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Police Comics #11
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | September 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 | Colors: Gill Fox |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); Chic Carter (inset); Ther Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset) |
| Notes | Art credits confirmed by Gill Fox. Fox's color guides were found with the original art. |
| Comic Story | The Brain of Cyrus Smythe (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Due to a weird set of circumstances, Cyrus Smythe's brain is implanted into Tad Wilkins body, and he uses that body to commit crimes. |
| 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]; Tad Wilkins (introduction, death); Mr. Wilkins (death); Mrs. Wilkins (death); Valda; Shirley; Father Time (cameo); Cyrus Smythe (villain, introduction) |
| Comic Story | "Mah boy in the army camp says yer boy Dewey is now the General Nuisance of the camp!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Dewey Drip |
| Credits | Script: John Devlin | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | The Runt's Revenge (5 pages) |
| Featuring | #711 |
| Credits | Script: George Brenner | Pencils: George Brenner | Inks: George Brenner |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: #711 |
| Comic Story | The Flute of Destruction (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Human Bomb faces his first costumed super villain who is a master of physics and who plays a destructive flute. |
| Featuring | The Human Bomb |
| Credits | Script: Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carrol] (signed) | Pencils: Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carrol] (signed) | Inks: Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carol] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hoiman Schtrugmeyer (villain) |
| 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, so the question mark behind the name has been removed by Craig Delich 2013-1-19. |
| Comic Story | The Tire Thieves (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Steele Kerrigan |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Bryant | Inks: Al Bryant |
| Content | Genre: Detective |
| Comic Story | The Laughing Gas Crimes (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Manhunter |
| Credits | Pencils: Alex Kotzky (signed) | Inks: Alex Kotzky (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Professor Hooker; Uriah Heap (the professor's assistant); Matelli; Egghead; Jim Kelly; Kit Kelly; Chief Brannigan |
| Notes | Manhunter wears new costume with out mask, red armlets or chest symbol. |
| Comic Story | Killer Kane (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 Origin of the Spirit (7 pages) |
| Featuring | The Spirit |
| Credits | Script: Will Eisner | Pencils: Will Eisner | Inks: Will Eisner | Colors: Joe Kubert | Letters: Zoltan Szenics? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spirit [Denny Colt] (introduction, origin); Commissioner Eustace Dolan (introduction); Ebony White (introduction); Dr. Cobra (villain, introduction) |
| Comic Story | The Monster of the Swamps (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Chic Carter |
| Credits | Script: Vernon Henkel | Pencils: Vernon Henkel | Inks: Vernon Henkel |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: VILLAIN: The Swamp Monster (intro; Rocky Green) |
| 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 | The White Gardenias (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Firebrand must battle a local hate group that is attempting to halt the activities of a U.S. Senator that promises to expose the group. |
| Featuring | The Firebrand |
| Credits | Script: S. M. Iger | Pencils: Lee J. Ames (signed) | Inks: Lee J. Ames (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Slugger Dunn; Joan Rogers; Senator Barrow; The White Gardenias [Senator Beep; others](villains) |
| Notes | The Order of the White Gardenias were a true-life branch of the KKK. |
| Text Story | Produce the Body (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Dick Mace |
| Credits | Script: Robert Hyatt? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Dick Mace |
| Comic Story | The Murder of Malcom Munsey (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Mouthpiece |
| Credits | Script: Fred Guardineer | Pencils: Fred Guardineer | Inks: Fred Guardineer |
| Content | Genre: Superhero; Detective |
| Comic Story | The Spy Ring Murder (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Phantom Lady |
| Credits | Pencils: Arthur Peddy | Inks: Arthur Peddy |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] |
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