Digital Comic Museum - Police Comics 008 (paper)-c2c


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Issue: #8
Published: March 1942, 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 1941 by Comic Magazines, Inc. The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (inset) #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset) The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset) Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] (inset) The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins] (inset)

Comic Story (9 pages)	Firebrand Joins the Navy
Synopsis:	Rod and Slugger join the U.S. Navy Reserve and were assigned duty aboard the destroyer "Russell", and their mission was to escort a British vessel safely across the ocean.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Firebrand [Rod Reilly] "Slugger" Dunn The Nazis (villains)

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Van Deth Brothers
Synopsis:	The Mouthpiece catches up with the Van Deth Brothers in the act of disposing of a body, and, in the ensuing chase, Skul dies after tumbling from a rooftop.
Genre:	Detective-mystery Superhero
Characters:	The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins] Skul Van Deth (villain, Death) Morbidd Van Deth (villain)

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Plane Hijacking Scheme
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Eagle Evans

Comic Story (1 page)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Dewey Drip

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Jewelry Store Frameup
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Steele Kerrigan

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Origin of Manhunter
Featuring:	Manhunter
Synopsis:	When Dan's girlfriend's brother is wrongly accused of murder, he becomes the Manhunter to straighten things out.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Manhunter [Dan Richards, Aka Donald Richards] (introduction, Origin) Thor (his Dog) Jim Kelly Kit Kelly (Dan's Lady Friend) Jim Kelly (Kit's Brother) Al Armand Johnny Cosentino (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Sinister Eight Ball
Synopsis:	Plastic Man stops Professor McSneer's invention, the Eight Ball, which is a rolling destructive machine that attracts precious metals.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] Professor McSneer (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Light of the Orient
Synopsis:	Murderous doings around an old Chinese jewel.
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Chic Carter Wu Lan Po San Monahan Mrs. Croft Barbara Croft Jerry Croft Thomas Croft

Comic Story (1 page)	Super Snooper
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Education of Butcher Bowes
Genre:	Adventure Crime
Characters:	#711 [Daniel Dyce] Butcher Bowes (villain)

Text Story (2 pages)	Seven Strokes of Doom
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Dick Mace

Comic Story (6 pages)
Synopsis:	Don and Sandra travel to Cuba to investigate subversive activities of European tourists. What they discover is a plan to mine the waters between Cuba and Florida in order to prevent U.S. interference in an attempt to occupy Cuba.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] Don Borden Senator Knight Un-named Secret Service Chief Otto (villain) Shlacht (villain) Louie (villain) Hugo (villain) Colonel Trapilla (villain, Cuban Police Chief)

Comic Story (1 page)	Gigolo Jones
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Burp The Twerp

Comic Story (6 pages)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]

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