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Police Comics 10

POLICE COMICS #10

Cover Date: July 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-05-13

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gill Fox


Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
ArtJack Cole
LetteringJack Cole
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Plastic Man

Villain(s):

Cyclops (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Omar McGootch (first appearance; a Western Union delivery man; dreams of being a policeman, but keeps messing up Plas' attempts at corralling some bank robbers)


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Second Story: [No title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Brenner
ArtGeorge Brenner
LetteringGeorge Brenner
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

711

Villain(s):

Carl Karp (first appearance; a German spy who gets imprisoned to insight prisoners to rise up against their country)
Yoki (first appearance; a Japanese spy)

Location(s):

Westmoor Prison


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Third Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Kotzky
LetteringAlex Kotzky
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Manhunter (Dan Richards)

Supporting Character(s):

Thor, the Thunder Dog
Kit Kelly
Jim Kelly

Villain(s):

Firing Squad (first appearance for all; a gang of six shooters)

Other Character(s):

Xaxol (first actual appearance; a giant native; dies)
Voodoo Queen (first actual appearance; dies)
Voodoo priest (first actual appearance; dies)

Comment(s):

Manhunter does not wear a mask in this story.


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Fourth 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):

Pro-Axis insurgents (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Argentina

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue.


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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):

Velvet (first appearance; tries to acquire the Black Raven, a supposedly jeweled black statue)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in winter.


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtArthur Peddy
LetteringArthur Peddy
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Phantom Lady (between All-Star Squadron #44 and #50)

Supporting Character(s):

Senator Knight
Don Borden (Sandra Knight's boyfriend)

Villain(s):

Fifth Columnist (first appearance)

Location(s):

Washington, DC


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFred Guardineer
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Mouthpiece

Villain(s):

Big Joe Goebel (first appearance; crook who steals plans for a cannon)


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Eighth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryS. M. Iger
ArtReed Crandall
LetteringReed Crandall
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Firebrand (Ensign Rod Reilly, US Navy)

Supporting Character(s):

Slugger Dunn
Joan Rogers (joins the Nurses Corps)

Villain(s):

German spies (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Cairo, Egypt


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