Police Comics #87
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Horn of Plenty... of Trouble!", Manhunter Dan Richards answers a call that’s anything but routine—passing a glamorous party at Jim Dyce’s mansion, he hears screams and the unmistakable sound of violence. Rushing in as the masked vigilante, he finds the scene too perfect: the partygoers are frozen in shock, and Jim Dyce, the notorious prankster, stands accused. But in a world where appearances are weapons, even the most obvious clues might be illusions. With art by Alice Kirkpatrick on both pencils and inks, this 1949 mystery from Police Comics #87 unfolds with sharp, noir-tinged tension. The cover, by Jack Cole, captures the moment just before the storm breaks.
Plastic Man and his pal Woozy Winks are drawn into the French Quarter to track down the mysterious criminal Phonie Le Ghoum, a man whose crimes baffle the authorities—and the mystery deepens when Woozy meets Casimir, a musician with a peculiar invention called the String-Horn that the villain desperately wants. When Phonie kidnaps Joujou, a woman caught between two worlds, the stakes escalate and Plastic Man must infiltrate the criminal's underground lair to save her and protect Casimir's prized instrument from falling into the wrong hands.
When Candy O'Connor gets inspired to enter a local poetry contest, her enthusiasm sets off a chain of comic misadventures—especially when her father's own romantic verses from years past become the unexpected centerpiece of the competition. What unfolds is a hilarious mix of teenage determination, parental embarrassment, and the lengths people will go to win back someone's good graces.
In "null," Manhunter Dan Richards responds to a cry for help at a lavish party hosted by Jim Dyce, only to find the scene eerily silent—save for the lingering echo of a murder. As the investigation unfolds, the line between prankster and killer blurs, leaving Richards to question everything he sees.
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