Appearing in "Introducing the Firebrand"
Featured Characters:
- Firebrand (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Slugger Dunn (First appearance)
- "Emerald" Ed Reilly
- Joan Rogers
- Mrs. Ed Reilly
Antagonists:
- Baron von Hanson (Single appearance)
- Sylvester Cole (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Dippy Dolan (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "Introducing the Firebrand"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
Rod Reilly is the bored and wealthy socialite son of steel tycoon "Emerald" Ed Reilly, who decides to fight crime with his servant and friend, "Slugger" Dunn.
A criminal known as Sylvester Cole and his cronies attempt to murder a local steeplejack, but Firebrand swings into action and apprehends them. Unfortunately for Rod, the goons are unwilling to divulge any information to him. Police arrive on the seen, but mistake the masked mystery man as one of the criminals, forcing Rod to flee.
A short time later, Rod attends a war relief function. One of the party guests, Baron von Hanson becomes the unwitting victim of a pickpocket named Dippy Dolan. Rod intercepts Dolan and offers to purchase the wallet from him.
He soon discovers that Baron von Hanson is not a very reputable individual either. He finds the Baron's private vault which contains a fortune in stolen jewels. Changing to Firebrand, Rod fights the thieves and exposes their racket. Von Hanson is then forced into surrendering his ill-gotten gains to the war relief effort.
Appearing in "The Origin of 711"
Featured Characters:
- 711 (Dan Dyce) (First appearance) (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
- Jacob Horn (Only appearance; dies)
- Mary Horn (Mentioned only)
Antagonists:
- Slick Panzer
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Synopsis for "The Origin of 711"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
Appearing in "Dr. M. Balm's Man-Eating Plant"
Featured Characters:
- Super Snooper (First appearance)
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Antagonists:
- Doctor M. Balm
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- Doctor M. Balm's Man-Eating Plant
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Synopsis for "Dr. M. Balm's Man-Eating Plant"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
Dr. M. Balm sends a man-eating plant to Super Snooper. Snooper tries to fight the plant, but it quickly overpowers him. He instead challenges the plant to a game of cards.
Appearing in "The Attack of Ali Harid"
Featured Characters:
- Eagle Evans (First appearance)
- Snap Smith
Supporting Characters:
- Lion Cub of Judah
Antagonists:
- Ali Harid
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Synopsis for "The Attack of Ali Harid"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
Appearing in "The Legend of the Black Baron"
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Synopsis for "The Legend of the Black Baron"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
Appearing in "The Origin of Plastic Man"
Featured Characters:
- Plastic Man (First appearance) (Origin)
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- Unnamed monk
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Synopsis for "The Origin of Plastic Man"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
Eel O'Brian is little more than a small-time thief. Along with his gang of underlings, he breaks into and attempts to rob the Crawford Chemical Works. Police arrive on the scene, but as Eel and the others flee, he is exposed to deadly, toxic acid. He manages to make it outside, but stumbles down unconscious.
When he awakens, Eel finds that his skin is now super-pliant. He can contort his limbs and facial features into any shape he desires. He is inside a small monastery where a kindly monk has chosen to nurse him back to health. The experience has changed more than jut Eel's physiology though. He feels that he has been given a second chance and renounces his former life of crime. Donning a stretchable costume and a pair of goggles, Eel decides to fight crime as the super-hero Plastic Man.
Plastic Man tracks down his old gang and stops them from committing another robbery. He turns them over to the police and returns the stolen loot. The police have no idea that this strange, new hero was once a criminal.
Appearing in "The Redemption of Steele Kerrigan"
Featured Characters:
- Steele Kerrigan (First appearance) (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
- Annie
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Synopsis for "The Redemption of Steele Kerrigan"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
Appearing in "The Alien Smuggling Racket"
Featured Characters:
- The Mouthpiece (First appearance)
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- Peg-Leg Friel (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "The Alien Smuggling Racket"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
Bill Perkins, aka the Mouthpiece, encounters an adversary known as Peg-Leg Friel who traffics in human smuggling.
Appearing in "Vengeance!"
Featured Characters:
- Dick Mace (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "Vengeance!"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
Appearing in "The Coming of the Phantom Lady"
Featured Characters:
- Phantom Lady (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Don Borden (First appearance)
- Henry Knight (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Pete (Only appearance; dies)
- Wenner (Only appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Doctor Raphael (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Washington, D.C.
- Sandra Knight's apartment
- unidentified swamp
Items:
- Black Ray lantern (First appearance)
- Uranium explosive
Vehicles:
- Sandra Knight's black roadster
Synopsis for "The Coming of the Phantom Lady"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
U.S. Senator Henry Knight goes out to the demolitions testing site of scientist Doctor Raphael along with his daughter Sandra. Approaching the site, they witness an airplane descend, forcing them off the road. The occupants of the plane, Wenner and Pete, abduct Doctor Raphael.
Intrigued, Sandra Knight changes into her Phantom Lady costume and armed with her trusty Black ray lantern tracks the kidnappers down and rescues Doctor Raphael. The villains try to flee in the swamps, but are killed when they find themselves bogged down in snake-infested quicksand.
Appearing in "Dewey Drip"
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- Dewey Drip (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "Dewey Drip"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
Appearing in "The Origin of the Human Bomb"
Featured Characters:
- Human Bomb (First appearance & origin)
Supporting Characters:
- Professor Lincoln (Only appearance; dies)
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- Chemical 27-QRX (First appearance)
- Fibro-Wax Suit (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "The Origin of the Human Bomb"
This story is reprinted from Police Comics #1.
Roy Lincoln is a chemist who often collaborates with his father, a demolitions expert, on various experiments. Roy's father develops a chemical known as 27-QRX which is known to have great explosive properties. Nazi agents learn of Lincoln's new chemical and attempt to steal its design so that they can weaponize it, thus giving Nazi Germany an edge over its enemies. The agents raid Lincoln's laboratory and shoot him dead. His son Roy, desperate to safeguard his father's work, drinks the 27-QRX formula. The result of such a rash act, yields bizarre side-effects. Roy Lincoln can cause any item he makes physical contact with to explode. With this new power, he is able to defeat the Nazi assassins.
Notes
- This issue reprints Police Comics #1 in it's entirety.
- Originally published by Quality Comics.
- "The Origin of Plastic Man" is also reprinted in DC Special #15, Plastic Man 80-Page Giant #1, Great Comic Book Heroes and Plastic Man Archives Vol. 1.
- Paul Gustavson is credited as Paul Carroll in this issue.
- John Devlin is credited only as "Devlin" in this issue.
- Chic Carter appeared last in Smash Comics #26.
Trivia
- No trivia.
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