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