Police Comics #34 is an issue of the series Police Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1944.
Synopsis for Plastic Man: "Serena Sloop's Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Criminals"
Plas is called upon to serve as a bodyguard to the leader of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Criminals, who plans to have him fired for uncalled-for brutality against the crooks he fights. When the 50,000 dollars she has with her are stolen, she allows the criminals to leave unscathed. Woozy takes the opportunity to steal her umbrella and frame a random gangster for it. This causes her to lose her temper, and actually order Plas to attack the criminals!
Appearing in Plastic Man: "Serena Sloop's Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Criminals"
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Synopsis for Manhunter: "Suicide Sanitarium"
Appearing in Manhunter: "Suicide Sanitarium"
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Synopsis for The Spirit: "Wanted Dead Or Alive"
Appearing in The Spirit: "Wanted Dead Or Alive"
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Synopsis for Flatfoot Burns: "The Blaggard Brothers' Animal Circus"
Appearing in Flatfoot Burns: "The Blaggard Brothers' Animal Circus"
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Synopsis for Destiny: "The Treasure of Prof. Dorn"
Two down on their luck thugs see a newspaper story about a treasure discovered by a Professor Dorn, and go to his house to steal it. Dorn finds the idea of them stealing the treasure surprisingly amusing, but the thugs aren't amused, and grab some of his ancient weapons to torture the location out of the treasure out of him. Fortunately, Destiny's alerted and transported to the house by his supernatural powers. He borrows a few of the ancient weapons to disarm the thugs, then shows them a scrap that was missing from the article they saw: what Dorn had discovered was samples of ancient writing, allowing scholars to learn more about the ancient world. There are other kinds of treasure than gold and jewels, he ironically tells the crooks, like treasures of knowledge.
Appearing in Destiny: "The Treasure of Prof. Dorn"
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- Max
- Cash
- Rogan's Mob (Mentioned only)
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- Professor Dorn, museum guy
- Evans, butler
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- Main City
- Dorn's old mansion, edge of town
- Dorn's old mansion, edge of town
Synopsis for The Human Bomb: "The Robber Baron"
Roy Lincoln visits Galdo, collector of medieval weaponry, and positively identifies a suit of armor and lance as having belonged to the notorious robber baron, Gird von Geyer, who legends say was invincible in his armor, and his lance could pierce anything. After Roy leaves, Galdo puts on the armor and goes to show it to a jewel collector friend. When he demonstrates the lance's efficacy by piercing a reinforced display case, he then demonstrates it on the collector himself. Horrified by what he's done, Galdo thinks on how he felt as if the spirit of the armor's original owner had taken over his body when he put it on. To convince himself it isn't so he puts it on again, only to immediately vow more evil conquests.
Reading about the murder in the paper, Roy decides the Human Bomb should get involved and chases down Galdo to a mountain hideaway when he tries to rob an armored car. In the course of their battle, Bomb catches the lance and throws it back. Irresistible force meets immovable object, destroying both. Leaving Galdo dead, Bomb and Hustace puzzling over the explanation for the powerful armaments, and the uncertain reality of the armor being haunted by von Geyer's ghost.
Appearing in The Human Bomb: "The Robber Baron"
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- Robber Baron (Mr. Galdo) (Single appearance; dies)
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Notes
- Plastic Man: "Serena Sloop's Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Criminals" is reprinted in Plastic Man Archives Vol. 3.
- Also appearing in this issue of Police Comics were:
- Dick Mace: "Balloons of Death" (text story), by Robert M. Hyatt
- Burp the Twerp" "Fishing For Subs" by Ralph Johns
- Dewey Drip by Bernard Dibble
Trivia
- Jack Cole signed his Burp the Twerp strip as "Ralph Johns."
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