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Police Comics #42
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | May 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: George Brenner |
| Featuring | Plastic Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks |
| Advertisement | "What a way to run a roller coaster!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Volto |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Robbins | Inks: Frank Robbins |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Comic Story | The Diabolical Dr. Dratt (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Dratt tries to kill Plastic Man. |
| Featuring | Plastic Man |
| Credits | Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole | Letters: Jack Cole |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; VILLAIN: Dr. Lucius D. Dratt (first appearance) |
| Comic Story | The Good Records (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Candy |
| Credits | Script: Harry Sahle | Pencils: Harry Sahle | Inks: Harry Sahle |
| Content | Genre: Teen; Humor | Characters: Candy O'Connor |
| Comic Story | Mortgage Melodrama (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An unscrupulous banker uses a phony mortgage to steal property from a pretty girl, making Hustace and her boyfriend, Jehu the center attraction at a necktie party. |
| Featuring | Human Bomb |
| Credits | Script: Paul Gustavson | Pencils: Paul Gustavson | Inks: Paul Gustavson |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; Glee Dover; Squire Flintz; Jehu |
| Comic Story | Two Tracks (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A ghost robs a train, and frames Grayson for it. |
| Featuring | Manhunter |
| Credits | Script: Joe Millard | Pencils: Pete Riss |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Grayson; The Ghost (villain) |
| Notes | Credits from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/ ; pencils formerly attributed to Sam Citron. |
| Comic Story | The Benefit Show (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 |
| Text Story | Jungle Episode (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Dick Mace |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Dick Mace text story. |
| Comic Story | Lizzie Dizzie's Hat Shoppe (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Flatfoot Burns |
| Credits | Script: Al Stahl | Pencils: Al Stahl | Inks: Janice Valleau (Ginger) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective | Characters: Flatfoot Burns |
| Comic Story | "War, Gentlemen, is a science-" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Dewey Drip |
| Credits | Script: John Devlin | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | Professor Pinx (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Spirit |
| Credits | Script: Will Eisner | Pencils: Will Eisner; Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine | Letters: Sam Rosen |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Spirit [Denny Colt] |
| Advertisement | Curiosity Killed a Cat (1 page) |
| Featuring | Jim and Jane; Bendix coaster brakes |
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