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POLICE COMICS #5

Cover Date: December 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-10-10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gill Fox


Story: [No Title] (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryS. M. Iger
ArtReed Crandall
LetteringReed Crandall
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Firebrand

Supporting Character(s):

Slugger Dunn
Joan Rogers

Villain(s):

Unnamed foreign saboteurs (first appearance for all; frame Firebrand in a sabotage act)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
Reilly Estate


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Brenner
ArtGeorge Brenner
LetteringGeorge Brenner
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

711

Villain(s):

Brick Bat (first appearance; uses a poison embedded brick to poison his victims)

Location(s):

Westmoor Prison


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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
LetteringVernon Henkel
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Chic Carter

Supporting Character(s):

Gay Nolan
Detective Monahan

Villain(s):

Tony Faucy (first appearance; runs underground gambling dens)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
ArtJack Cole
LetteringJack Cole
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Plastic Man (doped up on marijuana)

Villain(s):

Madam Brawn and her gang (dies)

Location(s):

Windy City

Story Reprinted in:

Plastic Man Archives #1 (1998)


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFred Guardineer
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Mouthpiece

Villain(s):

Professor Snook (first appearance; captures motorists to use in experiments; dies)


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtArthur Peddy
LetteringArthur Peddy
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Phantom Lady

Supporting Character(s):

Don Borden

Villain(s):

Ortega (first appearance; an Axis spy)

Location(s):

Washington, DC


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtWill Eisner, Lou Fine
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Human Bomb (wears a Navy dress uniform in this story)

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Caldwell (called Jean Adams in this story)

Villain(s):

Spies (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC


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