Police Comics
#28
(March 1944)
Quality Comics,
1941 Series
- Volume
- [1]
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1944-01-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Printer
- Printed in U. S. A.
- Editing
- George Brenner (credited as George E. Brenner) (editor); Busy Arnold (credited as E. M. Arnold) (general manager)
Issue Notes
Copyright 1944 by Comic Magazines.
The on-sale date and volume number are from the publication date and volume number reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Volume 39, Number 1. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 620155.
The on-sale date and volume number are from the publication date and volume number reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Volume 39, Number 1. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 620155.
[no title indexed]
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ride 'im, Plastic Man!
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Reprints
-
in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000 [February 2001])
-
- Keywords
- bronco busting
[no title indexed]
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! That's the last time I go to see a three-dimensional movie!
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Raymond Switchlock (introduction); Ravenal (introduction, death); Zana Crummer (introduction); Chuck Bernardi (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Plastic Man goes to Hollywood to consult on a film being made about him.
- Reprints
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000 [February 2001])
-
[no title indexed]
Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Gran'son Dewey -- we had quite a rumpus down here last week!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Dewey Drip; Pappy Drip; Major
- Synopsis
- A visiting army major asks Pappy Drip to "drill" his neighbors, and Pappy does -- with his rifle. The irate men complain, and when Pappy blames it on the major, they decided to tar-and-feather the officer.
[Tables Turned on Murder]
Destiny / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Destiny
The Case of the Cluttered Clues
Flatfoot Burns / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Flatfoot Burns
[Radio Station WLXK]
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/16/1941 (February 16, 1941)
-
Chinatown Spectre
Dick Mace / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Hyatt ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Dick Mace
[no title indexed]
The Human Bomb / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This would be a better day off, Hustace, if I didn't have to swim in gloves!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This is Leav. He draws large hands, many lively faces, some panels without backgrounds, and a special way of running with high lifted legs. Compare with his signed story in Wanted Comics (Orbit-Wanted, 1947 series) #52 (February 1953).
[Just One Wish]
Burp the Twerp / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jack Cole (credited as Ralph Johns)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Burp the Twerp
Blue Coats Don't Turn Back Bullets
Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Mr. Tolan (villain, Tommy's brother); Tommy Tolan (villain, Tolan's brother, reforms)
- Synopsis
- When Officer Richards brings in a local gangster, the court remands the felon's little brother Tommy to Richard's custody. But Tommy has no intention of going straight, and instead betrays Richards to his brother's gang when he discovers him to be Manhunter. However, once Manhunter was in the gang's grip, Tommy learns that his brother had been betrayed by his own gang. Vowing to keep Dan's secret, he helps the crimefighter to escape his bonds.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Ride 'im, Plastic Man!"]
Plastic Man -
1.
["Wow! That's the last time I go to see a three-dimensional movie!"]
Plastic Man -
2.
["Dear Gran'son Dewey -- we had quite a rumpus down here last week!"]
Dewey Drip -
3.
[Tables Turned on Murder]
Destiny -
4.
The Case of the Cluttered Clues
Flatfoot Burns -
5.
[Radio Station WLXK]
The Spirit -
6.
Chinatown Spectre
Dick Mace -
7.
["This would be a better day off, Hustace, if I didn't have to swim in gloves!"]
The Human Bomb -
8.
[Just One Wish]
Burp the Twerp -
9.
Blue Coats Don't Turn Back Bullets
Manhunter
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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