Digital Comic Museum - Police Comics 057


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Police_Comics_#057 [Aug'46]-60pg-c2c -HPeters

Issue: #57
Published: August 1946, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 60, Editing: George Brenner
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Plastic Man Meets Mr. Misfit
Featuring:	Plastic Man
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Cole \| Inks: Jack Cole
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] Woozy Winks

Comic Story (15 pages)
Featuring:	Plastic Man
Synopsis:	Plas and Woozy meet a bona fide Martian named Mr. Misfit, who alerts Plastic Man to Professor MacGhoul's plan to launch a rocket to Mars. Misfit wants to protect the planet's riches from MacGhoul. After Plas prevents the launch, Misfit disappears, leaving his disguise behind, and neither Plas or Woozy ever got to see the Martian underneath.
Credits:	Script: Jack Cole \| Pencils: Jack Cole \| Inks: John Spranger \| Letters: Jack Cole
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] Woozy Winks Chief Branner Mr. Misfit (a Martian, Introduction) Professor MacGhoul (villain, Introduction) Squeaker (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Egyptian Museum
Featuring:	Flatfoot Burns
Credits:	Script: Al Stahl \| Pencils: Al Stahl \| Inks: Al Stahl
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery
Characters:	Flatfoot Burns

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	The Human Bomb
Synopsis:	The Human Bomb solves a case when he and Hustace witness a murder via "television telephone."
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson \| Inks: Paul Gustavson \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] Hustace Throckmorton

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Candy
Credits:	Script: Harry Sahle (signed) \| Pencils: Harry Sahle (signed) \| Inks: Harry Sahle (signed)
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Candy O'Connor

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Dewey Drip
Synopsis:	Dewey's aunt writes and invites him to visit because she has some special "food" for him. Turns out she meant "feud."
Credits:	Script: Bernard Dibble ? \| Pencils: Bernard Dibble \| Inks: Bernard Dibble
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Dewey Drip Ma Drip Pappy Drip

Comic Story (10 pages)	Who Bombed Mr. Tarviss?
Featuring:	Manhunter
Synopsis:	Manhunter must track down the wayward Vengeance, who is bent on securing an old tycoon's riches.
Credits:	Pencils: Pete Riss
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Manhunter [Dan Richards] Mr. Tarviss Vengeance (villain)

Text Story (2 pages)	Is This Murder?
Featuring:	Dick Mace
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Dick Mace

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Butcher Strikes
Featuring:	Specks
Credits:	Script: Michael Senich \| Pencils: Michael Senich \| Inks: Michael Senich
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (7 pages)	Jackie Boy
Featuring:	The Spirit
Synopsis:	Skullduggery at the Steeplechase
Credits:	Script: Bill Woolfolk \| Pencils: Lou Fine \| Inks: Don Komisarow \| Letters: Martin DeMuth
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Spirit Ebony Dirty Louie Tinhorn Tom

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