Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #17
Published March 1943
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]; The Spirit
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Cole (signed)
Inks Jack Cole (signed)
Reprinted in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998)

13 page Plastic Man story "Murder In Maniac Mansion"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Director Steinmetz (dies); Gar Crochett; Dave (dies); Mrs. Dave; VILLAIN: Stanley Vane
Synopsis Plas and Woozy go to a haunted mansion to solve a murder mystery.
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)

10 page Manhunter story "Red Haired Kate"

Characters Manhunter [Dan Richards] (without mask); VILLAIN: Red Haired Kate (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Bryant?
Inks Al Bryant?
Notes Manhunter without mask.

1 page Dewey Drip story "Dewey Drip"

Genre gag
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

7 page Destiny story "Have You Seen Him?"

Characters Destiny; VILLAIN: Oscar Jones
Genre detective; superhero
Pencils George Brenner ?
Inks George Brenner

1 page Burp the Twerp story "The Black Widow"

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

7 page Spirit story "The Orphans"

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) #8/25/1940

6 page Phantom Lady story "Mystery of the Black Cat"

Characters Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]
Genre superhero
Pencils Frank Borth
Inks Frank Borth
Notes Phantom Lady without her mask.
Reprinted in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-10; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #416 (March 1972)

8 page Chic Carter story "The Voice From the Grave"

Genre detective
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

1 page Dick Mace text story "The Madman"

Characters Dick Mace
Genre Detective
Script Robert Hyatt ?
Letters typeset

1 page Super Snooper story "Super Snooper"

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

8 page Human Bomb story "Olaf Olson and Lars Larson"

Characters Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]
Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson