Police Comics #97

From Quality Comics' long-running anthology comes this delightfully chaotic December 1949 issue, with a cover by Jack Cole that drops Plastic Man right into a theatrical dressing room packed with wild disguises — theatrical masks, a suit of armor, and a villainous blue-haired figure clutching Plastic Man's stretchy red costume as a hapless figure sprawls on the floor below. The cover teases a showdown with Mime, Master of Makeup, and Cole's rubbery, expressive linework makes the whole scene feel like it could spring off the page at any moment. A wonderfully offbeat issue from one of the era's most inventive comics talents.