- Police Comics
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title = Police Comics
caption = "Police Comics" #1 (Aug, 1941). Art byGil Fox .
schedule = Monthly
format = Standard
publisher =Quality Comics
date = August 1941 - October 1953
issues = 127
main_char_team =Plastic Man Phantom Lady Human Bomb
Firebrand,
writers =Jack Cole Will Eisner Paul Gustavson
artists =Jack Cole Reed Crandall Will Eisner Gil Fox
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creators ="Police Comics" was a
comic book anthology title published byQuality Comics (under itsimprint "Comic Magazines") from 1941 until 1953. It featured short stories in the superhero, crime and humor genres.The first issue of "Police Comics" featured the debut
Plastic Man ,Phantom Lady , theHuman Bomb , and Firebrand, all characters that continued to be published decades later byDC Comics after it acquired Quality's properties. Firebrand, the initial lead feature, was soon eclipsed byJack 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, andWill Eisner 'sThe 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 (Dec, 1950) to more naturalistic detective and crime-themed stories. The series ended in October 1953 with issue #127.External links
* [http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=226 Police Comics at the Grand Comics Database]
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