Publishers / Quality Comics / Police Comics (1941) / #18
18April 1943
$0.10

Police Comics #18

Quality Comics · April 1943 · on sale 1943-02-12

First appearance: Woozy Winks
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Identification plate

Series
Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
April 1943
Key date
1943-04-00
On-sale date
1943-02-12
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Woozy Winks - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColePlastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt]
1The Drafting of Plastic Mancomic story13script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; letters: Jack ColeEel O'Brian, Plastic Man, Woozy Winks First
2A Night of Murderscomic story10pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantManhunter [Dan Richards]
3Burp Gets a New Bodycomic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; letters: Jack ColeBurp the Twerp
4The Headless Mancomic story7pencils: George Brenner; inks: George BrennerDestiny; Frank N. Stein (the Headless Man; first appearance)
5-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleDewey Drip; Captain; artist
6Gang Warfarecomic story7script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; colors: Joe Kubert; letters: Sam RosenDenny Colt, The Spirit
7Golden Egg!comic story6pencils: Frank Borth; inks: Frank BorthPhantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Bunny Man [Killer Dan] (villain, introduction, death)
8The Man from Nowherecomic story8script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern HenkelChic Carter; Killer Kane (first appearance; dies)
9No Firing Squad for Juantext story2script: Robert HyattDick Mace
10-comic story1script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill Fox; letters: Gill Fox
11The Three Mosquitoescomic story8script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonThe Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Jean Adams; The Three Mosquitoes [Baron; two un-named others] (villains, introduction for all)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Plastic Man Archives #1
ISBN 1-56389-468-8		1999On eBay ›
DC Finest: Plastic Man: The Origin of Plastic Man #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-79950-065-0		2025On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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