Police Comics Vol 1 1

Alternate Covers: Millennium Edition Police Comics Vol 1 #1 Published Released August, 1941 May 14, 1941 Issue Details Pages 68 Original Price $0.10 Cover Artists Gill Fox Publisher Quality Comics Indicia Publisher Comic Magazines, Inc. Brand/Imprint Quality Comic Group Firebrand: "Introducing the Firebrand" Writers S.M. Iger Pencilers Reed Crandall Inkers Reed Crandall Editors Ed Cronin "711: "The Origin of 711"" Writers George E. Brenner Pencilers George E. Brenner Inkers George E. Brenner Editors Ed Cronin "Super Snooper: "Dr. M. Balm's Man-Eating Plant"" Writers Gill Fox Pencilers Gill Fox Inkers Gill Fox Editors Ed Cronin "Eagle Evans: "The Attack of Ali Harid"" Writers Clark Williams Pencilers Clark Williams Inkers Clark Williams Editors Ed Cronin "Chic Carter: "The Legend of the Black Baron"" Writers Vernon Henkel Pencilers Vernon Henkel Inkers Vernon Henkel Editors Ed Cronin "Plastic Man: "The Origin of Plastic Man"" Writers Jack Cole Pencilers Jack Cole Inkers Jack Cole Letterers Jack Cole Editors Ed Cronin "Steele Kerrigan: "The Redemption of Steele Kerrigan"" Pencilers Al Bryant Inkers Al Bryant Editors Ed Cronin "The Mouthpiece: "The Alien Smuggling Racket"" Writers Fred Guardineer Pencilers Fred Guardineer Inkers Fred Guardineer Letterers Fred Guardineer Editors Ed Cronin "Dick Mace: "Vengeance!"" Writers Robert M. Hyatt Letterers Typeset Editors Ed Cronin "Phantom Lady: "The Coming of the Phantom Lady"" Pencilers Arthur F. Peddy Inkers Arthur F. Peddy Editors Ed Cronin "Dewey Drip" Writers John Devlin Pencilers John Devlin Inkers John Devlin Editors Ed Cronin "Human Bomb: "The Origin of the Human Bomb"" Writers Paul Gustavson Pencilers Paul Gustavson Inkers Paul Gustavson Editors Ed Cronin Previous Issue Next Issue — Police Comics #2

Great Guns!! I'm stretchin' like a rubber band!!

-- Plastic Man

Appearing in Firebrand: "Introducing the Firebrand"

Featured Characters:

• Firebrand (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Slugger Dunn (First appearance)
• "Emerald" Ed Reilly
• Joan Rogers
• Mrs. Ed Reilly

Adversaries:

• Baron von Hanson (Single appearance)
• Sylvester Cole (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Dippy Dolan (First appearance)

Locations:

• Earth-Two (Retcon)

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Synopsis for Firebrand: "Introducing the Firebrand"

Rod Reilly is the bored and wealthy socialite son of steel tycoon "Emerald" Ed Reilly, who decides to fight crime with his servant and friend, "Slugger" Dunn.

A criminal known as Sylvester Cole and his cronies attempt to murder a local steeplejack, but Firebrand swings into action and apprehends them. Unfortunately for Rod, the goons are unwilling to divulge any information to him. Police arrive on the seen, but mistake the masked mystery man as one of the criminals, forcing Rod to flee.

A short time later, Rod attends a war relief function. One of the party guests, Baron von Hanson becomes the unwitting victim of a pickpocket named Dippy Dolan. Rod intercepts Dolan and offers to purchase the wallet from him.

He soon discovers that Baron von Hanson is not a very reputable individual either. He finds the Baron's private vault which contains a fortune in stolen jewels. Changing to Firebrand, Rod fights the thieves and exposes their racket. Von Hanson is then forced into surrendering his ill-gotten gains to the war relief effort.

Appearing in 711: "The Origin of 711"

Featured Characters:

• #711 (Dan Dyce) (1st appearance & origin)

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Synopsis for 711: "The Origin of 711"

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Appearing in Super Snooper: "Dr. M. Balm's Man-Eating Plant"

Featured Characters:

• Super Snooper (First appearance)

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Adversaries:

• Doctor M. Balm

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• Doctor M. Balm's Man-Eating Plant

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Synopsis for Super Snooper: "Dr. M. Balm's Man-Eating Plant"

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Appearing in Eagle Evans: "The Attack of Ali Harid"

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• Eagle Evans (First appearance)

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Synopsis for Eagle Evans: "The Attack of Ali Harid"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in Chic Carter: "The Legend of the Black Baron"

Featured Characters:

• Chic Carter, the Sword

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Synopsis for Chic Carter: "The Legend of the Black Baron"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in Plastic Man: "The Origin of Plastic Man"

Featured Characters:

• Plastic Man (1st appearance & origin)

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Adversaries:

• Skizzle Shanks

Other Characters:

• Unnamed monk

Locations:

• Earth-Two (Retcon)
• Mammoth City
• Crawford Chemical Works
• Unidentified monastery

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Synopsis for Plastic Man: "The Origin of Plastic Man"

Eel O'Brian is little more than a small-time thief. Along with his gang of underlings, he breaks into and attempts to rob the Crawford Chemical Works. Police arrive on the scene, but as Eel and the others flee, he is exposed to deadly, toxic acid. He manages to make it outside, but stumbles down unconscious.

When he awakens, Eel finds that his skin is now super-pliant. He can contort his limbs and facial features into any shape he desires. He is inside a small monastery where a kindly monk has chosen to nurse him back to health. The experience has changed more than jut Eel's physiology though. He feels that he has been given a second chance and renounces his former life of crime. Donning a stretchable costume and a pair of goggles, Eel decides to fight crime as the super-hero Plastic Man.

Plastic Man tracks down his old gang and stops them from committing another robbery. He turns them over to the police and returns the stolen loot. The police have no idea that this strange, new hero was once a criminal.

Appearing in Steele Kerrigan: "The Redemption of Steele Kerrigan"

Featured Characters:

• Steele Kerrigan (1st appearance & origin)

Supporting Characters:

• Annie

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Synopsis for Steele Kerrigan: "The Redemption of Steele Kerrigan"

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Appearing in The Mouthpiece: "The Alien Smuggling Racket"

Featured Characters:

• The Mouthpiece (First appearance)

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• Peg-Leg Friel (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for The Mouthpiece: "The Alien Smuggling Racket"

Bill Perkins, aka the Mouthpiece, encounters an adversary known as Peg-Leg Friel who traffics in human smuggling.

Appearing in Dick Mace: "Vengeance!"

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• Dick Mace (First appearance)

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Synopsis for Dick Mace: "Vengeance!"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in Phantom Lady: "The Coming of the Phantom Lady"

Featured Characters:

• Phantom Lady (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Don Borden (First appearance)
• Henry Knight (First appearance)

Adversaries:

• Pete (Only appearance; dies)
• Wenner (Only appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• Doctor Raphael (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Earth-Two (Retcon)
• Unidentified swamp

Items:

• Black Ray lantern (First appearance)
• Uranium explosive

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Synopsis for Phantom Lady: "The Coming of the Phantom Lady"

U.S. Senator Henry Knight goes out to the demolitions testing site of scientist Doctor Raphael along with his daughter Sandra. Approaching the site, they witness an airplane descend, forcing them off the road. The occupants of the plane, Wenner and Pete, abduct Doctor Raphael.

Intrigued, Sandra Knight changes into her Phantom Lady costume and armed with her trusty Black ray lantern tracks the kidnappers down and rescues Doctor Raphael. The villains try to flee in the swamps, but are killed when they find themselves bogged down in snake-infested quicksand.

Appearing in "Dewey Drip"

Featured Characters:

• Dewey Drip (First appearance)

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Synopsis for "Dewey Drip"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in Human Bomb: "The Origin of the Human Bomb"

Featured Characters:

• Human Bomb (1st appearance & origin)

Supporting Characters:

• Professor Lincoln (Only appearance; dies)

Adversaries:

• Nazi agents

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Locations:

• Earth-Two (Retcon)

Items:

• Chemical 27-QRX (First appearance)
• Fibro-Wax Suit (First appearance)

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Synopsis for Human Bomb: "The Origin of the Human Bomb"

Roy Lincoln is a chemist who often collaborates with his father, a demolitions expert, on various experiments. Roy's father develops a chemical known as 27-QRX which is known to have great explosive properties. Nazi agents learn of Lincoln's new chemical and attempt to steal its design so that they can weaponize it, thus giving Nazi Germany an edge over its enemies. The agents raid Lincoln's laboratory and shoot him dead. His son Roy, desperate to safeguard his father's work, drinks the 27-QRX formula. The result of such a rash act, yields bizarre side-effects. Roy Lincoln can cause any item he makes physical contact with to explode. With this new power, he is able to defeat the Nazi assassins.

Notes

• Published by Quality Comics.
• All Quality Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof were originally Trademarked & Copyright © 1951 Quality Comics. The characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof were acquired by DC Comics in 1956. While some of the properties acquired did not have copyright and trademarks renewed, some of those depicted here are Trademarks & Copyright © 1973-2008 DC Comics, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

• This issue is reprinted in its entirety in Millennium Edition: Police Comics #1.

• "The Origin of Plastic Man" is also reprinted in DC Special #15, Plastic Man 80-Page Giant #1, Great Comic Book Heroes and Plastic Man Archives, Volume 1.

• Many of the locales featured in this issue have been retroactively allocated to the realities known as Earth-X/Earth-Two.

• Paul Gustavson is credited as Paul Carroll in this issue.

• John Devlin is credited only as "Devlin" in this issue.

• Chic Carter appeared last in Smash Comics #26.
  

Trivia

• Phantom Lady and the Human Bomb will later become members of the Freedom Fighters in Justice League of America #107.

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Recommended Reading

• All-Star Squadron
• Freedom Fighters
• Phantom Lady
• Plastic Man

  Links and References

• Police Comics #1 entire issue
• Police Comics #1 index entry
• Police Comics at DC Indexes
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• Police Comics at the Grand Comics Database

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