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Police Comics #68 (1947)
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Contains 6 stories
Plastic Man Goes to Hollywood
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]Woozy WinksChief BrannerMax Shinplaster (introduction)Mr. Stingker (introduction)Brain Trust (villain, introduction)Lefty (villain, introduction)
Plastic Man and Woozy find themselves in the spotlight of 1947 Hollywood, invited to consult on a movie about the FBI—only to be ambushed by the Brain Trust in the heart of the studio lot. As the duo navigates glittering sets and sudden chaos, their real-life heroics collide with the illusion of the silver screen.
Manhunter's Mother Goose
Manhunter [Dan Richards]H. Dumpty (villain, death)Queen of Hearts (villain)Edgar Allan Poe (villain, a raven)
In "Manhunter's Mother Goose," a 1947 tale from Police Comics #68, the mysterious murder of H. Dumpty—pushed from a wall—unravels a twisted crime rooted in stolen jewels hidden in tarts, all orchestrated by a villainess with a penchant for the Queen of Hearts' whimsy and a raven named Edgar Allan Poe as her accomplice.
Sam Miserly's Haunted House
Candy O'Connor
The Country Cousin
The Spirit [Denny Colt]
Untitled story
The Bison Initiation
Honeybun