In November 1956, DC took over production of Blackhawk, a team of aviator heroes that first appeared back in 1941 published by Quality Comics. Interestingly, DC decided to keep the publication going from its original number (#108) and kept the original penciller and inker. This makes Blackhawk one of the few titles/heroes continuously published from […]
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Remember when the Phantom Lady’s costume was adjusted to bare more skin? Well, at some point, Quality Comics stopped publishing Phantom Lady stories and somehow Fox Feature Syndicate believed they had the rights to the character. Give her a blue costume redesign, show even more skin, and why not give her a “black flashlight” that […]
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In December 1945, Police Comics #51 introduced a recurring villain of Plastic Man: The Granite Lady. An irresistible woman, but a mediocre singer, she was injected with a serum that turned her into a living granite statue. Plastic Man restored her to normalcy in this first story, of course.
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There are obvious lewd and bawdy places a character like Plastic Man could go, but this was the raciest panel I’ve seen so far from Police Comics #28 (January 1944). Why are his hands like that? Why are her hips like that?
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The Spirit continues to evolve – the story in Police Comics #20 (April 1943) evokes horror as Ogre Goran, a vicious convict escapes, is horribly burned in a fire by his ex-fiance, then is captured by The Spirit. Ebony White shows surprising intelligence and deductive reasoning, proving he is more than just a racial stereotype.
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Frank Borth took over the art for the Phantom Lady stories in Police Comics #17 (January 1943). Apparently he was not satisfied with her already-scanty costume (basically a one-piece bathing suit and a cape) and removed the back and added a split to her navel. Despite there being more female costumed adventurers, most of them […]
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In August 1942, Quality Comics started reprinting Will Eisner‘s “The Spirit” stories in Police Comics #10, which is the first time the character appears in a comic book. But the Spirit’s distinctive style started to exert itself a couple issues later in Police Comics #12 (October 1942) where we see comic narration appearing in stylized […]
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The final hero that was introduced in Police Comics #1 (May 1941), was the Human Bomb, created by Paul Gustavson. Roy Lincoln swallowed an explosive capsule his father was invented to prevent it falling into the hands of spies, and became explosive. As a kid, I first met members Uncle Sam, the Phantom Lady and […]
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The second superhero introduced in Police Comics #1 (May 1941) by Quality was the Phantom Lady, created by Eisner & Iger studio. Sandra Knight moonlights as a costumed adventurer with a black lantern that shines darkness onto her targets – and she has a vehicle that shines the same darkness beams out of the rear. […]
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In May 1941, Police Comics #1 by Quality was launched, featuring several new heroes that would eventually find their way into DC canon. The first, and by far most popular, was Plastic Man, created by Jack Cole. A petty crook who accidentally swallowed some acid that caused his body to stretch to any shape he […]
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