Police Comics #35 is an issue of the series Police Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1944.
Synopsis for Plastic Man: "The Confession of Froggy Fink"
Plastic Man is chewed out by the chief for arresting Froggy Fink for the murder of underworld hypnotist Dr. Mayhem. Fink had no motive to commit the murder, so he's released. Dr. Mayhem then appears to a terrified Froggy Fink, who says Mayhem must be dead because he did indeed do the killing. However, again the chief chews out Plastic Man, because the dictaphone recording that results from this is inadmissable as evidence.
Fink and two compatriots go to Dr. Mayhem's old mansion. Mayhem hypnotized a lot of notorious criminals into confessing their misdeeds, and Froggy iced him when he also confessed his crimes in front of Mayhem. Inside the house they find Mona Mayhem, the dead doctor's cousin, who wants to talk business. Specifically, her having access to the confession records and Froggy knowing all the crooks they can blackmail to not reveal that information (while Mona keeps Froggy's carefully hidden so he doesn't think to betray her). She also tosses over her previous fiance, Felix, enjoying her new life as an outlaw. Felix tries to jump off a bridge to escape his misery, but Plastic Man stops him, and borrows his clothes to impersonate the man and beat up Froggy. This is to incite the criminal to try to kill Mona for her betrayal when she goes back to Felix, and Plastic Man can save her from a drive-by shooting. In gratitude, she hands over Froggy's confession statement to the hero.
When Froggy and his boys converge on Mona's apartment for another try on her life, they find out Plastic Man took her place, and he beats them up. Froggy himself is dropped into a trashcan, and rolled all the way to FBI headquarters for his arrest!
Appearing in Plastic Man: "The Confession of Froggy Fink"
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- Froggy Fink
- Hopper
- Beetle
- Dr. Mayhem
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- Mona Mayhem
- Felix
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Synopsis for Destiny: "Can Destiny Be Trapped?"
A parts-fencing car thief called "Tools" decides to take his penny-ante gang of losers to the big time, which scares the hell out of one of his punks, Ruff, who fears that Destiny will bust them if they get too bold. "He knows things and gets places no ordinary guy ever could! Any time any guy tries murder, BINGO! There's DESTINY!" But Tools has a big idea, see, and he wants Destiny to show up, so that he and his boys can ambush him! So he and two of his braver stooges get ready to bump off old Ruff here, and voila, it works. Destiny walks into the room, and two gunmen walk in behind him.
Instead of trying to kill him right away, "Tools" and his tools tie him up and leave him in a garage with a running car engine, unsupervised. Then he returns to murdering Ruff, a tiresome coward that the whole gang now hates anyway. But of course, imminent murder again invokes Destiny's weird teleportation power, and also pulls him out of the death trap. Destiny beats up all three of the gangsters, plus subdues Ruff, and leaves them for the police.
Appearing in Destiny: "Can Destiny Be Trapped?"
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- Tools & his car-thief gang:
- Slag
- Ruff
- Hod
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- Main City
- small public garage, outskirts of town
- small public garage, outskirts of town
Synopsis for Flatfoot Burns: "Wanted: Klever Klauss"
Appearing in Flatfoot Burns: "Wanted: Klever Klauss"
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- Klever Klauss
Synopsis for Manhunter: "Sandor, the Terrorizing Taxidermist"
Sandor, a museum taxidermist and master of his craft, is furious when his bosses give him a bonus of a measly $10 for his fine work. He decides to spite them by pushing his art to the extreme and creating a mesmerizing display involving an actual human victim. Officer Dan Richards is given the job when Sandor's boss places a call for help, and as Manhunter, Richards finds the deranged taxidermist about to kill the man to make him fodder for a new exhibit. They tussle, but Sandor manages to strike a blow paralyzing Manhunter. After a humiliating day directing traffic for letting the crook get away with his victim, Richards realizes Sandor must be going after the other museum trustees next. As soon as he gets his tights on, heads to the next richest member of the group. Manhunter manages to catch Sandor in the act (but only after the first victim's already been stuffed and put in a display), before Sandor catches him in a net. Manhunter manages to chew through the strands, and while fleeing Sandor trips and falls on his own knife.
Appearing in Manhunter: "Sandor, the Terrorizing Taxidermist"
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- Sandor (Dies)
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Synopsis for Human Bomb: "Lucille's Robots"
Human Bomb saves a kidnapped girl just before her abductor's about to lop off her hand to send to her father as a warning, but the hero's intimidating disguise leaves her just as frightened of him. Later, Roy admits he's depressed because all the other super heroes get praised for their style, but he just scares people because of his intimidating armor. Hustace goes out, determined to find a fan of the Human Bomb to raise Roy's spirits. Instead, he finds a woman named Lucille building a robot that's a dead ringer for Human Bomb in costume. Hustace decides to bring Roy back there to see it in hopes of cheering him up. Meanwhile, the nefarious Dr. Wombat and his underlings have learned about Lucille's plan to develop robots. They're bent on stopping her, because if robot workers replace humans, there goes their payroll theft racket.
Bomb and Hustace get back to Lucille's shop just as Dr. Wombat and his followers attack it. The hero does his duty, being mistaken by Lucille for her own robot coming to her defense in the process. In trying to escape, Dr. Wombat runs into Hustace and his bullets tear the bottom off the sidekick's shoe. This only makes Hustace an actual threat, since he can now unleash the explosive touch of his feet. The crooks are captured, but Lucille's furious to find out her robotic savior was actually a human, and the real robot was destroyed in the fight. Hustace apologizes for only leading his hero to someone who thought he "wasn't monster enough," but Roy's amusement at Lucille's tirade has broken his bad mood.
Appearing in Human Bomb: "Lucille's Robots"
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- Dr. Wombat
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- Lucille
- Plastic Man (Mentioned only)
- The Spirit (Mentioned only)
- Blackhawk (Mentioned only)
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Synopsis for The Spirit: "The Genius"
A young boy is diagnosed as a genius by his doctor. Various unscrupulous parties, including a gang of counterfeiters and Ebony White, try to make use of the boy's genius to make money. Eventually the counterfeiters are caught, and commotion about the boy's genius dies down when his desultory report card comes in.
Appearing in The Spirit: "The Genius"
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- P.S. Tidewater
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Notes
- Plastic Man: "The Confession of Froggy Fink" is reprinted in Plastic Man Archives Vol. 3.
- Also featured in this issue of Police Comics were:
- Dewey Drip by Bernard Dibble
- Dick Mace: "Dream Gold" (text story) by Robert M. Hyatt
- Burp the Twerp: "Burp's Proposal by Ralph Johns
Trivia
- Jack Cole signed his "Burp the Twerp" strip as "Ralph Johns."
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