Issue Details

Issue	#12
Published	October 1942
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Gill Fox [as Gilbert Fox]
Notes	Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Reprinted	in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998)

9 page Plastic Man story "The Sinister Swami"

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Rita Johns (first appearance); Captain Murphey [also known as Captain Murphy]; VILLAINS: Looie; Swami; Skipper O'Toole
Synopsis	Looie puts out a reward for the murder of Plastic Man.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole
Reprinted	in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998)

1 page Super Snooper story "Super Snooper"

Genre	humor
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Letters	Gill Fox ?

5 page #711 story "Carl Von Spunk's Pottery Plot"

Genre	superhero
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner

5 page Firebrand story "Fifth Column Hospital"

Characters	Firebrand [Rod Reilly]
Genre	superhero
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

5 page Steele Kerrigan story "The Theft of the Montague Diamond"

Genre	detective
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

6 page Manhunter story "Peril In a Candy Factory"

Characters	Manhunter [Dan Richards]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alex Kotzky
Inks	Alex Kotzky

1 page Dewey Drip story "Dewey Drip"

Genre	gag
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

7 page Spirit story "The Black Queen"

Characters	Spirit [Denny Colt]; VILLAIN: Black Queen (first appearance)
Genre	Superhero
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	Joe Kubert
Letters	Zoltan Szenics?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/16/1940

1 page Burp the Twerp story "Burp Tries To Enlist"

Characters	Burp the Twerp
Genre	gag
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole

5 page Phantom Lady story "The Tank Factory Sabotage"

Characters	Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Arthur Peddy

6 page Chic Carter story "Captain Blackwolf's Crew of Corpses"

Genre	detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page Dick Mace text story "Message From Allah"

Characters	Dick Mace
Genre	Detective
Script	Robert Hyatt ?
Letters	typeset

5 page Mouthpiece story "The Waterfront Monster"

Genre	superhero; detective
Script	Fred Guardineer
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer

6 page Human Bomb story "The Liebestraum Code"

Characters	Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (origin retold)
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson [Paul Carrol]
Inks	Paul Gustavson