Police Comics #1

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Synopsis

Police Comics is an anthology of stories. Here are the features in this comic, in order: - Firebrand : Firebrand uncovers a jewelry smuggler and forces him to donate his jewels to charity. - #711 : An origin story of how #711 got to be a superhero when he was sent to prison to protect a friend and was given the number #711. He then escaped from prison only to have nowhere to go and instead uses his connections in prison to stop a thief as the hero #711. - Super Snooper : Super Snooper is bested by one of D. M. Balm's carnivorous plants in hand-to-hand combat and poker. - Eagle Evans : Eagle and Snap Smith do reconnaissance on the Axis powers. Not getting anywhere with the English Army, Eagle enlists the help of the Lion of Judah to help him take out the Nazi's new ally Ali Harid. - Chic Carter : Chic Carter (the Sword) is sent to cover Curtis Randal donating his art to the museum. Curtis invites everyone who stands to inherit money from him just to tell them he will not leave them with anything. This results in his murder and the murder of just about everyone except Chic, Harvey Randall and Betty Randal. Harvey, trying to frame Betty, fights until the end with the sword. - Plastic Man : The origin of Plastic Man starts out with the crook known as the Eel, who is abandoned by his comrades and later taken into a sanctuary called Rest-Haven. There, Plastic Man comes to grips with his past and decides to turn over a new leaf as the Plastic Man. He then goes out with the intent to behave like a superhero, starting with the comrades that left him behind. - Steele Kerrigan : An origin story of an ordinary man who is tricked into being a lookout-man and getting ten-year sentence to prison. He serves three years before being paroled for saving the warden's life during a riot. On the street, however, he is still seen as an ex-con by both the police and criminals. - The Mouthpiece : Peg Leg Friel has been bringing in illegal immigrants to the country. That alone would make him a criminal, but he took things a step farther. Once the immigrants were on board they were bound in chains. If they were not spotted he would let them go. If they were spotted he threw every man and woman overboard letting the chains seal their doom. Mouthpiece uses a string of methods to finally corner Peg Leg and give him a taste of his own medicine. - Dick Mace : A short story about revenge. One man gets so angry with another that he plots his revenge. He waits, however, until his nemesis has a wife and four kids. He then kills them one by one until the father can no longer take it and kills himself. With his revenge complete the murderer also kills himself. - Phantom Lady : A weapons scientist creates a formula for explosives and is kidnapped and grilled for the information. The Phantom Lady goes after the kidnappers in an attempt to save the scientist. - Dewey Drip : A one-page comic strip. Dewey gets a letter that turns out to be from the draft board. Once he reads the letter he finds out that people will actually pay him real money for feudin' with other people, which he something he loves to do, and he excitedly heads off for his enrollment. - Human Bomb :  Roy Lincoln and his father create an explosive that could destroy all of New York. They are then attacked by men working for the Axis and Roy's father is immediately killed. Fearing the men will get control of the explosive, Roy swallows it and absorbs its power. Making him the Human Bomb. In the scuffle that follows, he punches one of the tugs that turns into an explosion, killing everyone but Roy. He then finds out who is behind the death of his father and pays him a visit. This time the punch is no accident and the crime boss dies in the explosion.