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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published January 1944
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing George Brenner
Notes Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines.

Cover Details

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Cole (signed)
Inks Jack Cole (signed)
Reprinted in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (December 2000)

15 page Plastic Man story "Body, Mind and Soul"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Randy Ronan (first appearance); Vida (first appearance); Pike Ronan (first appearance, death, villain, a werewolf); Slugger Crott (first appearance, villain); Hoppy (first appearance, villain); Brains (first appearance, villain); Butch (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis Chief Branner learns Plastic Man's secret identity.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Letters Jack Cole
Reprinted in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (December 2000)

1 page Dewey Drip filler

Characters Dewey Drip
Genre gag
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

6 page Flatfoot Burns story "The Framed Gorilla"

Characters Flatfoot Burns
Genre humor; detective
Pencils Harvey Kurtzman
Inks Harvey Kurtzman

5 page Destiny story "The Picture Murders"

Characters Destiny
Genre detective; superhero
Pencils Jack Keller?
Inks Jack Keller?

10 page Manhunter story "The Ghostmaster"

Characters Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; The Ghostmaster [Mr. Fearless] (villain)
Synopsis The Ghostmaster kidnaps the president of a noted bank, takes his place and steals the company funds.
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-20-08.
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #67

2 page Dick Mace text story "Ten Who Never Came Back"

Characters Dick Mace
Genre Detective
Script Robert Hyatt ?
Letters typeset

1 page Dewey Drip filler

Characters Dewey Drip
Genre gag
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

8 page Human Bomb story "Patch-Eye the Perilous"

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

1 page Burp the Twerp filler "Fighting the Front"

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

7 page Spirit story "The Death Dolls"

Characters Spirit [Denny Colt]; Yagor (first appearance, villain)
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) #8/4/1940