Digital Comic Museum - Police Comics 020


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Police Comics 020 (Quality 1943-Jul 68p c2c) (Flattermann scans)

Issue: #20
Published: July 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines.The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 3.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] The Spirit [Denny Colt] (inset)

Comic Story (15 pages)	Woozy Winks Detective Agency
Synopsis:	Cole writes himself into the story as a stuttering dweeb: a dream tale in which the heroes are knocked out by an explosion. Then Woozy instructs Cole to draw the faces of crooks Abba and Dabba for a "wanted" poster while Plastic Man dreams of Woozy Winks and Jack Cole teaming up to stop the two villains. Cole's un-named and obscured publisher frees him from the crooks.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] Woozy Winks Jack Cole "Busy" Arnold Abba (villain, Introduction) Dabba (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Case of the Kidnapped Corpse
Synopsis:	When a jeweler on his beat is murdered, Richards is suspended from his job. Eventually, Manhunter solves the crime and Richard's suspension is commuted.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Manhunter [Dan Richards] Thor Sam Gromont Ben Bloom Trigger Ike Mr. Black Louie

Comic Story (6 pages)	Flatfoot's Substitute
Synopsis:	Zeke McCoy has got the latest issue of Police Comics and is reading the Flatfoot Burns story when Flatfoot lands unconscious at Zeke's feet and Zeke takes on Flatfoot's identity to solve the story.
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery
Characters:	Zeke McCoy Plastic Man (on Comic) Flatfoot Burns "Spooks" Socrates Zebediah

Comic Story (1 page)
Synopsis:	Dewey tries to figure out how to do the handshake twist.
Genre:	Humor Military
Characters:	Dewey Drip Sergeant General Governor

Comic Story (7 pages)	Ogre Goran
Synopsis:	Ogre Goran escapes from prison and goes after the woman he planned to marry.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Spirit [Denny Colt] Ogre Goran Mary Cowan Mr. Cowan Ebony Olga Goran

Comic Story (6 pages)	Enter: The Raven
Synopsis:	After three attempts being made on Senator Knight's life, Phantom Lady decides to find out, once and for all, who is behind these attempts. Having been told that her Dad is being held captive on the docks, she soon confronts the mysterious boss behind the kidnapping and that this man also holds The Raven captive.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] Senator Harold H. Knight The Raven [Tony Grey] The Boss (villain) Spike (villain)

Text Story (2 pages)	Curtain of Death
Synopsis:	A top police officer and an FBI agent are found murdered in an alley.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Dan Gregory Butch Boccillo Dick Mace Old Sol Gookins

Comic Story (1 page)
Synopsis:	Some crooks steal some apples from a fruit stand.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Super Snooper Luigi Soapy

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Three-Man "Perfect" Crime
Synopsis:	The Parker Brothers are bored with all the war restrictions, so they decide to commit the perfect crime.
Genre:	Detective-mystery Superhero
Characters:	Destiny Will Parker Frank Parker Ted Parker Ronny Wakefield Charles

Comic Story (1 page)	Burp's One Weakness
Synopsis:	Crooks try to find Burp's weakness so they can rob the bank.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Burp The Twerp

Comic Story (8 pages)
Synopsis:	The captain of a ferry decides to take the boat out into the Pacific for a change.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Larson The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]

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