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POLICE COMICS #13
Cover Date: November 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-09-09
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Cover Credits:
Art: Reed Crandall
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Credits:
| Story | Jack Cole |
| Art | Jack Cole |
| Lettering | Jack Cole |
| Editing | John Beardsley |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Woozy Winks (first appearance; a layabout who becomes immune to all harm from nature; decides to be a criminal)
- Mire (first appearance; a wealthy art collector; pays Woozy to destroy sculptures so that his will become more valuable; has a guard panther)
Other Character(s):
- Zambi the Soothsayer (first appearance; saved by Woozy; makes him immune from all natural harm)
Story Reprinted in:
- DC Special #15 (November-December 1971)
- A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (1981)
- Plastic Man Archives #1 (1999)
- Plastic Man 80-Page Giant #1 (2004)
Credits:
| Story | George Brenner |
| Art | George Brenner |
| Lettering | George Brenner |
| Editing | John Beardsley |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Bizone and his gang (first appearance; kills a snitch in prison using a crooked prison guard)
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | Vernon Henkel |
| Art | Vernon Henkel |
| Lettering | Vernon Henkel |
| Editing | John Beardsley |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Sergeant Monahan
Villain(s):
- Creepy (first appearance; a cripple working for a gangster; kills Ed for killing his brother)
- Big Ed Thorne (first appearance; a gang leader; dies)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Story | S. M. Iger |
| Art | Alex Blum |
| Editing | John Beardsley |
Feature Character(s):
- Firebrand (next in Justice League of America #193/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Slugger Dunn (next in Justice League of America #193/2)
- Joan Rogers (last appearance)
Villain(s):
- German Fifth Columnists (first appearance for all; attempt to sell tainted Quinine)
Location(s):
- An American Coastal City
Comment(s):
- This story takes place during baseball season.
- This is the last Firebrand story published.
Credits:
| Art | Arthur Peddy |
| Lettering | Arthur Peddy |
| Editing | John Beardsley |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Maisie
- Don Borden
Villain(s):
- Fifth Columnists (first appearance for all; use a "phoney" Phantom Lady to sabotage a neutral embassy)
Credits:
| Story | Paul Gustavson |
| Art | Paul Gustavson |
| Lettering | Paul Gustavson |
| Editing | Gill Fox |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Living Dead (first appearance for all; disguised Fifth Columnists who drive defense workers mad by haunting their sleep)
Location(s):
- Skull Valley (located in the American West)
Comment(s):
- Roy is dressed in a civilian suit.
Credits:
| Story | Fred Guardineer |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Gill Fox |
Feature Character(s):
- Mouthpiece (last appearance)
Villain(s):
- Human Bomber (Von Drule; first appearance for all; saboteurs who use a zipline to bomb defense projects)
Credits:
| Art | Alex Kotzky |
| Editing | John Beardsley |
Feature Character(s):
- Manhunter (Dan Richards)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Sampson (first appearance; part of a vaudeville troop who kills a young woman he is sweet on)