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Issue Details

Issue #31
Published June 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole (signed)
Inks Jack Cole (signed)
Reprinted in PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES (DC, 1998 series) #3 (November 2001)

15 page Plastic Man story "The Mangler's Slaughter Clinic"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian; disguised as Martin McGee]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; VILLAINS: The Mangler (first appearance); Dr. Slicer (first appearance); Knife McBlades (first appearance)
Synopsis The Mangler tries to operate on Woozy Winks, but Woozy's good luck charm prevents any injuries.
Genre Superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Letters Jack Cole
Reprinted in PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES (DC, 1998 series) #3 (November 2001)

1 page Dewey Drip story "Dewey Drip"

Genre gag
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

5 page Destiny story "The Trance-Call Fails"

Characters Destiny
Genre detective; superhero

6 page Flatfoot Burns story "Corney Cobb, Apprentice Detective"

Characters Flatfoot Burns
Genre humor; detective
Pencils Milt Stein
Inks Milt Stein

10 page Manhunter story "Blackmail and Blood"

Characters Manhunter [Dan Richards]
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant

2 page text story "Death At the Mike"

Letters typeset

8 page Human Bomb story "Stand By For Action"

Characters Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; VILLAIN: Mustapho (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

1 page Burp the Twerp story "Super Dog House"

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

8 page Spirit story "Dipsy Dooble"

Characters Spirit [Denny Colt]
Genre Superhero
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/30/1941