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Cover: Gill Fox
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Police Comics #9

May 1942 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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In "Satan's Son Sells Out to the Japs!", Jack Cole delivers a wartime thriller with a twist, as the ruthless gang leader Hairy Arms—secretly working for the Axis—faces rebellion from his own crew after their betrayal is exposed. With Plastic Man teaming up with officer Plotz, the mystery deepens when Arms kidnaps a boy and demands a ransom at Wildwood Cemetery, where he’s been secretly building an army of robots. The story’s tension builds as loyalty fractures and the tide turns in unexpected ways. Cover by Gill Fox.

Contains 13 stories
Satan's Son Sells Out to the Japs!
9 pp · Superhero
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] (origin re-cap)Officer PlotzHairy Arms [aka Mrs. Reknits] (villain, introduction)Slug (villain, introduction, death)Wooley (villain, introduction, death)Arson Carson (villain, introduction)

In "Satan's Son Sells Out to the Japs!", Hairy Arms—gang leader and Axis collaborator—faces a rebellion from his own crew when they discover his betrayal. With a ransom note demanding $50,000 at Wildwood Cemetery and a boy in danger, Plastic Man teams up with officer Plotz to stop Arms, who’s secretly building an army of robots. The story unfolds as loyalty fractures and the tide turns in a showdown that tests both cunning and courage.

Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Dewey Drip
Untitled Detective-Mystery story
5 pp · Detective-Mystery
The Horse Killers
5 pp · Detective-Mystery
Bat Barron's Prison Murder Plot
5 pp · Adventure, Crime
#711 [Daniel Dyce]Bat Barron (villain)the Nazis (villains)
Untitled Superhero story
6 pp · Superhero
Manhunter [Dan Richards]ThorJim KellyKit KellyThe Voodoo Queen (villain, introduction)a voodoo priest (villain, introduction)Xaxol (villain, introduction, a giant)The Firing Squad (villains)
The Butler Did It!
6 pp · Superhero
The Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (Naval Reserve Officer)Joan Rogers (Rod's fiancee)Slugger DunnMaxwell (inventor of a gun sight)the Nazis (villains)
The Rum Runner's Racket
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Untitled Superhero story
6 pp · Superhero
Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]Senator Knightthe Japanese (villains)

In a tense wartime moment, Sandra witnesses her father’s assassination in Congress by a Japanese agent, sparking her determination to uncover a larger threat—rumors of a plot to destroy the J. M. Steel Plant. The story unfolds with urgency, blending personal loss and national danger in a gripping wartime thriller.

Super Snooper
1 pp · Humor

Super Snooper gets a chance to prove his boast that he always gets his man when the police department sets him up to capture a wanted criminal—but the absent-minded detective's overconfidence leads him straight into an ironic trap. This one-page humor story plays the gag perfectly, letting Snooper barrel ahead with absolute certainty right up to the punchline.

Mike Fooch, Czar of Crime
5 pp · Detective-Mystery, Superhero
The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]Mike Fooch (villain)
The Murder Movie
1 pp · Humor
Burp the Twerp
Untitled Superhero story
6 pp · Superhero
The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]Jean Adams (Roy's fiancee)the Nazis (villains)

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $229
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $950*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $822
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $487*
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CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $384*
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $311*
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Full credits

writer, artist, inker, letterer Jack Cole
cover pencils, inks Gill Fox

Reprints

Reprinted in Plastic Man Archives #1 (1999), Men of Mystery Comics #85 (2011), Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee #1 (2013), Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady #1 (2013), DC Finest: Plastic Man: The Origin of Plastic Man #[nn] (2025)

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