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Police Comics #12
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | October 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly | Editing: Gill Fox [as Gilbert Fox] |
| Notes | Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc. |
| Featuring | Plastic Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset); Chic Carter (inset) |
| Comic Story | The Sinister Swami (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Looie puts out a reward for the murder of Plastic Man. |
| Featuring | Plastic Man |
| Credits | Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole | Letters: Jack Cole |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Rita Johns (introduction); Captain Murphey [aka Captain Murphy]; Looie (villain); Swami (villain); Skipper O'Toole (villain) |
| Comic Story | Super Snooper (1 page) |
| Featuring | Super Snooper |
| Credits | Script: Gill Fox | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox | Letters: Gill Fox? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | Carl Von Spunk's Pottery Plot (5 pages) |
| Featuring | #711 |
| Credits | Script: George Brenner | Pencils: George Brenner | Inks: George Brenner |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Comic Story | Fifth Column Hospital (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Firebrand |
| Credits | Script: S. M. Iger | Pencils: Reed Crandall | Inks: Reed Crandall |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Firebrand [Rod Reilly] |
| Comic Story | The Theft of the Montague Diamond (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Steele Kerrigan |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Bryant | Inks: Al Bryant |
| Content | Genre: Detective |
| Comic Story | Peril In a Candy Factory (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Manhunter |
| Credits | Pencils: Jim Mooney | Inks: Jim Mooney |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Jim Kelly; Kit Kelly |
| Notes | Manhunter is wearing his original costume. |
| Comic Story | "Gawsh! Maw sent me mah dawg" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Dewey Drip |
| Credits | Script: John Devlin | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | The Black Queen (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Spirit |
| Credits | Script: Will Eisner | Pencils: Will Eisner | Inks: Will Eisner | Colors: Joe Kubert | Letters: Zoltan Szenics? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Spirit [Denny Colt]; VILLAIN: Black Queen (first appearance) |
| Comic Story | Burp Tries To Enlist (1 page) |
| Featuring | Burp the Twerp |
| Credits | Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole | Letters: Jack Cole |
| Content | Genre: Gag | Characters: Burp the Twerp |
| Comic Story | The Tank Factory Sabotage (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Phantom Lady |
| Credits | Pencils: Arthur Peddy | Inks: Arthur Peddy |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] |
| Comic Story | Captain Blackwolf's Crew of Corpses (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Chic Carter |
| Credits | Script: Vernon Henkel | Pencils: Vernon Henkel | Inks: Vernon Henkel |
| Content | Genre: Detective |
| Text Story | Message From Allah (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Dick Mace |
| Credits | Script: Robert Hyatt? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Dick Mace |
| Comic Story | The Waterfront Monster (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Mouthpiece |
| Credits | Script: Fred Guardineer | Pencils: Fred Guardineer | Inks: Fred Guardineer |
| Content | Genre: Superhero; Detective |
| Comic Story | The Liebestraum Code (6 pages) |
| Featuring | The Human Bomb |
| Credits | Script: Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carrol] (signed) | Pencils: Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carrol] (signed) | Inks: Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carrol] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (origin retold) |
| Notes | Even though the Who's Who doesn't list Gustavson as a writer of the strip, Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that he created the strip and wrote it, added by Craig Delich 2013-1-19. |
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