Police Comics #49

Police Comics #49 from Quality Comics delivers a wonderfully absurd cover that captures the rubbery chaos Plastic Man is known for — here, the stretchy hero has been literally rolled into a spinning ball, wide-eyed behind his signature goggles, while a rotund, polka-dotted woman in a broad-brimmed hat fans herself with smug satisfaction. The cover blurb promises that Plastic Man "falls under the spell of Thelma Twittle," and Jack Cole's expressive, cartoony linework — every dot on that green shirt, every puff of smoke beneath the spinning hero — makes it easy to see why this title was a delight in 1945. Cole handles every creative role here, and his comedic instincts are on full display in this playful, visually inventive issue.