You think you'll trim down to graceful lines eating that stuff, Woozy? 
Police Comics #64 is an issue of the series Police Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1947.
Synopsis for Plastic Man: "Sweets to the Swindlers!"
A truck from a candy company drives past a crowd of eagerly-waiting kids before tossing out a package of confections, but Woozy is the fastest and claims the free sweets first. He almost cracks his teeth biting into rubies baked into the chocolates, however, which Plastic Man recognizes as the stolen Jewels of Sinkapink. After handing in the jewels to the chief by stretching an arm through his window, Plas and Woozy go to investigate the candy factory the concealing confections came from. They manage to sneak inside, then are barely there a few minutes before Woozy makes his presence known to flirt with some female workers, and gets security called down on the heroic duo. Plas is captured when he emerges from a vat covered in sticky taffy, which company head Taffy Welch freezes by dousing him with cold water from a fire hose.
Unlikely salvation presents itself when gangster Nobby Norton and his boys walk right in, the gate guard having gone home early when he saw Plastic Man lifting Woozy up from inside the fence. He demands the Sinkapink Jewels, which already went out. Plastic Man says he knows where they are, but isn't telling. Nobby has one of his brawny henchmen attempt to "persuade" Plastic Man with a sledgehammer, which just smashes off the sticky coating keeping him from moving. A brawl breaks out between the hero and Nobby's gang, with Taffy Welch surreptitiously sticking everyone to the floor by opening the tap on a keg of molasses. He and his female assistants escape through a hidden door in the ceiling, but are caught by a cop coming down the emergency ladder. Welch confesses to all the contraband they're shipping out hidden in candy, but the copy was actually only coming to report that the guard booth was empty. Hearing Welch confess to all those other crimes, though, he gets out the cuffs. Woozy comes along with Nobby Norton to arrest too, and then reveals the gun he was using to herd the gangster was actually only a chocolate replica.
Appearing in Plastic Man: "Sweets to the Swindlers!"
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Supporting Characters:
- Woozy Winks
- Chief Branner (Mentioned only)
Antagonists:
- Taffy Welch, CEO
- J.J. Rufanuf, foreman
- Nobby Norton, opportunistic gangster
- Blocks
- Unnamed henchmen
Other Characters:
- Gumdrop and Cherry
Locations:
- Sweetstuff Candy Co. factory
Items:
- Jewels of Sinkapink
- Chocolate revolver
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Synopsis for Manhunter: "The Spine-Snapper"
A man named Carven is thrown off his rooftop home to his doom. The medical examiner declares someone broke his neck with their bare hands before his plunge, indicating a ruthless criminal of awesome strength. A Mr. Mogoll passes by, and suggests it was an ape who killed Carven, just like The Murders in the Rue Morgue. This theory is dismissed by the police because there's a human suspect, Grips Gabbett, who had the same MO, and was just released on parole. Grips himself is found with his throat crushed after he declares he'll look into who ripped him off. Officer Richards sees the killing taking place and tries to intervene, but is knocked out by a giant hairy fist. When he comes to, he changes to his Manhunter togs to investigate further.
Mogoll helps Manhunter look into the killings. In truth, it's to isolate the hero and eliminate him with no witnesses. Mogol's the one with the trained ape that climbed the wall to Carven's home, killed him, and then escaped with the book containing the records of everyone Carven was blackmailing. Earlier Mogoll had made sure the police heard his theory about the killer ape, just to make sure they wouldn't take the story seriously. Though Manhunter is no match for the mighty ape, Thor breaks through the door to save his master, and tears the gorilla to bits. Manhunter turns Mogoll in along with Carven's book of dirty secrets to convince the police.
Appearing in Manhunter: "The Spine-Snapper"
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- Mr. Mogoll
- His gorilla (Dies)
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- Carven (Dies)
- Grips Gabbett (Dies)
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Synopsis for Candy: "The Wannabe Gun-Moll"
Candy finds out from her mom that Josephine Trent, an old friend, is staying over, but Candy isn't looking forward to a visit from the little princess. She's shocked to find Josephine fancies herself a modern badgirl, and connives with a police officer and the rugged actor Josephine's smitten with to scare her straight.
Appearing in Candy: "The Wannabe Gun-Moll"
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Supporting Characters:
- Josephine Trent
- Candy's mother
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Other Characters:
- Rod Rockwell, actor
- Officer O'Neil
- Walter Raleigh (Mentioned only)
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Synopsis for Honeybun: "The Poetry Luncheon"
Honeybun's mother-in-law has him confined upstairs so he won't embarrass her at a luncheon for her friends. With a little assist from the browbeaten caterer hired for the event, though, Honeybun manages to inadvertently do exactly that.
Appearing in Honeybun: "The Poetry Luncheon"
Featured Characters:
- Honeybun
Supporting Characters:
- Miggs
- Her mother
Antagonists:
- The Caterer
- Jiminy the mouse
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Synopsis for Flatfoot Burns: "Canines in Crime"
Criminals are training stray dogs to commit crimes.
Appearing in Flatfoot Burns: "Canines in Crime"
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Synopsis for The Spirit: "The Heirs of Dubbs Dombey"
Dubbs Dombey the gangster just died in prison, supposedly penniless. The other gangsters who show up for his funeral hear the full story, though: his wealth was hidden, and goes to whoever gets rid of the man who put him away, the Spirit himself. One of the men who hears the declaration, I.Q., proposes he and two other gangsters team up to outsmart the Spirit for better odds, and divide up the winnings. He does this by using his status as the man in the cell next door to claim Dubbs Dombey is still alive, which does indeed get the Spirit's attention. I.Q. announces they'll be disinterring Dombey's corpse the next day to investigate his claim. That night, his two partners in crime are collecting the body as part of the scheme, but the Spirit walks in on them, and overhears talk of the price Dombey put on his head.
I.Q. and his boys are captured in the act, but Chief Dolan brought along the man who performed Dombey's autopsy, and his cause of death is ruled to be poisoning. I.Q. had used his proximity to do it, to keep Dombey from revealing what he knew about the biggest rackets in town at trial. Since the Spirit caught the man who killed Dombey, he gets the prize from Dombey's crooked contest, but turns it in to pay back the income tax Dombey cheated out of the government.
Appearing in The Spirit: "The Heirs of Dubbs Dombey"
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Supporting Characters:
- Ebony White
- Chief Dolan
Antagonists:
- Dubbs Downey (Mentioned only)
- I.Q.
- Shyster
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Notes
- Published by Comic Magazines
- Plastic Man: "Bull's Eye on Crime" is reprinted in Plastic Man Archives Vol. 6.
- Also featured in this issue of Police Comics were:
- "Cat's Whiskers" (text story, featuring Dick Mace)
- Specks: "Bull Fiddle" by Michael Senich
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