Police Comics #56 (1946) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole	Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
2	Overworked Genie	comic story	15	script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: André LeBlanc; letters: Jack Cole	Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Mickey; Mrs. O'Higginson (introduction); Yes-Man (villain, introduction); Mr. Groo (villain, introduction)
3	Signs of Reform	comic story	6	script: Al Stahl; pencils: Al Stahl; inks: Al Stahl	Flatfoot Burns
4	Fire in the Sky	comic story	6	script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson	The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; Yarboe (villain, scientist, death)
5	The Hooded Ones	comic story	7	script: Harry Sahle; pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry Sahle	Candy O'Connor
6	-	comic story	1	script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard Dibble	Dewey Drip; Sergeant; Maw Drip
7	The Vengeance	comic story	10	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Pete Riss	Manhunter [Dan Richards]; VILLAIN: The Vengeance (first appearance; dies)
8	Bristol House Ghost	text story	2	letters: typeset
9	-	comic story	2	script: Mike Senich; pencils: Mike Senich; inks: Mike Senich
10	Big Jake Gooley	comic story	7	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Don Komisarow; letters: Martin deMuth	The Spirit; Ebony; Big Jake Gooley; Uncle Boss Gooley; Esau Gooley

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
Plastic Man Archives #5 ISBN 1-56389-986-8	2003	On eBay ›

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