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Issue: Police Comics #19 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1943
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Issues: #19 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: 03/17/1943
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 1943 by Comic Magazines.

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.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as Cover - Police Comics #19 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Forest of Fear

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; also as Mr. Gridley] (origin retold); Woozy Winks; Mr. Hadley (introduction); Mr. Procter (death); Mr. Ratter (introduction); Sparkie (introduction, death); Tony
Synopsis: Plas's first assignment as a G-Man takes him north to the Hadley Lumber Company, which was for sale......but whose lumbermen were turning up dead left and right. Further investigation revealed a boneyard in the forest which was protected by killer trees! The trees were the creation of a mad scientist who'd successfully engineered animals to be plants, and vice versa. Thinking he would die in an ensuing forest fire, Plas revealed his secret identity to the scientist's henchmen, who he later saved and allowed to go free if they would keep his secret.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1998
as The Forest of Fear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Last appearance of Eel O'Brian in a Plastic Man story. Plastic Man is revealed to be an orphan.
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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): Ma Drip; Captain Huppity
First Line: Dewey's doin' his bit in the Army so ah'm jinin' up m'self!
Synopsis: Dewey's mother studies up so she can join the armed forces.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Haunted House

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
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #12/8/1940 [Detroit News] published December 1940
was The Haunted House [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Maple Syrup Volcano

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [Ralph Johns]
Inker(s): Jack Cole [Ralph Johns]
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): 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; Sherlock Doyle (death)
First Line: A half-running, half-stumbling figure makes his way down the street...
Synopsis: Destiny discovers that his powers are more powerful than he first suspected. As he is sleeping, his trance-like mind senses a murder, and he is transported to the home of Sherlock Doyle.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Here Lies Manhunter

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]; The Sexton [Max Suttle] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: A masked blackmailer named Sexton, disguised as a Policeman, is taken down by Manhunter.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Murder on the High Seas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Borth [as Frank M. Borth] (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Borth [as Frank M. Borth] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Phantom Lady
Character(s): Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Jake (introduction, a comic strip artist); Heidi (friend of Jake's); Joe (villain)
Synopsis: Sandra, Don, Jake and Heidi head out on Jake's new runabout, "The Fire-Eater." While Sandra is aquaplaning, another boat comes alongside and attempts to kill her. Later, she discovers that her father had been busting up their boss's rackets and he wanted revenge.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as Murder On the High Seas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as Murder On the High Seas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Phantom Lady wears a domino mask.
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Sabotage

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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Flatfoot Burns Is Heading This Way

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Stahl
Penciller(s): Al Stahl
Inker(s): Al Stahl
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Flatfoot Burns
Character(s): Flatfoot Burns (first appearance)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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]; Jean Adams; Aunt Sophie (Jean's aunt); Henry (villain, Jean's Uncle)
First Line: A sudden, high-pitched screaming shakes the very hinges of Jean's front door!
Synopsis: Roy decides to help Jean's Aunt Sophie, fearing that she has purchased a haunted house. However, Roy discovers that her uncle is the one behind the "haunting" of the house, in order to prevent the purchase by his wife.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Last appearance of Jean Adams.

The Quality Companion states Gustavson created the strip and wrote it.

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