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Police Comics 4

POLICE COMICS #4

Cover Date: November 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-09-10

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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
"Emerald" Ed Reilly

Villain(s):

Wilhelm Strasse (first appearance; a Nazi agent)
Max and Fritz (first appearance for both; Nazi agents; both die)
A U-Boat (first appearance; sunk off New York)

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):

Boots Carver (first appearance; plans on stealing Van Dern pearls)

Location(s):

Westmoor Prison

Comment(s):

The "Van Dern" pearls may actually be the "Van Derm" pearls that were passed down through to Thomas Wayne and his wife, Martha.


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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):

Dr. Scratch (first appearance; uses human brains for his "electronic brain" machine; probably dies)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
ArtJack Cole
InksJohn Belfi (backrounds?)
LetteringJack Cole
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Plastic Man

Villain(s):

Madam Brawn and her gang (first appearance for all; runs a "Crime School" for delinquent girls illegal pinball machine racket)
Lefty Goon and his gang (first appearance for all; runs a protection racket and is overtaken by Madam Brawn's graduates; most, if not all die)

Location(s):

Windy City (Chicago?)

Comment(s):

Plastic Man now wears a solid color costume.

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):

Weasel Gaunt (first appearance; uses a fake camera to harm opposing boxers)


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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):

Kurtz and Heine (first appearance for both; spies who steal an experimental dirigible)

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

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Caldwell

Villain(s):

German U-Boat (first appearance; sunk by the Human Bomb)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Havana, Cuba


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