Oh, Guardian Fate! Send me to that dark land where lies the thread of innocent life! --- (I've never tried THIS before! ... I hope it works!) 
- — Destiny
Police Comics #32 is an issue of the series Police Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1944.
Contents
- 1 Synopsis for Plastic Man: "The La Cucaracha Caper"
- 2 Appearing in Plastic Man: "The La Cucaracha Caper"
- 3 Synopsis for Flatfoot Burns: "The Crooks Convention"
- 4 Appearing in Flatfoot Burns: "The Crooks Convention"
- 5 Synopsis for Destiny: "The Gates of Perdition"
- 6 Appearing in Destiny: "The Gates of Perdition"
- 7 Synopsis for The Spirit: "Thomas Hawkins"
- 8 Appearing in The Spirit: "Thomas Hawkins"
- 9 Synopsis for The Human Bomb: "Often a Bomb, Never a Dud"
- 10 Appearing in The Human Bomb: "Often a Bomb, Never a Dud"
- 11 Synopsis for Manhunter: "The Giggling Corpse"
- 12 Appearing in Manhunter: "The Giggling Corpse"
- 13 Notes
- 14 See Also
- 15 Links and References
Synopsis for Plastic Man: "The La Cucaracha Caper"
Appearing in Plastic Man: "The La Cucaracha Caper"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Mask
- Mopes McGee
Other Characters:
- Simeon T. Whistlebutton
- Mr. Ames
- Ellen Ames
- Pancho
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Flatfoot Burns: "The Crooks Convention"
Appearing in Flatfoot Burns: "The Crooks Convention"
Featured Characters:
- Flatfoot Burns
Supporting Characters:
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Other Characters:
- Jughead Jones
Synopsis for Destiny: "The Gates of Perdition"
Destiny gets summoned into the death cell of a wrongly-condemned convict, three hours before execution time. The real murderer has just that day died in a car crash, so Destiny won't be able to wring a confession out of him. Destiny vows to pursue Evans, the murderer, even into the afterlife, and petitions Fate for the power to do so. He is whirled away from the prison and into the Realm of Death. From Death, Destiny learns that (a) Death has standing orders to leave Destiny alone, and (b) the late Evans is now owned by the Master of the Underworld, with whom it will be difficult to deal. It is; the Master challenges Destiny to a fight. Destiny isn't stronger than the Master but he throws him with a jiu-jitsu move then punches him off his feet. The Master of the Underworld agrees to send Evans back to Life for one hour.
Destiny and Evans materialize in the execution chamber at State Prison, where the dead man confesses to the murder and admits the frame-up, in front of everybody in the room, then immediately dies again. The Warden, Executioner, and at least one guard witness this. By the next day, the innocent convict has been released.
Appearing in Destiny: "The Gates of Perdition"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Evans, butler, murderer (Dies)
- Master of the Underworld
Other Characters:
- Roy Carson, condemned innocent
- Anne Dale, Roy's girlfriend
- Mr. Ladd (Mentioned only)
- Death
Locations:
- Main City
- State Prison
- Realm of Death
- The Underworld
Synopsis for The Spirit: "Thomas Hawkins"
(Sunday newspaper "Spirit Section" reprint)
Appearing in The Spirit: "Thomas Hawkins"
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Synopsis for The Human Bomb: "Often a Bomb, Never a Dud"
Appearing in The Human Bomb: "Often a Bomb, Never a Dud"
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Synopsis for Manhunter: "The Giggling Corpse"
Appearing in Manhunter: "The Giggling Corpse"
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Notes
- Destiny
- "Death" appears as the traditional hooded shrouded skeletal personification of Death.
- "Master of the Underworld" appears like a carnival fake Satan, a red-skinned man in a tight red costume, with a big red pitchfork.
- Plastic Man
- "The La Cucaracha Caper" is reprinted in Plastic Man Archives Vol. 3.
- Also appearing in this issue of Police Comics were:
- Dewey Drip, by John Devlin
- Dick Mace: "The Wolf Man" (text story) by Robert Hyatt
- Burp the Twerp: "Doc Brewer's Tonic",' by Jack Cole
See Also
Links and References
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