Police Comics #22 is an issue of the series Police Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1943.
Synopsis for Plastic Man: "The Eyes Have It!"
Plastic Man comes upon a gangster chasing a kid with soulful eyes, and tries to drown him with a bucket. Not standing for this, the hero forces the hood to drink gasoline. Chief Branner almost gives in to Bright Eyes' eyes to look into the case, but says this lies outside the FBI's jurisdiction...until someone reaches through the window and makes off with the boy, making it kidnapping, and thus a federal case.
Meanwhile it turns out the boy's been targeted by a criminal calling himself the Sphinx. Who is running a criminal enterprise selling war orphans to desperate couples. Plastic Man and Woozy pose as an elderly couple to learn the Sphinx's racket, and manage to stop him from ordering his underlings to throw the orphans in the ocean to get rid of the evidence. However in fleeing the Sphinx falls right into a bear trap and has his throat crushed. The shock of seeing this breaks a muteness that'd been afflicting him. His father had been angered by the boy's soulful eyes, but the neighbors weren't willing to stand by and let child abuse slide, so they tarred and feathered his father and dumped in a swamp to die. That man was the Sphinx. As soon as Bright Eyes is done telling his story, he's surrounded by adoring beach bunnies.
Appearing in Plastic Man: "The Eyes Have It!"
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Supporting Characters:
- Woozy Winks
- Chief Branner, (named, for the 1st time)
Antagonists:
- The Sphinx (Dies)
- hench thugs: Hooley, others
- Mr. Grimley (Flashback only)
- Mrs. Grimley (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Bright Eyes
- Mr. Farnduke (Dies)
Locations:
- Mammoth City
- FBI HQ
- Mercy Foundling Home
Synopsis for Spirit: "The Morger Boys"
Appearing in Spirit: "The Morger Boys"
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- Ebony White
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- Black Morger (Dies)
- Morger Boys
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Locations:
- Central City
- Wildwood Cemetery
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Synopsis for Human Bomb: "The Dog and the Bombardier"
Roy and his erstwhile crew land at a Japanese-occupied village, and have a small black dog run by with a group of soldiers in pursuit. After polishing off the enemy troops, Roy sends his companions off to catch the dog, figuring there must be some important reason the soldiers were after it. He snoops around and finds the COs looking over a new bomb sight, and figures they want the dog back so it can lead them to the crew of the ship it's from, and thus someone who can tell them how to work the bomb sight. Having found the bombardier, the Bombardiers attack the Japanese search party, and Red carries them to safety in their plane.
Appearing in Human Bomb: "The Dog and the Bombardier"
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- The Bombardiers (Final appearance)
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Locations:
- Occupied China
Synopsis for Manhunter: "Dr. Sackville"
Appearing in Manhunter: "Dr. Sackville"
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- Dr. Sackville
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Synopsis for Destiny: "The Spanish Treasure Map"
An old mountain man expires and leaves his things to his friends Brent and Cady. In the trunk he's just inherited, Brent finds a treasure map, and Cady makes the story of the map front-page news in his paper. Unfortunately this only brings the prospect of riches to unsavory ears, a pair named Craig and Harley. They kill Brent for the map, and the murder whirls Destiny to the site. The crooks get away, but Destiny meets Cady who makes a copy of the map from memory. While venturing into Death Valley to find the buried treasure, tempers rise and Craig kills Harley. Destiny catches up to them and ends up shooting Craig with his own gun. Ironically, he finds out from Cady that there was a journal confirming the treasure map was a fake. The entire campaign of evil was for nothing.
Appearing in Destiny: "The Spanish Treasure Map"
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Synopsis for Phantom Lady: "Submarine Sabotage"
Appearing in Phantom Lady: "Submarine Sabotage"
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Synopsis for Flatfoot Burns: "Termite of Terror"
Appearing in Flatfoot Burns: "Termite of Terror"
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Notes
- Plastic Man: The Eyes Have It! is reprinted in Plastic Man Archives Vol. 2.
- Also featured in this issue of Police Comics were:
- Dewey Drip by Bernard Dibble
- Burp the Twerp: "On the Beach" by Ralph Johns
- Dick Mace: "Curtain of Death" by Robert M. Hyatt
- Super Snooper by Gill Fox
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