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POLICE COMICS #19

Cover Date: May 1943
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1943-03-17

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Cole (signed)


Story: "Forest of Fear" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
ArtJack Cole
LetteringJack Cole
EditingJohn Beardsley

Feature Character(s):

Plastic Man (briefly relates origin and identity of Eel O'Brian)

Supporting Character(s):

Woozy Winks

Villain(s):

A mad scientist (first appearance; invents a method of creating mobile cannibal trees and a way of turning animals and men into plants; dies)
Cannibal trees (first appearance for all; all destroyed)

Location(s):

North Woods

Comment(s):

Last time Plastic Man uses the name "Eel O'Brian".

Story Reprinted in:

Plastic Man Archives #1 (1998)


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Second Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Brenner
ArtGeorge Brenner
EditingJohn Beardsley

Feature Character(s):

Destiny

Villain(s):

Galor (first appearance; bank president who frames a man for robbery to cover up his embezzlement; dies)


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Third Story: "Here Lies Manhunter" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAl Bryant
EditingJohn Beardsley

Feature Character(s):

Manhunter

Supporting Character(s):

Thor, the Thunder Dog

Villain(s):

Sexton (Max Suttle; first appearance; fakes death to avoid bankruptcy)


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Fourth Story: "Murder on the High Seas" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFrank Borth
EditingJohn Beardsley

Feature Character(s):

Phantom Lady (wears a domino mask)

Supporting Character(s):

Don Borden (now a brunette)

Villain(s):

Joe (first appearance; working for a racketeer boss; tries to kill Sandra to make her father quit)


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingJohn Beardsley

Feature Character(s):

Human Bomb

Supporting Character(s):

Jean (last appearance?)

Other Character(s):

Sophie and Henry (first appearance; Jean's aunt and uncle)

Location(s):

Washington, DC


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