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Police Comics #21 is an issue of the series Police Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1943.
Synopsis for Plastic Man: "The Menace of Serpina"
Eel's friend Pulman Coach asks him to find his missing business associate, Sylvester Smirk. Plastic Man finds him being squeezed by Bobo the boa constrictor. Hardwich hired Madame Serpina to kill his business rival Smirk. Plastic Man kills the snake and fights off Serpina's circus strongman admirer Mammo, saving Smirk and helping him close his business deal.
Appearing in Plastic Man: "The Menace of Serpina"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Madame Serpina (Single appearance)
- Mr. Hardwich
- Tony (a thug)
- Mammo the Strongman
- Bobo (a snake) (Dies)
Other Characters:
- Sylvester Smirk
- Pulman Coach
Locations:
- Broker Club, on Ball Street
- Consolidated Railroads offices
- Gayway Amusement Park
Synopsis for Manhunter: "The Blue Room of Blanding's Castle"
An insane woman kills men in a special blue room inside Blanding's Castle, and her uncle tries to hide this secret from Manhunter and the authorities.
Appearing in Manhunter: "The Blue Room of Blanding's Castle"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hugh Blanding
- Alice Blanding
Other Characters:
- Officer Clancy
- Robert Drake
Locations:
- Blanding's Castle (imported from Europe by an eccentric millionaire)
- The Blue Room
- The Blue Room
Synopsis for Phantom Lady: "Phantom Lady vs. the Spider Widow"
Phantom Lady receives a letter from the Spider Widow challenging her to duel, to see who is the most capable crime fighter. However, Spider Widow has also received the same letter from Phantom Lady. The Raven acts as referee. During their duel, they realize they've been set-up by a couple of gunmen, who are on hand to watch the duel. These creeps learn the secret identities of both Sandra Knight and Dianne Grayton, and shoot the Raven in the back. They close in on the two duelers and get too close; Phantom Lady kills one of them by hurling a fencing foil thru his heart. The other two gunmen try to fight it out with the super-heroines, but one gets knocked out with Spider Widow's thrown fencing foil and the other is captured by a policeman who just happens to drive by right then.
Appearing in Phantom Lady: "Phantom Lady vs. the Spider Widow"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Boss
- Chuck (Dies)
- other gunman
Other Characters:
- Officer Mike
Locations:
- Washington, D.C.
- nearby woods
- nearby woods
Synopsis for The Spirit: "Oriental Agents"
Homer Creep, Ellen Dolan's ex-fiancee, is kidnapped by foreign agents who put him under a hypnotic spell to kill a man.
Appearing in The Spirit: "Oriental Agents"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Commissioner Dolan
- Ellen Dolan
Antagonists:
- Foreign Agents
Other Characters:
- Ebony White
- Homer Creep
- Captain O'Rourke
- Finnegan
Locations:
- Central City
- Wildwood Cemetery
- The Dizzy Jive Club
- a secluded valley
Synopsis for Flatfoot Burns: "Prof. Snap Gadget"
Appearing in Flatfoot Burns: "Prof. Snap Gadget"
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Synopsis for Destiny: "The Apaches"
Four Parisian "Apaches" move to the U.S. and commit a series of crimes, culminating in the attempted kidnapping of an important Defense contractor, Richard Dayton. In a distant part of the the same city, Destiny is mystically alerted to Dayton's plight, so he clears his mind and is transported to the scene of the crime. But his arrival panics the thugs into stabbing Dayton then fleeing, and Dayton dies. Destiny figures out that the Apaches are escaping via the sewer system, and follows them into it. They attempt to ambush him, but Destiny out-fights them and turns them over to the police.
Appearing in Destiny: "The Apaches"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- four Parisian Apaches: Jean, Pierre, Marcel, one other
Other Characters:
- Richard Dayton, millionaire (Dies)
- one policeman
Locations:
Synopsis for Human Bomb: "Introducing the Bombardiers"
Roy Lincoln, a gangster named Montague "Coiley" T. McGurk, and a sword-swallower named Swordo are all declined admission to the armed forces for various reasons, despite an eagerness to fight in the war. They're kidnapped by a female pilot named Red Rogers, who turns out to want help rescuing her brother from a prison camp in "Tokio". Recognizing the great patriotic fighting spirit in all of them, Roy reveals himself and has them all drink a capsule of 27QRX, giving them all an explosive touch like his own.
The ragtag band of heroes blast their way into the Japanese prison and bring it down around the commandant's ears. Unfortunately, Red's brother was mortally injured from his latest torture session and expires. After burying him, the Bombardiers deliver the other prisoners home and fly off to look for more trouble.
Appearing in Human Bomb: "Introducing the Bombardiers"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- The Bombardiers (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Japanese soldier (Dies)
Other Characters:
- James (Ms. Roger's chauffeur)
- Tommy Rogers (Ms. Roger's brother) (Dies)
Locations:
Items:
- Chemical 27-QRX Capsules
Notes
- All Quality Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof were originally Trademarked & Copyright © 1951 Quality Comics. The characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof were acquired by DC Comics in 1956. While some of the properties acquired did not have copyright and trademarks renewed, some of those depicted here are Trademarks & Copyright © 1973-2008 DC Comics, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- Manhunter gets head-konked unconscious with a pistol butt.
- "Phantom Lady vs. the Spider Widow" and Human Bomb: "Introducing the Bombadiers" are both reprinted in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2011).
- This is one of the very few crossovers to take place in the Quality Universe.
- Spider Widow's letter to Phantom Lady opens: "Since you chose to invade the borders of my place in Feature Comics last month, (...) challenge you to a duel in your home territory, Police Comics!"
- The Raven gets a bullet wound in this story and is in the hospital at the end of it.
- Three hoodlums learn the secret identities of Phantom Lady and Spider Widow. One is killed but the other two are arrested alive.
- Plastic Man: The Menace of Serpina is reprinted in Plastic Man Archives Vol. 2.
- Woozy Winks doesn't appear in this story.
- Spirit: "Oriental Agents" was originally printed in The Spirit comic strip (9/29/1940) by Register and Tribune Syndicate.
- Also featured in this issue of Police Comics were:
- Dewey Drip by Bernard Dibble
- Burp the Twerp by Jack Cole
- Dick Mace: "Temple of Doom" (text story) by Robert M. Hyatt
- Super Snooper by Gill Fox
Trivia
- There is a billboard ad for Pepsi Cola in the Plastic Man story.
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