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Issue: Police Comics #40 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1945
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Issues: #40 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 #40 [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
Feature(s): Volto From Mars
Character(s): Volto
First Line: This'll teach you to bust up my rackets
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Grape Nuts ad
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Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?

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; J. Farthingale Dillingweather (introduction); Percy (introduction); Francesca Bibi (introduction); Old Man Timkins (introduction, death); Mrs. Murphy (villain, introduction); Mostelo (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Plastic Man must solve the murder of Old Man Timkins.
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #4 published January 2002
as Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Based on the song "Who Put the Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?"
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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; General
First Line: It sez, "Bring home some lonesome G.I. Joe -- treat some other mother's boy as you would your own son!"
Synopsis: To be patriotic, Ma and Pappy decide to host a random "G.I. Joe" from the nearby army camp for dinner. Ma picks out a general, but when he protests that he's "not a G.I. Joe," she thinks he's a spy and treats him accordingly.
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Pages: 1
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Music Hath Charms

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Riss
Inker(s): Pete Riss
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Dr. Kimber; Dr. Barry; Sonjak (villain, reforms)
Synopsis: An embittered violinist, who was hit by a truck and lost his hand, seeks revenge on the doctor who amputated his hand, replacing it with a hook. He takes to murder and kidnapping, but Manhunter's "mighty blow" jolted the violinist to reality, causing him to realize the error of his ways, and he becomes a conductor again.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Prestoni the Hypnotist

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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The War Ace Cuts a Rug

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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The Hand of Justice

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; J. Pilbeam Highbinder
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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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Stung

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dick Mace
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Disclose Notes: Dick Mace text story.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Everett M. Arnold
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Comics Magazines Inc. 322 Main St Stamford, CT
Publisher: Everett M. Arnold Lucas Point Old Greenwich Conn.
Editor: George E. Brenner 415 Lexington Ave, NY, NY
Owners: Everett M. Arnold; Claire C. Arnold
Printed at: Buffalo NY
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The Stolen Electric Chair

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Invasion from Argos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): Joe Kubert
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spirit
Character(s): The Spirit [Denny Colt]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #2/23/1941 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published February 1941
was Invasion From Argo [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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