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Issue Details

Issue #80
Published July 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole

15 page Plastic Man story "Penetro, Master of Solids"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Penetro [Prof. Growley] (first appearance; villain); the Dude (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Script Jack Cole?
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Notes title from cover

2 page Specks story

Genre Humor
Script Michael Senich
Pencils Michael Senich
Inks Michael Senich

6 page Honeybun story "Vacation In California"

Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

7 page Candy story "The Woman In the Trunk"

Characters Candy O'Connor
Genre teen; humor
Script Harry Sahle
Pencils Harry Sahle
Inks Harry Sahle

7 page Spirit story "Soapy Keeps It Clean"

Characters Spirit [Denny Colt]
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality staff
Letters Martin DeMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/25/1945

2 page Plastic Man text story "The Shark Gods"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]
Genre superhero
Letters typeset

8 page Manhunter story "Who Remembers the Dreadful Strangleweed?"

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