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81August 1948
$0.10

Police Comics #81

Quality Comics · August 1948

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Series
Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series)
Issue
#81
Publication date
August 1948
Key date
1948-08-10
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Plastic Man Meets a Gorilla Turned Crook!cover1pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColePlastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Gargantua
1Gargantua, the Phi Beta Gorillacomic story15script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack ColePlastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Professor Brewster (scientist); Gargantua (villain, a gorilla, introduction)
2The Haunted Housecomic story6script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonHoneybun
3-comic story2script: Mike Senich; pencils: Mike Senich; inks: Mike Senich
4The Roller Skating Contestcomic story7script: Harry Sahle; pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry SahleCandy O'Connor
5Mr. Grifty Goes Straightcomic story7script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Don Komisarow; letters: Martin deMuthThe Spirit [Denny Colt]
6Boomerangtext story2letters: typesetPlastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]
7Boo-Hoo, the Clown Who Wasn't Funnycomic story8pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick; inks: Alice KirkpatrickManhunter [Dan Richards]

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Plastic Man - Volume 10
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