Issue Details

Issue	#53
Published	April 1955
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Alfred Grenet; Richard Arnold (associate editor)
Notes	Indicia states "published bi-monthly by Comic Magazines, Sparta".

Cover Details - "See - Dazzla Daughter of Darkness"

Characters	Plastic Man; Woozy; Dazzla
Genre	superhero; Humor
Pencils	Charles Nicholas
Inks	Charles Nicholas
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Indicia states "published bi-monthly by Comic Magazines, Sparta".

12 page Plastic Man story "The Attempted Return of Tricky Toledo"

Characters	Plastic Man; Woozy Winks; Tricky Toledo
Synopsis	Plastic Man and Woozy try to keep Tricky Toledo, a master of disguises, from sneaking back into the United States from Mexico.
Genre	superhero
Reprinted	from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #29

Half page text story "The Perfect Double-Cross"

Characters	Silk Warr
Genre	Crime
Letters	typeset
Notes	Bottom quarter of page includes Statement of Ownership by Everett M. Arnold.
Reprinted	In Blackhawk (Quality, 1944 series) #78

Half page Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation text article "Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation"

Genre	Fact
Script	Everett M. Arnold
Letters	typeset
Notes	Statement of Ownership by Everett M. Arnold. No circulation figures are listed.

1 page Smart Alex filler "Mom, you know how dad's always saying how clumsy and impractical I am..."

Characters	Smart Alex
Synopsis	Alex makes a burglar alarm to show his dad how handy he is.
Genre	Humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

5 page Woozy story "Hey, what do you think you're doing?"] [The Play's The Thing

Characters	Woozy Winks
Synopsis	Woozy goes to the store to get onions and ends up saving a play by crying on stage.
Genre	Humor
Reprinted	from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #33

10 page Plastic Man story "Dazzla, Daughter of Darkness!"

Characters	Plastic Man; Woozy Winks; Dazzla (villain, introduction)
Synopsis	Plastic Man and Woozy battle Dazzla, a smuggler who has brought radioactive powder into the country to destroy a top-secret American weapon, Project Triple X.
Genre	superhero; Humor
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole
Notes	Jack Cole credits from original GCD index for Plastic Man #30.
Reprinted	from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #30