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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published December 1942
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing John Beardsley
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)

13 page Plastic Man story "Oh, Plastic Man!"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Captain Murphey [also known as Captain Murphy]; Officer Mike
Synopsis Woozy and Plastic Man set out to capture Eel O'Brian.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Letters Jack Cole
Reprinted in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-8; in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #238 (January 1972); in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998)

10 page Manhunter story "The Mark of the Cobra"

Characters Manhunter [Dan Richards]; VILLAIN: The Cobra [Hal Kant] (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Kotzky
Inks Alex Kotzky
Notes Hal Kant named after comics editor Hal Kanter.

8 page Human Bomb story "Mr. Chameleon"

Characters Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; VILLAIN: Mr. Chameleon [Prof. Thorndyke] (first appearance; dies)
Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson
Notes Human Bomb now out of the Navy.

7 page Spirit story "Eldas Thayer"

Characters Spirit [Denny Colt]
Genre Superhero
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/21/1940

1 page Super Snooper story "Super Snooper"

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

7 page #711 story "The Escape of Goon McGirk"

Genre superhero
Script George Brenner
Pencils George Brenner
Inks George Brenner

2 page Dick Mace text story "Who Killed Jed Hathaway?"

Characters Dick Mace
Genre Detective
Script Robert Hyatt ?
Letters typeset

8 page Chic Carter story "Enter Julio"

Genre detective
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

1 page Dewey Drip story "Dewey Drip"

Genre gag
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

6 page Phantom Lady story "The West Point Incident"

Characters Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert