Police Comics #33 is an issue of the series Police Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1944.
Synopsis for Plastic Man: "Deathtrap For Plastic Man"
Plastic Man's due for a meeting with the FBI top brass, but absolutely refuses to let Woozy sit in because he hasn't got top secret clearance. In his efforts to ask Plastic Man to let him in, Woozy throws a rock with a note attached through the window. This unfortunately allows the miniature remote-controlled fighter plane the meeting's all about to fly out the window (the inventor can't stop it because Woozy's rock wrecked the control box).
Fortunately for the hero, Woozy recognized the hooded criminal who made off with the plane; he lives in the creepy old mansion behind Woozy's boarding house, and Woozy sees him coming and going all the time. One of the criminal's underlings suggests selling the revolutionary fighter plane to hostile foreign powers, but the boss angrily shuts him up, reminding them he has a much greater reason for stealing it. Plastic Man sneaks in, is discovered, and lured into a sealed chamber by the masked mastermind. He lowers the temperature inside to -50, freezing Plas solid.
Woozy, still insistent on helping his friend, tries to get inside the mansion but finds all the doors locked, so he tries to climb in through a window with a ladder. In doing so Woozy knocks down the power lines, restoring the temperature inside the deathtrap. This means when the mastermind and his underlings come in to finish off Plastic Man, he's as malleable as ever. While chasing down the boss, parts of his body keep coming off. Finally Plas captures him, and the criminal tells his story: he invented the helicopter, but there was a gas explosion that mangled his body. By the time he was discharged, somebody else had patented the helicopter, leaving him with a manic hatred of all aircraft: "That is my destiny! To destroy all airplanes and all pilots -- until flying is a forgotten art!" They're at the police station by then, and Plas hands the demented villain off to the desk sergeant.
Appearing in Plastic Man: "Deathtrap For Plastic Man"
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- The Hood
- Pete
- Sam
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- Research Model Airplane
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Synopsis for Destiny: "The Murder That Wasn't"
Destiny witnesses as Jack Furber, theatrical agent, is shot and falls off a bridge right in front of him. He tries to look into it, learning from Furber's partner that Furber had received a threatening note to meet at the bridge where the murder took place. Wondering why he didn't sense evil at work before the murder as he usually does, Destiny asks himself if Jack Furber actually was murdered. He tries to look around Furber's apartment for clues, but is turned away by a butler. Something Destiny finds suspiciously upper class for such a run of the mill office and apartment as Furber operated from. He sneaks into Furber's apartment via the fire escape to find out what's going on. Inside he's attacked by Furber's partner, Doon, and the butler, who after being knocked out is revealed to be Furber wearing a false beard. Destiny explains to the police that it was all a scam to collect on an insurance policy for Furber; years ago he'd been a circus diver, so the fall into the river was nothing for him.
Appearing in Destiny: "The Murder That Wasn't"
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- Jack Furber, theatrical agent (Apparent Death)
- Harry Doon, Furber's partner
- fake butler, secretly Furber himself
Other Characters:
- Cops
Locations:
- Main City
- big bridge over a wide river
- big bridge over a wide river
Synopsis for Flatfoot Burns: "Twin Trouble"
Appearing in Flatfoot Burns: "Twin Trouble"
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Synopsis for Manhunter: "The Corpse of Mistaken Identity"
Appearing in Manhunter: "The Corpse of Mistaken Identity"
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- Louis Hackwell
- Sam Steele (Dies)
- Benjamin Slump
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- Mr. Hooper
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Synopsis for Human Bomb: "He Really Crashes the Party"
Roy invents a new sugar-free soft drink, since it's wartime and sugar's being rationed. He figures this will be a boon to soda fountains, which unfortunately's overheard by some crooks. They burst in, knock Roy unconscious and haul him away to make him tell him the formula when he comes to. Hustace takes off his shoes and goes bounding to the rescue.
Hustace fails spectacularly to save his friend, arriving at their hideout tied up and helpless through his own hijinks. Unfortunately for the crooks, the blow to the head gave Roy amnesia. He finds his Human Bomb suit and puts it on while they're distracted, and still manages to capture them by blowing up everything he touches. When the police shows up he can't file a complaint against them because he still has amnesia. Back at the lab, he reveals he was faking the whole time, to keep from giving away his secret identity.
Appearing in Human Bomb: "He Really Crashes the Party"
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- Two Thugs
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Synopsis for The Spirit: "Sphinx and Satin"
Appearing in The Spirit: "Sphinx and Satin"
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- Silk Satin
- Ebony White
Antagonists:
- Foreign Agents
- Sphinx
Other Characters:
- Major Chahnley
- Hawkins
Locations:
- England
- Central City
- Wildwood Cemetery
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- Yakk (ship)
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.
- "Sphinx and Satin" was originally printed in The Spirit comic strip (10/5/1941) by Register and Tribune Syndicate.
- Plastic Man: "Deathtrap For Plastic Man" is reprinted in Plastic Man Archives Vol. 3.
- Also featured in this issue of Police Comics were:
- Dewey Drip by Bernard Dibble
- Dick Mace: "The Conqueror" (text story) by Robert M. Hyatt
- Burp the Twerp by Ralph Johns
Trivia
- Jack Cole is also credited as Ralph Johns in this issue.
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