POLICE COMICS Volume 1

Police Comics was THE flagship title of Quality Comics. Lasting more than 120 issues, it features the origin and earliest adventures of Plastic Man. With #11 The Spirit was added. Reed Crandall did his finest work on The Firebrand, cover feature on these three issues before they realized Plastic Man was THE hero. The series combined superhero action, crime stories, and detective tales, reflecting the era's diverse storytelling styles. Some of the most notable characters that debuted in Police Comics include Phantom Lady (first incarnation), the Human Bomb, 711, The Mouthpiece, The Swordsman, Eagle Evans...three amazing 64-page issues now collected for the first time. Watch Jack Cole create his masterpiece, as his skill in art and storytelling grows each issue. Paul Gustavson, who had created and drawn The Angel over at Marvel Mystery Comics for Timely, here creates a new hero, The Human Bomb, who takes off his special gloves and has a touch of exploding bombs! With additional artwork by Vernon Henkel, Fred Guardineer, Arthur Peddy, Joe Devlin, Gill Fox et al.