| Police Comics | |
|---|---|
 Police Comics #1 (August 1941), art byGil Fox. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Quality Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Standard |
| Publication date | August 1941 – October 1953 |
| No. of issues | 127 |
| Main character(s) | Mouthpiece Plastic Man Phantom Lady Human Bomb Firebrand #711 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Jack Cole Will Eisner Paul Gustavson |
| Artist(s) | Jack Cole Reed Crandall Will Eisner Gil Fox |
Police Comics was acomic bookanthology title published byQuality Comics (under itsimprint "Comic Magazines") from 1941 until 1953. It featured short stories in the superhero, crime and humor genres.[1]
The first issue ofPolice Comics featured the debuts ofPlastic Man,Phantom Lady,Human Bomb,Firebrand, andMouthpiece, all of which (except the latter) are characters that continued to be published decades later byDC Comics after it acquired Quality's properties.[2] Firebrand, the initial lead feature, was soon eclipsed byJack Cole's popular Plastic Man, who took the cover and the lead from issues #5–102. Other notable characters featured inPolice Comics includeManhunter, who was introduced inPolice Comics #8;711, who was introduced inPolice Comics #1; andWill Eisner'sThe Spirit, in the form of reprints of the character's newspaper comic strips.
After the popularity of superhero comics waned,Police Comics shifted with issue #103 (December 1950) to more naturalistic detective and crime-themed stories. The series ended in October 1953 with issue #127.
