Police Comics #27 for Sale - First Appearance of Hustace Throckmorton - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series)
Issue: #27
Publication date: February 1944
Key date: 1944-02-00
On-sale date: 1943-12-15
Indicia publisher: Comic Magazines
Price: $0.10
Pages: 60

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Hustace Throckmorton - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole	Denny Colt, Eel O'Brian, Plastic Man, The Spirit, Woozy Winks
1	Woozy Winks, Juror	comic story	15	script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; letters: Jack Cole	Eel O'Brian, Plastic Man, Woozy Winks
2	-	comic story	1	script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard Dibble	Dewey Drip; Captain; General; Ma Drip; Pappy Drip
3	The Crazy Calloway Murders	comic story	6	pencils: Milt Stein; inks: Milt Stein	Flatfoot Burns
4	The Opera House Murders	comic story	5	pencils: Jack Keller; inks: Jack Keller	Destiny
5	Manhunter and the Man Who Died Twice	comic story	10	script: Gwen Hansen; pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al Bryant	Manhunter, Dan Richards
6	Monster of the Valley	text story	1.67	script: Robert Hyatt	Dick Mace
7	Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Everett M. Arnold
8	-	comic story	8	pencils: Mort Leav; inks: Mort Leav	The Human Bomb, Roy Lincoln, Hustace Throckmorton First
9	Burp Takes a Bet	comic story	1	script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; letters: Jack Cole	Burp the Twerp
10	The Substitute Spirits	comic story	8	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; colors: Joe Kubert; letters: Sam Rosen	Denny Colt, The Spirit

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Plastic Man Archives #2 ISBN 1-56389-621-4	2001	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #105	2017	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Plastic Man: The Origin of Plastic Man #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-065-0	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #2627 of 127#28 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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