*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: From the Bute Collection this week, some true vintage from Quality Comics from 1945/46 in the shape of Police Comics #45 & #50. Police Comics was the title in which Plastic Man first appeared (from #1) and although I don’t see many police involved, this bumper-sized anthology title contained a whole wealth of detective, mystery and super-hero strips, as well as a fair sprinkling of humour. In these issues you get Plastic Man by Jack Cole and the Spirit by Will Eisner, funny girl Candy, Manhunter, the Human Bomb and a number of comedy shorts. Exceptional condition on these two copies; I’ve hardly ever seen anything this old in such good shape!
PICTURED: POLICE COMICS
#45 VF £180 Tight, flat and unmarked but for a very faint arrival date on the cover, a beautiful high grade example, with firm staples and lovely white to off-white pages. The cover has great colour and the corners are virtually square. Like it just came off the newsstand!
#50 FN/VF £135 (Misnumbered #49 inside) Tight, flat and virtually unmarked except for the suggestion of a faint dust shadow along the edges. Firm staples and lovely white to off-white pages. The cover has great colour and the corners are virtually square.