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Issue: Police Comics #41 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1945
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Issues: #41 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George Brenner
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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]; Woozy Winks
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #4 published January 2002
as Cover - Police Comics #41 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Robbins
Inker(s): Frank Robbins
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto From Mars; Grape Nuts Flakes
Character(s): Volto
First Line: A shark! Hey! Look out!
Synopsis: Volto saves a woman from a shark.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic form.
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Louie the Lift

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; Chief Branner; Mr. I. Grabbett (introduction); Mask [Sammy Runn] (villain, introduction); Snatch (villain, introduction); Louie the Lift (villain, introduction); Fingers; Tiny
Synopsis: Plastic Man and Woozy stop the Mask from bankrupting the Grabbett and Runn Department Store.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #4 published January 2002
as Louie the Lift [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Rollo the Hypnotist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Stahl
Penciller(s): Al Stahl
Inker(s): Janice Valleau [as Ginger]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Flatfoot Burns
Character(s): Flatfoot Burns; Rollo
Synopsis: Rollo hypnotizes audiences into falling asleep so his gang can rob them.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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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; Sir Blatherskite Surry; Trevarr
First Line: What are we doing here?
Synopsis: Sir Blatherskite Surry has invented a paralysis ray.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson concurs.

Letters credit from Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.
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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: Dear son Dewey... bless yo' heart --
Synopsis: Dewey's mom writes him a letter while he's off at war.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Take a Chance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Sahle
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle
Inker(s): Harry Sahle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Candy
Character(s): Candy O'Connor; Tim O'Connor (first appearance; Candy's dad); Ted Dawson; Roger Quinby; Ziggy Tyler
Synopsis: Candy's dad has 100 shares of stock in a gold mine that another man wants.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Chinaman's Chance

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, non-fiction
Feature(s): Dick Mace
Character(s): Dick Mace
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: While beginning as a Dick Mace text story, it quickly becomes an article on the history and illegality of lotteries.
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The Port of Missing Goods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Riss
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; The Gnome (villain, introduction); Snitch
Synopsis: The bug-eyed Gnome, a hideous but run-of-the-mill gang leader, is taken down by Manhunter.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Working Like a Horse

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
Synopsis: Burp gets a job on a farm.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Jewel of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spirit
Character(s): The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Fred Gregg; Shellah Gregg; Belabaruk; Orlan; Beka
Synopsis: The Spirit is in Damascus to get a cure for a disease from a discredited doctor.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #7/20/1941 [Newark Star Ledger] published July 1941
was The Jewel of Death [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Instititute
Character(s): J. E. Smith (photo)
First Line: Be a radio technician
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MoToR Book
First Line: Auto repair men! Are you short-handed for mechanics?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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