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Police Comics #61

Dec 1946 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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Police Comics #61 is an anthology containing at least two stories. "Flatfoot Burns" features guards protecting Professor Eckum's experimental gas called Skyanum from thieves; the guards must prevent the valuable invention from being stolen while Eckum demonstrates that a drop of the gas will rise into the atmosphere faster than the speed of light. The Plastic Man story "Finds a Bundle of Trouble" shows the hero confronting criminals and attempting to recover a jet-mobile prototype worth five thousand dollars, with plot elements involving K-Kurtner and the Manhunter pursuing various antagonists through the story.

Contains 8 stories
A Bundle of Trouble
15 pp · Superhero
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]Woozy WinksChief BrannerGasper Geetus (villain, introduction)Big-Nose Grogan (villain, introduction)Harry Hood (villain, introduction)Fizz-Fizz (villain, introduction)Loogy (villain, introduction)Goo-Goo Gates (villain, introduction)Lawbook Lawson (villain, introduction)

When Plastic Man stumbles onto a mysterious handhill offering $100,000 to anyone who can devise a way to destroy him, he finds himself pursued by every criminal mind in the city—but the real trouble begins when Woozy Winks infiltrates the villains' contest and discovers the scheme is far more dangerous than anyone imagined. With crooks like Gasper Geetus, Big-Nose Grogan, and the cunning Lawbook Lawson closing in, Plastic Man must uncover who's behind this deadly plot before the criminals execute their foolproof plan.

The Skyanium Gas
6 pp · Humor, Detective-Mystery
Flatfoot Burns
Housemaid's Knees
6 pp · Romance
Honeybun

Honeybun reluctantly takes over the housecleaning while his wife Miggs stays put, but his well-meaning efforts quickly spiral into comedic disaster—from getting tangled in the dining room to wrestling with a vacuum cleaner salesman's aggressive pitch. As chaos mounts around every corner, Honeybun learns that sometimes the best help is knowing when to step aside.

Untitled Humor story
7 pp · Humor, Teen
Candy O'Connor
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Dewey DripBathless Jones
Case of the Vanishing Vagabond
10 pp · Superhero
Manhunter [Dan Richards]

Manhunter and his faithful dog Thor find themselves caught in a bewildering case when a vagabond keeps vanishing from custody after a series of jewelry store robberies—and a mysterious entertainer named Valtini seems suspiciously connected to the whole affair. As the clues pile up and the stakes turn deadly, Manhunter must untangle a dangerous secret that goes back to Valtini's vaudeville days and puts both man and dog in the path of a criminal willing to kill to stay hidden.

Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor, Children
The Organ Grinder
7 pp · Superhero
The Spirit [Denny Colt]

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $35
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $1,561*
CGC 9.4 none in existence
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $768
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $445
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $310*
CGC 8.0 none in existence
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CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $136*
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $99*
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $94*
CGC 4.5 $69
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $66
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $38*
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Full credits

writer, artist, letterer Jack Cole
cover pencils, inks Jack Cole

Reprints

↩ Reprints The Spirit #12/10/1944 (1944)

Reprinted in Plastic Man #19 (1949), Plastic Man Archives #6 (2004)

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