Publishers / Quality Comics / Police Comics (1941) / #41
41April 1945
$0.10

Police Comics #41

Quality Comics · April 1945

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Series
Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series)
Issue
#41
Publication date
April 1945
Key date
1945-04-10
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColePlastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
2Louie the Liftcomic story15script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; letters: Jack ColePlastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. I. Grabbett (introduction); Mask [Sammy Runn] (villain, introduction); Snatch (villain, introduction); Louie the Lift (villain, introduction); Fingers; Tiny
3Rollo the Hypnotistcomic story6script: Al Stahl; pencils: Al Stahl; inks: Janice ValleauFlatfoot Burns; Rollo
4-comic story6script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonThe Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; Sir Blatherskite Surry; Trevarr
5-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleMa Drip; Pappy Drip
6Take a Chancecomic story7script: Harry Sahle; pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry SahleCandy O'Connor; Tim O'Connor (first appearance; Candy's dad); Ted Dawson; Roger Quinby; Ziggy Tyler
7Chinaman's Chancetext article2letters: typesetDick Mace
8The Port of Missing Goodscomic story10pencils: Pete RissManhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; The Gnome (villain, introduction); Snitch
9Working Like a Horsecomic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; letters: Jack ColeBurp the Twerp
10The Jewel of Deathcomic story8script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; colors: Joe Kubert; letters: Sam RosenThe Spirit [Denny Colt]; Fred Gregg; Shellah Gregg; Belabaruk; Orlan; Beka

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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Plastic Man Archives #4
ISBN 1563898357
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