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Issue: Police Comics #51 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1946
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Issues: #51 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: 12/14/1945
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
Disclose 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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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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Original Artwork
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[untitled]

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: FlagPlastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003
as Cover - Police Comics #51 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Granite Lady

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Millard
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; The Granite Lady [Sheila Sorrell] (introduction); Professor Carlon (introduction); Mickey the Goon (villain, introduction); Charley the Choker (villain, introduction); Mr. Myers (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: When Professor Carlon tries to turn Sheila into a granite statue, he instead turns her into a granite monster. Plas must find her and give her the antidote.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWorld's Best Comics: Golden Age Sampler #[nn] published December 2003
In Content Item: FlagComix: A History of Comic Books in America #[nn] published January 1971
as The Granite Lady [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagComix: A History of Comic Books in America #[nn] published January 1971
as The Granite Lady [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003
as The Granite Lady [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Water, Water Everywhere

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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[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]; Lennarth
First Line: Roy Lincoln and Throckmorton are on the roof of their laboratory...
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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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The Fashion Editor

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): 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; Ma Drip; Pappy Drip
First Line: Ah knows he's some-whar around!
Synopsis: Dewey's request for a photo of his parents wearing shoes causes strife between Ma and Pappy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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.
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Ghost Light

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dick Mace
Character(s): Dick Mace
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Crime Declares an Armistice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
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
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Burp's Grandmother

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
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Who Killed Gloria Drake?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph Millard
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Quality Staff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Martin DeMuth
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spirit
Character(s): The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Gloria Drake (death)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #10/24/1943 published October 1943
was Who Killed Gloria Drake? [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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