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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: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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The Granite Lady!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Water, Water Everywhere

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Flatfoot Burns
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Lennarth
First Line: Roy Lincoln and Throckmorton are on the roof of their laboratory...
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Reprint Notes:  
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.
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The Fashion Editor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Candy O'Connor
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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.
Reprinting
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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
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Crime Declares an Armistice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Burp's Grandmother

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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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