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Issue: Police Comics #53 Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
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: 10 (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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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprinting
FlagPlastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003
as Cover - Police Comics #53 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Evil Genius of Dr. Erudite

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Woolfolk
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
?
Jack Cole
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Dr. Erudite (villain, introduction)
Dr. Erudite invents a Proplasm machine that clones a double of himself to help him commit crimes.
Reprinting
FlagPlastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003
as The Evil Genius of Dr. Erudite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15
Sweet Sleep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Stahl
Al Stahl
Al Stahl
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, mystery
Flatfoot Burns
Flatfoot Burns
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Gustavson
Paul Gustavson
Paul Gustavson
?
Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
superhero
The Human Bomb
The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]
You mean those old fossils on the professors' committee won't let us help them explore the underground caves they found?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
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.
Van Jackson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Sahle
Harry Sahle
Harry Sahle
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Candy
Candy O'Connor
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bernard Dibble ?
Bernard Dibble
Bernard Dibble
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dewey Drip
Dewey Drip; Ma Drip; Pappy Drip
By gravy! 'At's for me!
Dewey sends his mother a recording of him singing.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Death at the Horse Show

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
crime
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Dick Mace text story.
Dazeen, Master of Illusion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Woolfolk
Pete Riss
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Manhunter
Manhunter [Dan Richards]; VILLAIN: Dazeen (first appearance)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
10
Package Delivery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
?
Jack Cole
Subject Matter
humorous
Burp the Twerp
Burp the Twerp
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Murder on the Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Woolfolk
Lou Fine
Quality Staff
?
Martin DeMuth
Subject Matter
superhero
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony; Dolan
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #9/26/1943 published September 1943
was Murder on the Job [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8

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