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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
The Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brien] (inset); Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] (inset); Eagle Evans (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset)
Pencils:
Gill Fox
Inks:
Gill Fox
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Herr Strasse's Sea Island Spy Ring
Characters:
Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
Rod develops a combat bomber capable of taking off and landing with only 50 yards of airstrip available. After the Nazis attempt to steal the plane and the Firebrand steps in to stop that endeavor, the U.S. military orders 5000 of the aircraft.
Pages:
11.000
Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
Reed Crandall (signed)
Inks:
Reed Crandall (signed)
Title:
The Van Dern Pearls
Characters:
#711 [Daniel Dyce]
Synopsis:
Daniel learns of a plot to snatch the Van Dern pearls.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Pencils:
George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Inks:
George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Notes:
Van Dern is the name of Batman's maternal family and the pearls are a symbol linked to his mother's death in more modern revelations.
Title:
The Yegg Beater
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Gill Fox (signed)
Pencils:
Gill Fox (signed)
Inks:
Gill Fox (signed)
Letters:
Gill Fox ?
Title:
Defending the Dartmoor
Characters:
Eagle Evans; Snap Smith
Pages:
7.000
Pencils:
Clark Williams (signed)
Inks:
Clark Williams (signed)
Title:
Dr. Scratch of Demon Hill
Characters:
Chic Carter; Gargoyle; Sir John Nienstine; Gay Nolan; Monahan; Dr. Scratch (villain)
Synopsis:
Dr. Scratch is trying to build an electronic brain, using the actual brains of famous scientists. Chic Carter, now abandoning his former role of the Sword and content just to be a reporter, tackles this eerie case.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Vernon Henkel (signed)
Pencils:
Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks:
Vernon Henkel (signed)
Notes:
Story riffs on Universal's Frankenstein movies, with Dr. Scratch in search of a brain, aided by his assistant Gargoyle (think Igor), with his intended target being Dr. Nienstine (rhymes with Frankenstein).
Synopsis:
Madam Brawn of the Crime School for Delinquent Girls campaigns to take over the protection racket in Windy City. Eel O'Brien manages to wiggle his way into the racket, but Plastic Man gets tied into knots before subduing the Madam. After Brawn manages to escape, Plas grants her leniency, but she vows to get revenge.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed)
Inks:
Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed); John Belfi ?
Letters:
Jack Cole
Notes:
Belfi claimed (in Alter Ego #11, page 6) to be inking some Plastic Man stories at this date. The art does look rather different from Cole's complete pencil and ink jobs, so this may feature at least partial Belfi inks.
Characters:
Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; un-named Anglican Ambassador; Kurtz (villain, death); Heine (villain, death)
Synopsis:
The Phantom Lady rescues Don and an ambassador from a dirigible on which some Nazis had planted a bomb.
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
Arthur Peddy (signed)
Inks:
Arthur Peddy (signed)
Title:
The Safety Pin Stealer
Characters:
Burp the Twerp
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed)
Inks:
Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed); John Belfi ?
Letters:
Jack Cole
Characters:
The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; the Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis:
Roy, an accomplished chemist in his own right, invents another explosive that scares his co-workers so much that he moves the experiment into his own private lab. It is formulated into a substance that is harmless on its own, but detonates when it comes in contact with Roy's hot hands. The substance is used to take down a Nazi vessel that the Human Bomb encounters en route to Havana.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Paul Gustavson
Pencils:
Will Eisner; Lou Fine
Inks:
Will Eisner; Lou Fine
Letters:
Paul Gustavson
Notes:
Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs.
Letterer credit from Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.
Art credits revised from Gustafson to Eisner-Fine by Craig Delich (per note below):
"Upon examination of the original artwork to “Police Comics #4, page 62”, featuring The Human Bomb in the story: “The U-Boat Battle,” it indicates that this specific page, and likely the entire story, was illustrated by the combined talents of Will Eisner and Louis K. Fine and NOT by Paul Gustavson as originally credited to, although Paul Gustavson DID in fact write this particular story. Will Eisner's long-time publisher and art agent, Denis Kitchen, confirmed that “panel 1” from “Police Comics #4, page 62” looks incredibly like Will Eisner’s late 1930’S style of work as seen in the Quality Comics’ “Smash Comics” titles: “Espionage: Starring Black X” series, while the remaining panels featuring The Human Bomb in the heat of battle, resemble the style Lou Fine with the finely delineated line work, the broken-panel layouts, and the overall positioning of The Human Bomb."
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
1
1
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
14
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Total
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
2
1
1
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
16
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