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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published August 1941
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Ed Cronin [as Edward Cronin]
Notes Copyright 1941 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

Cover Details - "Introducing The Firebrand"

Characters Firebrand
Genre superhero
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn; in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998)

11 page Firebrand story "Introducing the Firebrand"

Characters The Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (Introduction); Slugger Dunn (Introduction); Emerald Ed Reilly (Firebrand's father); Joan Rogers
Genre superhero
Script S. M. Iger
Pencils Reed Crandall (signed)
Inks Reed Crandall (signed)
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

6 page #711 story "The Origin of 711"

Characters #711 [Dan Dyce] (Introduction; Origin)
Genre superhero
Script George E. Brenner (signed)
Pencils George E. Brenner (signed)
Inks George E. Brenner (signed)
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

1 page Super Snooper filler "Dr. M. Balm's Man-Eating Plant"

Characters Super Snooper (Introduction)
Genre humor
Script Gill Fox (signed)
Pencils Gill Fox (signed)
Inks Gill Fox (signed)
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

7 page Eagle Evans story "The Attack of Ali Harid"

Characters Eagle Evans (Introduction)
Genre detective
Script Clark Williams
Pencils Clark Williams (signed)
Inks Clark Williams (signed)
Notes Writer credit from Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (2000 series) #nn. Strip is titled "Eagle Evans, Flier of Fortune"
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

6 page Chic Carter story "The Legend of the Black Baron"

Characters Chic Carter [The Sword]
Genre detective
Script Vernon Henkel?; Will Eisner?
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel
Notes Chic appears as The Sword; strip continues from SMASH COMICS #26. Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (2000 series) lists the writer as Will Eisner.
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

6 page Plastic Man story "The Origin of Plastic Man"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian] (first appearance; origin); VILLAINS: Skizzle Shanks; Skizzle Shank's mob
Synopsis While escaping from a crime scene, Eel O'Brian has a vat of acid dumped on his head, giving him the ability to stretch his body. Eel decides he doesn't want to be a criminal anymore.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Cole (signed)
Pencils Jack Cole (signed)
Inks Jack Cole (signed)
Letters Jack Cole
Reprinted in Great Comic Book Heroes, The (Dial Press, 1965 series) #nn; in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #15 (November-December 1971); in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1976 series) #nn; in Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics, A (Smithsonian Institution Press / Harry N. Abrams, 1981 series) #nn; in Plastic Man 80-Page Giant (DC, 2004 series) #1; in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn; in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998)

6 page Steele Kerrigan story "The Redemption of Steele Kerrigan"

Characters Steele Kerrigan (Introduction; Origin); Anne (Introduction)
Genre detective
Pencils Al Bryant (signed)
Inks Al Bryant (signed)
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

6 page Mouthpiece story "The Alien Smuggling Racket"

Characters The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins] (Introduction)
Genre superhero; detective
Script Fred Guardineer
Pencils Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks Fred Guardineer (signed)
Letters Fred Guardineer?
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

2 page Dick Mace text story "Vengeance!"

Characters Dick Mace (Introduction)
Genre adventure
Script Robert M. Hyatt (signed)
Pencils ? (spot illos)
Inks ? (spot illos)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

6 page Phantom Lady story "The Coming of the Phantom Lady"

Characters Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] (Introduction; Origin revealed in FREEDOM FIGHTERS #15); Senator Henry Knight (Introduction); Don Borden (Introduction)
Synopsis The Phantom Lady rescues a kidnapped scientist who had developed a uranium explosive.
Genre superhero
Pencils Arthur Peddy (signed)
Inks Arthur Peddy (signed)
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

1 page Dewey Drip filler

Characters Dewey Dip (Introduction)
Genre gag; humor
Script John Devlin
Pencils John Devlin [as Devlin] (signed)
Inks John Devlin [as Devlin] (signed)
Letters John Devlin?
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn

6 page Human Bomb story "The Origin of the Human Bomb"

Characters Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (Introduction; Origin); Professor Lincoln (Death; Roy's father)
Genre Superhero
Script Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll] (signed)
Pencils Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll] (signed)
Inks Paul Gustavson [as Paul Carroll] (signed)
Notes A black and white restoration/homage to this story by Jack Cole is printed in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #12.
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn