Police Comics
Comic book anthology
Police Comics is a comic book anthology title published by Quality Comics (under its imprint "Comic Magazines") from 1941 until 1953. It featured short stories in the superhero, crime and humor genres.
01Publication history
The first issue of Police Comics featured the debuts of Plastic Man, Phantom Lady, Human Bomb, Firebrand, and Mouthpiece, all of which (except the latter) are characters that continued to be published decades later by DC Comics after it acquired Quality's properties. Firebrand, the initial lead feature, was soon eclipsed by Jack Cole's popular Plastic Man, who took the cover and the lead from issues #5-102. Other notable characters featured in Police Comics include Manhunter, who was introduced in Police Comics #8; 711, who was introduced in Police Comics #1; and Will Eisner's The Spirit, in the form of reprints of the character's newspaper comic strips.
After the popularity of superhero comics waned, Police Comics shifted with issue #103 (December 1950) to more naturalistic detective and crime-themed stories. The series ended in October 1953 with issue #127.
02Character runs
- Firebrand (#1-13)
- Mouthpiece (#1-13)
- 711 (#1-15)
- Chic Carter (#1-18)
- Eagle Evans (#1-19)
- Phantom Lady (#1-23)
- Human Bomb (#1-58)
- Plastic Man (#1-102)
- Manhunter (#8-101)
- The Spirit (#11-102)
- Destiny (#16-36)
- Flatfoot Burns (#24-67)
- Candy (#37-102)
- Honeybun (#59-88)
- Ken Shannon (#103-#127)
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Police Comics 1.jpg by Gil Fox, The original uploader was J Greb at English Wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by Theo's Little Bot at en.wikipedia., Public domain
- Police Comics 124.jpg by Pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Published by Quality Comics, Public domain
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