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Issue: Police Comics #51 Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
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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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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 #51 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Granite Lady

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Millard
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
?
Jack Cole
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
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)
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
FlagWorld's Best Comics: Golden Age Sampler #[nn] published December 2003
FlagComix: A History of Comic Books in America #[nn] published January 1971
as The Granite Lady [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComix: A History of Comic Books in America #[nn] published January 1971
as The Granite Lady [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagPlastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003
as The Granite Lady [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15
Water, Water Everywhere

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
Human Bomb
Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Lennarth
Roy Lincoln and Throckmorton are on the roof of their laboratory...
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.
The Fashion Editor

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
Ah knows he's some-whar around!
Dewey's request for a photo of his parents wearing shoes causes strife between Ma and Pappy.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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.
Ghost Light

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Dick Mace
Dick Mace
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Crime Declares an Armistice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Woolfolk
Pete Riss
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Manhunter
Manhunter [Dan Richards]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
10
Burp's Grandmother

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
Who Killed Gloria Drake?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joseph Millard
Lou Fine
Quality Staff
?
Martin DeMuth
Subject Matter
superhero
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Gloria Drake (death)
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #10/24/1943 published October 1943
was Who Killed Gloria Drake? [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8

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