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Issue: Police Comics #49

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Publication Date: December 1945

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Issues: #49 of 127 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Quality Comics

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines

On Sale Date: 10/12/1945

Volume:

Pages: 60

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): George Brenner

Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1945, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 4.

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Format

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:

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- The Spell of Thelma Twittle [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Thelma Twittle, Super-Charmer [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From1

1 Content Item
- Cloak and Coffin [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Assets0

Content Items (10 total)

The Spell of Thelma Twittle

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Jack Cole

Inker(s): Jack Cole

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: Flag

Plastic Man Archives #4 published January 2002
as Cover - Police Comics #49 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Thelma Twittle, Super-Charmer

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; Thelma Twittle (introduction); R.V. Cosy (introduction, attempts suicide); Mr. Meredith (introduction); Zach Daily (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Thelma Twittle is able to hypnotize any man, except for Zach Daily. He tricks her into doing anything he wants her to do.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Plastic Man Archives #4 published January 2002
as Thelma Twittle, Super-Charmer [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

The Baby Giant

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

[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]

First Line: A wonderful day, Hustace...just right to enjoy the beauties of nature!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

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.

[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): Pappy [Diogenes] Drip; Ma Drip; Ananias Whillikers

First Line: Dewey sez it's summer time whar he is now and he's a-doin' lots of baseball playin'!

Synopsis: A letter from Dewey prompts a spirited discussion about baseball between Pappy and Ananias.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The Who's Who does not indicate a writing credit for John Devlin on this strip. Bernard Dibble took over this strip as artist, not writer, in 1943 from John Devlin.

The Fizz Fountain Scavenger Hunt

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

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

The Archer Who Had No Bow

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]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Dare-Devil Dantry

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dick Mace

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Dick Mace text story.

The Lighthouse

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

Cloak and Coffin

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joseph Millard

Penciller(s): Robin King ?

Inker(s): Robin King ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Martin DeMuth

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Spirit

Character(s): The Spirit [Denny Colt]

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

The Spirit #12/26/1943 published December 1943
was Cloak and Coffin [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8