| 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. |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |