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Issue: Police Comics #23 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1943
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Issues: #23 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: 08/13/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George Brenner
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. 4.
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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]
First Line: Hey, Plastic Man!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #2 published February 2000
as Cover - Police Comics #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits #[nn] published August 2001
as Four [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ghost Train

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): John Belfi [as Belfi] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Captain Murphy [aka Captain Murphey]; Caprice Corbett (introduction); Snout (villain, introduction); J. Noble Wopps (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Woozy and Plas ride a haunted train.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #2 published February 2000
as The Ghost Train [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Belfi's last name appears in a panel.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Leav
Inker(s): Mort Leav
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Bomb
Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton
First Line: Hey, Bomb! Wait for me!...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is Leav. He draws large hands, many lively faces, some panels without backgrounds, and a special way of running with high lifted legs. Compare with his signed story in Wanted Comics #52.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns](credited)
Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns](credited)
Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns](credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Burp the Twerp
Character(s): Burp the Twerp; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Slop
First Line: Burp the Twerp? I'm Slop from the Daily Globe!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Keller ?
Inker(s): Jack Keller ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Feature(s): Destiny
Character(s): Destiny
First Line: They call him "Baby Face"...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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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; Pappy Drip
First Line: Jes' had t'do somethin to keep this shack goin' since Dewey joined the Army.
Synopsis: Ma Drip opens the "Drip Inn" selling food to tourists. A couple stops in for a "light, warm snack," hoping for a "quaint, native dish." Pappy knocks himself out trying to catch a hog and Ma drags him inside. The tourists think she's a cannibal.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ebony's X-Ray Eyes

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 #9/15/1940 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published September 1940
was Ebony's X-Ray Eyes [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Sky Saboteurs

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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The San Juan Bluebeard

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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[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
Character(s): Gill Fox
First Line: Hm-m-m- Is it possible?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Four Maniacs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rudy Palais [as Rudolph Palais] (signed)
Inker(s): Rudy Palais [as Rudolph Palais] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Phantom Lady
Character(s): Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Senator Knight; Looey (villain, the Knight's new butler); Joe (villain); Ethyl (villain, the Knight's new maid)
Synopsis: When Sandra and the Senator come home, they discover all their hired servants are gone and replaced by new ones, who happen to be escapees from a nuthouse and who hold the two prisoner until the Phantom Lady appears. But it's Don who saves the day.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 published January 2013
as The Four Maniacs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 published February 2013
as The Four Maniacs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This story follows the story found in Feature Comics #71 (September 1943). Next appearance in Phantom Lady #13 (August 1947) (Fox).
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The Murdering Rhymester

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Cassone ?
Inker(s): John Cassone ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; VILLAIN: The Rhymester [Frank Smith] (first appearance)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10

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