| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt] |
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| Comic Story | The Drafting of Plastic Man (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Plas had been deferred from civil service during the war because Captain Murphey needed him more on the home front. However, President Roosevelt requisitions Plas's services for the FBI, confirmed by a telephone call, which meant Plas would work for the government on counter-espionage. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Captain Murphey [aka Captain Murphy]; Professor Van Dyke (introduction, death); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Pogo Flinch (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Plastic Man's home base is Mammoth City. |
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| Comic Story | A Night of Murders (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards] |
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| Comic Story | Burp Gets a New Body (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Burp the Twerp |
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| Comic Story | The Headless Man (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: Destiny; Frank N. Stein (the Headless Man; first appearance) |
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| Synopsis | An artist paints a realistic portrait of a cannon. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Dewey Drip; Captain; artist |
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| Comic Story | Gang Warfare (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spirit [Denny Colt]; The Combination (villain, introduction); Mr. Gaunt (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Golden Egg! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An Easter egg hunt on the grounds of Senator Knight's home. But Sandra smells a rat when one of the eggs collected ticks, while another is very heavy. Don deduces the first to be a bomb and the others loaded with explosives.......a plot to kill Senator Knight. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Bunny Man [Killer Dan] (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Phantom Lady wears a domino mask. |
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| Comic Story | The Man from Nowhere (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter; Killer Kane (first appearance; dies) |
| Notes | Final appearance in Police Comics. Chic Carter will move to National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series), starting with #33 (July 1943). |
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| Text Story | No Firing Squad for Juan (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dick Mace |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Three Mosquitoes (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jean gets the inventing bug and has an engineer create a dynamite-propelled rocket car, and against the wishes of Roy, she takes it for a test drive, careening all over town. In the end, Jean swears to give up inventing things again. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Jean Adams; The Three Mosquitoes [Baron; two un-named others] (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs. |
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