Digital Comic Museum - Police Comics 040


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Police_Comics_#040 [Mar'45]-60pg-c2c -HPeters

Issue: #40
Published: March 1945, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 60, Editing: George Brenner
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Plastic Man
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) \| Inks: Jack Cole (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] Woozy Winks

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Volto From Mars
Credits:	Pencils: Frank Robbins \| Inks: Frank Robbins
Characters:	Volto

Comic Story (15 pages)	Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?
Featuring:	Plastic Man
Synopsis:	Plastic Man must solve the murder of Old Man Timkins.
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole \| Pencils: Jack Cole \| Inks: Jack Cole \| Letters: Jack Cole
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	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)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Dewey Drip
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.
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble ? \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor Military
Characters:	Dewey Drip Ma Drip Pappy Drip General

Comic Story (10 pages)	Music Hath Charms
Featuring:	Manhunter
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.
Credits:	Pencils: Pete Riss \| Inks: Pete Riss
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Manhunter [Dan Richards] Thor Dr. Kimber Dr. Barry Sonjak (villain, Reforms)

Comic Story (1 page)	Prestoni the Hypnotist
Featuring:	Burp the Twerp
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole \| Pencils: Jack Cole \| Inks: Jack Cole \| Letters: Jack Cole
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Burp The Twerp

Comic Story (7 pages)	The War Ace Cuts a Rug
Featuring:	Candy
Credits:	Script: Harry Sahle ? \| Pencils: Harry Sahle \| Inks: Harry Sahle
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Candy O'Connor

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Hand of Justice
Featuring:	Human Bomb
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson \| Inks: Paul Gustavson \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] Hustace Throckmorton J. Pilbeam Highbinder

Text Story (2 pages)	Stung
Featuring:	Dick Mace
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Statement Of Ownership (0 pages)
Credits:	Script: Everett M. Arnold \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Stolen Electric Chair
Featuring:	Flatfoot Burns
Credits:	Script: Al Stahl \| Pencils: Al Stahl \| Inks: Al Stahl
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery
Characters:	Flatfoot Burns

Comic Story (8 pages)	Invasion from Argos
Featuring:	The Spirit
Credits:	Script: Will Eisner \| Pencils: Will Eisner \| Inks: Will Eisner \| Colours: Joe Kubert \| Letters: Sam Rosen
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Spirit [Denny Colt]

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