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Issue: Police Comics #42 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1945
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Issues: #42 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: 12 (9 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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[untitled]

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 #42 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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
First Line: What a way to run a roller coaster!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Diabolical Dr. Dratt

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; Dr. Lucius D. Dratt (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Dr. Dratt tries to kill Plastic Man.
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #4 published January 2002
as The Diabolical Dr. Dratt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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The Good Records

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
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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): Human Bomb
Character(s): Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; Glee Dover; Squire Flintz; Jehu
First Line: Roy Lincoln, the brillaint scientist, is going on a journey...
Synopsis: An unscrupulous banker uses a phony mortgage to steal property from a pretty girl, making Hustace and her boyfriend, Jehu, the center attraction at a necktie party.
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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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Two Tracks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Millard
Penciller(s): Pete Riss
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Grayson; The Ghost (villain)
Synopsis: A ghost robs a train, and frames Grayson for it.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Benefit Show

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Jungle Episode

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dick Mace
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dick Mace text story.
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Lizzie Dizzie's Hat Shoppe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Stahl
Penciller(s): Al Stahl
Inker(s): Janice Valleau
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Flatfoot Burns
Character(s): Flatfoot Burns
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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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; Sergeant; Colonel
First Line: War, gentlemen, is a science --
Synopsis: After listening to the colonel lecture about using "imagination" to win the war, Dewey dreams he wins the Medal of Honor and is feted by all. However, when he comes back to reality, he's on garbage detail again.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Professor Pinx

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Will Eisner; Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spirit
Character(s): Spirit [Denny Colt]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #8/2/1942 published August 1942
was Professor Pinx [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Curiosity Killed a Cat

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jim and Jane; Bendix coaster brakes
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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