Police Comics #76 is an issue of the series Police Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1948.
Synopsis for Plastic Man: "The Melancholy Mr. Morbid"
Woozy visits perfume peddler Mr. Morbid, but fails spectacularly to ingratiate himself to the merchant, dumping half a bottle of a perfume that retails for $480 an ounce on himself, then asking for a dime's worth. Morbid destroys his shop as he hurls every bottle at the retreating Woozy in a rage. To get revenge on the world, he creates a new spray that will make everyone who smells it as miserable as he is. It works so well that his test subject immediately chugs a bottle of poison and commits suicide.
Morbid uses the spray on other thieves, because why should they be happier than he is, then on police when they show up to stop the robberies. Plastic Man runs himself ragged trying to stop every single person who meets Mr. Morbid from trying to kill themselves. The villain sprays Plas and Woozy with his formula, and they become so despondent they jump off a bridge into the river. Fortunately this washes off the suicide juice, and Plas hauls Mr. Morbid to the pen.
The villain tries to use a second spray gun he had hidden up his sleeve on the guard to escape, but it turns out to be Plastic Man in disguise coming back to see if he any more tricks. Back at home, Plas is relieved to read in the paper about Mr. Morbid finally being set free from his woes by a ride on old sparky, only to see Woozy come back in sobbing. This is the result of seeing a really sad movie, and after all he's been through, Plas hangs Woozy from a phone pole by his collar.
Appearing in Plastic Man: "The Melancholy Mr. Morbid"
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- Mr. Morbid
- Rough Rogan (Flashback only)
- the McGoonis Mob (Flashback only) (all die)
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- Happy Howell (Flashback only) (Dies)
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- Worst National Bank
- Morbid's Perfume Shop
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- Morbid's "What's The Use?" Perfume formula
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Synopsis for Honeybun: "The Pie Duel"
Appearing in Honeybun: "The Pie Duel"
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- Honeybun
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Synopsis for The Spirit: "Amnesia No. 2"
Appearing in The Spirit: "Amnesia No. 2"
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- Ebony White
- Commissioner Dolan
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- Dr. Zyburg
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Synopsis for Candy: "At the Gruesome Gremlins Club"
Appearing in Candy: "At the Gruesome Gremlins Club"
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Synopsis for Manhunter: "Million Dollar Monstrosities"
Appearing in Manhunter: "Million Dollar Monstrosities"
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- Ritz Regan
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- Dauber Dixon (Dies)
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Notes
- Plastic Man: "The Melancholy Mr. Morbid" is reprinted in Plastic Man Archives Vol. 8.
- Also appearing in this issue of Police Comics were:
- "Specks", by Michel Senich
- Plastic Man: "The Mine with the Black Door" (text story)
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