Police Comics #57 (1946) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Plastic Man Meets Mr. Misfit	cover	1	pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole	Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
1	-	comic story	15	script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Spranger; letters: Jack Cole	Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. Misfit (a Martian, introduction); Professor MacGhoul (villain, introduction); Squeaker (villain)
2	The Egyptian Museum	comic story	6	script: Al Stahl; pencils: Al Stahl; inks: Al Stahl	Flatfoot Burns
3	-	comic story	6	script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson	The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton
4	-	comic story	7	script: Harry Sahle; pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry Sahle	Candy O'Connor
5	-	comic story	1	script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard Dibble	Dewey Drip; Ma Drip; Pappy Drip
6	Who Bombed Mr. Tarviss?	comic story	10	pencils: Pete Riss	Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Mr. Tarviss; Vengeance (villain)
7	Is This Murder?	text story	2	letters: typeset	Dick Mace
8	The Butcher Strikes	comic story	2	script: Mike Senich; pencils: Mike Senich; inks: Mike Senich
9	Jackie Boy	comic story	7	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Don Komisarow; letters: Martin deMuth	The Spirit; Ebony; Dirty Louie; Tinhorn Tom

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