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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published [September] 2004
Cover Price 49.95 USD; 76.95 CAD
Pages 224
Editing Dale Crain (collected edition senior editor)
Notes "Collecting for the first time the Plastic Man features from PLASTIC MAN COMICS #5-6 and Police Comics #59-65! In this volume, featuring a foreword by Michael T. Gilbert (Mr. Monster), Plas faces a super-gunsmith of the underworld, crushes The Crab, and more!" [per solicitation] Black-and-white reconstruction by Rick Keene. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Peter Hamboussi. Special thanks to Diamond International Galleries and Bud Plant for loan of source material.

Cover Details

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison
Notes "Collecting for the first time the Plastic Man features from PLASTIC MAN COMICS #5-6 and Police Comics #59-65! In this volume, featuring a foreword by Michael T. Gilbert (Mr. Monster), Plas faces a super-gunsmith of the underworld, crushes The Crab, and more!" [per solicitation] Black-and-white reconstruction by Rick Keene. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Peter Hamboussi. Special thanks to Diamond International Galleries and Bud Plant for loan of source material.

2 page credits "Table of Contents"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters typeset

2 page Plastic Man foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Foreword"

Characters Woozy Winks
Genre Superhero
Script Michael T. Gilbert
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters typeset
Notes Forward by Michael T. Gilbert

1 page Plastic Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Plastic Man #5"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #5 (Autumn 1946)

12 page Plastic Man story "They Called Him Weapons"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; VILLAINS: Weapons (first appearance; dies); Jimalong (first appearance); Hoopsnake (first appearance)
Synopsis Plas tries to stop a talented weapon maker.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #5 (Autumn 1946)

12 page Plastic Man story "The Mysterious Being Called Hate"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; VILLAINS: Hate (first appearance); Mr. Giglamp (first appearance; dies); Mr. Rickens (first appearance)
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Alex Kotzky
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #5 (Autumn 1946)

8 page Woozy Winks story "Robin Hood Returns"

Characters Woozy Winks; VILLAIN: Robin Hood [Corkscrew Cal] (first appearance)
Synopsis Woozy accidently helps create and then stops a guy who dresses up as Robin Hood.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Bart Tumey
Inks Bart Tumey
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #5 (Autumn 1946)

2 page Plastic Man text story "Snig River"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Lute Beezer (first appearance); Attorney Gaycat (first appearance); Haggai Beezer (first appearance); Hooks Hoogan (first appearance)
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Letters typeset
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #5 (Autumn 1946)

14 page Plastic Man story "The Evil Money of Moneybags"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Montmorency (first appearance); Joe; VILLAIN: Moneybags [Aloysius P. Japers] (first appearance); Dokey (first appearance)
Synopsis A millionaire tries to give his money away to avoid paying taxes. Unfortunately for the beneficiaries of that money, he's willing to kill to get it back.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils John Spranger?
Inks John Spranger?
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Notes GCD art spotters believe the art was by John Spranger, not Jack Cole, who is credited in the table of contents.
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #5 (Autumn 1946)

1 page Plastic Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Police Comics #59"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #59 (October 1946)

15 page Plastic Man story "The Menace of Mr. Happiness"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; VILLAIN: Mr. Happiness [Bender Bellows] (first appearance)
Synopsis Bender Bellows has a potion that makes whoever drinks it really happy, and willing to do whatever Bender asks.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Andre LeBlanc
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #59 (October 1946)

1 page Plastic Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Police Comics #60"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Professor Spindrift
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #60 (November 1946)

15 page Plastic Man story "The Man Who Built Himself a Body"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; VILLAINS: Professor Spindrift (first appearance); Mr Garoogy (first appearance)
Synopsis Professor Spindrift builds himself an unstoppable robot body.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Andre LeBlanc
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #60 (November 1946)

1 page Plastic Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Police Comics #61"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #61 (December 1946)

15 page Plastic Man story "A Bundle of Trouble"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; VILLAINS: Gasper Geetus (first appearance); Big-Nose Grogan (first appearance); Harry Hood (first appearance); Fizz-Fizz (first appearance); Loogy (first appearance); Goo-Goo Gates (first appearance); Lawbook Lawson (first appearance)
Synopsis Lawbook Lawson offers $100,000 for the best workable idea for destroying Plastic Man.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Andre LeBlanc
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #61 (December 1946)

1 page Plastic Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Plastic Man #6"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #6 (Winter 1947)

12 page Plastic Man story "The Moon Wizard"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; The Moon Wizard [Professor Breen] (first appearance); VILLAINS: Scientific Sherman (first appearance); Mabel the Moocher (first appearance)
Synopsis Scientific Sherman tries to find ways to destroy Plastic Man.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #6 (Winter 1947)

11 page Plastic Man story "The Crimes of Mother Goose"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian; also as Old King Cole]; Woozy Winks [also as Humpty Dumpty]; Mr. Frosby (first appearance); VILLAIN: Mother Goose ["First Reader" McGool; also as Little Jack Horner; also as Little Miss Muffet] (first appearance)
Synopsis Plas and Woozy stop a man dressing up as nursery rhyme characters to commit his crimes.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #6 (Winter 1947)

8 page Woozy Winks story "The Zwili Cat"

Characters Woozy Winks; VILLAINS: Farthingale (first appearance); Dimbo the Pig Sticker (first appearance; dies)
Synopsis The Zwili Cat, allegedly worth millions, is discovered to only hold marbles.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Alex Kotzky
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Notes Story parodies THE MALTESE FALCON
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #6 (Winter 1947)

2 page Plastic Man text story "Starett Goes Straight"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Warden Peters; Mr. Starrett (first appearance); VILLAINS: Snout Morfy (first appearance); Gassy (first appearance)
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Letters typeset
Editing George Brenner (original)
Notes The archive erroneously shows the title as "Scarlett Goes Straight" in the table of contents.
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #6 (Winter 1947)

14 page Plastic Man story "The Grasshopper"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Professor Chase (first appearance); VILLAIN: The Grasshopper [Baron De Clout] (first appearance)
Synopsis A criminal gets the powers to leap like a grasshopper.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Alex Kotzky
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #6 (Winter 1947)

1 page Plastic Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Police Comics #62"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #62 (January 1947)

15 page Plastic Man story "The Cupid's Bow Murder"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Miss Leda Van Doom (first appearance); Hamlet Upgrade (first appearance; dies); Mr Humdrum (first appearance); Chief Branner; Mr. Wimple (first appearance); Mr. Fowlplay (first appearance); VILLAINS: Mobsy Marrowby (first appearance); The Butler
Synopsis A man is murdered, and the butler did it.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #62 (January 1947)

1 page Plastic Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Police Comics #63"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #63 (February 1947)

15 page Plastic Man story "The Crab"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Mr. Darple (first appearance); VILLAIN: the Crab [Bunk Norton] (first appearance; dies); Lefty (dies); Rick
Synopsis Plastic Man versus the Crab.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #63 (February 1947)

1 page Plastic Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Police Comics #64"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole (signed)
Inks Jack Cole (signed)
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #64 (March 1947)

15 page Plastic Man story "Bull's-Eye on Crime"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; VILLAINS: Taffy Welch (first appearance); Nobby Norton (first appearance); Cherry (first appearance); Gumdrop (first appearance); J.J. Rufanuf (first appearance); Felix
Synopsis Some criminals use a candy factory as a blind for their crime setup.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #64 (March 1947)

1 page Plastic Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Police Comics #65"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole (signed)
Inks Jack Cole (signed)
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #65 (April 1947)

15 page Plastic Man story "The Apartment of Dr. Phobia"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Daisy (first appearance); George (first appearance); Chief Branner; VILLAINS: Dr. Phobia (first appearance); Sloshoff (first appearance); Broxommen (first appearance)
Synopsis Plas must stop some criminals from finding the missing plans for the formula for supersonic rocket fuel.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner (original)
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #65 (April 1947)

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Biographies"

Genre Fact
Script Peter L. Myer; Adam Philips
Letters Typeset
Notes Biography for Jack Cole. Biographical material researched and written by Peter L. Myer and Adam Philips.

1 page Plastic Man (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Backcover"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Colors Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing George Brenner (original)
Notes Reprints covers from POLICE COMICS (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #59, 61, 65 and PLASTIC MAN (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #5.
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #59 [cover]; from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #61 [cover]; from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #65 [cover]; from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #5 [cover]