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Issue: Police Comics #57

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Publication Date: August 1946

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Issues: #57 of 127 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Quality 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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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
- Plastic Man Meets Mr. Misfit [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From1

1 Content Item
- Jackie Boy [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (10 total)

Plastic Man Meets Mr. Misfit

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 #5 published October 2003
as Cover - Police Comics #57 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Cole

Penciller(s): Jack Cole

Inker(s): John Spranger

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. Misfit (a Martian, introduction); Professor MacGhoul (villain, introduction); Squeaker (villain)

First Line: Is it right?... Is it wise?... Is it necessary?...

Synopsis: Plas and Woozy meet a bona fide Martian named Mr. Misfit, who alerts Plastic Man to Professor MacGhoul's plan to launch a rocket to Mars. Misfit wants to protect the planet's riches from MacGhoul. After Plas prevents the launch, Misfit disappears, leaving his disguise behind, and neither Plas or Woozy ever got to see the Martian underneath.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Plastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003
as Mars--Keep Away [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

The Egyptian Museum

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

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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]; Hustace Throckmorton

First Line: Bah! What would the Bomb amount to without my brain and burly brawn to protect him?

Synopsis: The Human Bomb solves a case when he and Hustace witness a murder via "television telephone."

Reprinting

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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): Harry Sahle (signed)

Penciller(s): Harry Sahle (signed)

Inker(s): Harry Sahle (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Candy

Character(s): Candy O'Connor

First Line: Ohh, Ted, this publicity stunt musn't fail!

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

[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: H'yar come mail man Jud wif a lettuh!

Synopsis: Dewey's aunt writes and invites him to visit because she has some special "food" for him. Turns out she meant "feud."

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Who Bombed Mr. Tarviss?

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]; Mr. Tarviss; Vengeance (villain)

Synopsis: Manhunter must track down the wayward Vengeance, who is bent on securing an old tycoon's riches.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Is This Murder?

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Feature(s): Dick Mace

Character(s): Dick Mace

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

The Butcher Strikes

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Michael Senich

Penciller(s): Michael Senich

Inker(s): Michael Senich

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Specks

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Jackie Boy

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk

Penciller(s): Lou Fine

Inker(s): Don Komisarow

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Martin DeMuth

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Spirit

Character(s): The Spirit; Ebony; Dirty Louie; Tinhorn Tom

Synopsis: Skullduggery at the Steeplechase

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

The Spirit #9/10/1944 published September 1944
was Jackie Boy [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7