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Issue: Police Comics #16 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1943
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Issues: #16 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/11/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (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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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
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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]; Woozy Winks; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White
First Line: I'm the Spirit! And Ebony and I are certainly a circus...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Cover - Police Comics #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Revenge of Chief Great Warrior

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; Blackfoot Indians; Will Hawes (introduction); Mayor Crowley; Police Commissioner Kane; Captain Murphy [aka Captain Murphey]; Officer Danny; Chief Great Warrior (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Plas and Woozy go undercover on the Blackfoot Indian reservation to squash an uprising led by Chief Great Warrior, who had the mystical ability to project himself through reflective surfaces.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as The Revenge of Chief Great Warrior [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Wanted: Thor, Manhunter's Dog, Dead Or Alive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Bryant ?
Inker(s): Al Bryant ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor (his dog)
Synopsis: Thor takes center stage when some crooks begin using an identical dog to do their killing. When the same crooks caught the Manhunter, Thor saved him from certain doom and put down the rival canine.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dewey Drip
Character(s): Dewey Drip; Maisie
First Line: I wonder what this big surprise is?
Synopsis: The General has scheduled an opera singer to entertain the troops, but Dewey mistakes him for "a sabbytour spy!" Dewey locks up the singer and his friend Maisie the cabaret dancer performs instead, to much acclaim.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Palyachi the Killer Clown

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): The Spirit
Character(s): The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Palyachi (villain, introduction); Marka (villain, introduction, death)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #7/28/1940 [Detroit News] published July 1940
was Palyachi, the Killer Clown [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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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
First Line: I'll be hanged if I know what to do with you??
Synopsis: Hustace causes a furor when one of his shoes flies off, and his explosive foot powers are unleashed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Quality Companion states Gustavson created the strip and wrote it.
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The Strange Case of Professor Tomorrow

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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Get Sink Larson!

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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Saving the Dam

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 Coming of Destiny

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: mystery, superhero
Feature(s): Destiny
Character(s): Destiny (origin); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (a ghost); Professor Seezall Nozal (introduction); Oscar Jones (villain); Max (villain); Cash (villain)
Synopsis: A solitary, pathetic figure, wandering the rainy streets in search of shelter, finds his way into a club where Professor Seezall Nozal is performing his tricks of the mind. He selects the young man, sensing his ability to foresee death, informs the man that he can use this power for good or evil, stating that "you are Destiny"! Leaving the club, the young man focuses his mind and is transported to the scene of the murder of 711, but the hero's killer, Oscar Jones, escapes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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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: By Jove! This looks like trouble!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mystery of the Opera House Robberies!

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]; Senator Knight; Don Borden; Mrs. Van Bilt; un-named guard (villain, death); Ramon (villain)
Synopsis: Phantom Lady decides to investigate the theft of a wealthy lady's diamond necklace at the opera and discovers several of the actors were in on the caper.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #1 published September 2003
as Opera House Robberies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as The Mystery of the Opera House Robberies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as The Mystery of the Opera House Robberies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Phantom Lady wears a mask.

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