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Police Comics 8

POLICE COMICS #8

Cover Date: March 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-01-09

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gill Fox


Story: [No title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryS. M. Iger
ArtReed Crandall
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Firebrand (Rod Reilly; now a Navy officer)

Supporting Character(s):

Slugger Dunn (now a Navy Seaman)
Joan Rogers

Villain(s):

German spies (first appearance for all)
German Navy

Location(s):

Eastern Seaboard of the US
Atlantic Ocean


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Second Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFred Guardineer
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Mouthpiece

Villain(s):

Skul and Morbidd Van Deth (first appearance; two crooks; both die)

Location(s):

Lonesome Hollow


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Third Story: "Manhunter" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryTed Blaisdel
ArtAlex Kotzky
LetteringAlex Kotzky
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Manhunter (Donald "Dan" Richards; first appearance; a recent graduate of the Police Academy; appears in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #22/3 between panels)

Supporting Character(s):

Thor, the Thunder Dog (first appearance; later revealed to be a "canidroid")
Kit Kelly (first appearance; Jim's sister and a friend of Dan's)
Jim Kelly (first appearance; top graduate of the Police Academy)

Villain(s):

Al Armand (first appearance; a crooked politician; dies)
Johnny Consentino (first appearance; a crook who frames Armand's murder on Jim Kelly)

Comment(s):

In this story, Manhunter has a footprint in a yellow circle on his chest.


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Fourth Story: "Eight Ball!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
ArtJack Cole
LetteringJack Cole
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Plastic Man

Villain(s):

Professor McSneer (first appearance; creates a ten story tall "Eight Ball" made of steel and can travel at speeds of 100 miles an hour, also attracts precious metals)

Location(s):

Rocky Mountains
Kansas City, KS


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Fifth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryVernon Henkel
ArtVernon Henkel
LetteringVernon Henkel
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Chic Carter

Supporting Character(s):

Detective Monahan

Villain(s):

Thomas Croft (first appearance; kills the members of his family for an Oriental jewel; dies)

Other Character(s):

Wu Lan and Po San (first appearance; an importer and his servant)


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Sixth Story: [No title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Brenner
ArtGeorge Brenner
LetteringGeorge Brenner
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

711

Villain(s):

Butcher Bowes (first appearance; tries to turn his lawful nephews into criminals)

Location(s):

Westmoor Prison


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtArthur Peddy
LetteringArthur Peddy
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Phantom Lady

Supporting Character(s):

Senator Knight
Don Borden

Villain(s):

Nazi saboteurs (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Havana, Cuba


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Eighth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Human Bomb

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Caldwell

Villain(s):

German spies (first appearance for all)
German Navy

Location(s):

Washington, DC


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