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36November 1944
$0.10

Police Comics #36

Quality Comics · November 1944 · on sale 1944-09-13

First appearance: Burp the Twerp
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Identification plate

Series
Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series)
Issue
#36
Publication date
November 1944
Key date
1944-11-00
On-sale date
1944-09-13
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Burp the Twerp - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Rest in Peacecover1pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColeEel O'Brian, Plastic Man, Woozy Winks
1Dr. Brann's Health Farmcomic story15script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; letters: Jack ColeEel O'Brian, Plastic Man, Woozy Winks
2The Beauty Parlor Holdupcomic story6script: Milt Stein; pencils: Milt Stein; inks: Milt SteinFlatfoot Burns
3-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleDewey Drip
4Destiny Plays No Politicscomic story5script: George Brenner; pencils: George Brenner; inks: George BrennerDestiny
5Dead Duck Dolancomic story8script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; colors: Joe Kubert; letters: Sam RosenDenny Colt, The Spirit
6Beware the Human Bombcomic story8pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonHustace Throckmorton, The Human Bomb, Roy Lincoln
7The Breedtext story2script: Robert HyattDick Mace
8-comic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; letters: Jack ColeBurp the Twerp First
9Had the City Gone Mad?comic story10pencils: Rudy Palais; inks: Rudy PalaisManhunter, Dan Richards, Thor the Thunder Dog

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Plastic Man Archives #3
ISBN 1563898470		2002On eBay ›
DC Finest: Plastic Man: The Origin of Plastic Man #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-79950-065-0		2025On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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