black Condor.

The Quality Companion states Gustavson created the strip and wrote it.
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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: Deer Gran Sun Dewey... yistady I decided to jine up with yore army...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mr. Midnight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): Joe Kubert
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spirit
Character(s): Spirit [Denny Colt]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #7/14/1940 [Baltimore Sunday Sun] published July 1940
was Mr. Midnight [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Vengeance of Dr. Jason

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Vulture Smith

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
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.33
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Statement of the Ownership, Management, and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Everett M. Arnold (publisher)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Published by Comic Magazines, Inc 322 Main St Stamford, CT
Editor John Beardsley 322 Main St Stamford, CT
Business Manager Everett M. Arnold 193 Shore Rd Old Greenwich, CT
Owners: Everett M. Arnold, Claire C. Arnold
Henry P. Martin Jr. 8 Foster Dr Des Moines, Ia
Printed at Buffalo, NY
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Crossword Puzzle Duel

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 Death of 711

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] (death); Destiny (introduction); Oscar Jones (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: 711, becoming more sloppy and allowing more and more inmates to discover his identity, faces racketeer Oscar Jones, whose long-winded story about his ignoble life and how his prison stay led him into fisticuffs with 711, is told. Jones wins the struggle only with the benefit of his gun, which is used to pump bullet after bullet into the soon to be lifeless body of 711. However, as 711 dies, the silhouette of Destiny appears over the body.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Continues in the Destiny strip in the next issue.
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[untitled]

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
First Line: Surrender or I'll fire!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The School for Spies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Phantom Lady
Character(s): Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Johnny (War Shipping Board employee); Melinda; Baron Torpe (villain)
Synopsis: Melinda attends a class in spying techniques at Baron Torpe's home, and she tells him that she is going to do a little spying that evening. When she brings back a clock and valuable information, she is taken prisoner by Torpe, who is a foreign spy!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as The School For Spies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as The School For Spies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Phantom Lady wears a mask.

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