Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	March 1942
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Gill Fox [as Gilbert Fox]
Notes	Copyright 1941 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Reprinted	in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998)

9 page Firebrand story "Firebrand Joins the Navy"

Characters	Firebrand [Rod Reilly]
Genre	superhero
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

5 page Mouthpiece story "The Van Deth Brothers"

Genre	superhero; detective
Script	Fred Guardineer
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer

5 page Eagle Evans story "The Plane Hijacking Scheme"

Genre	detective
Pencils	Clark Williams
Inks	Clark Williams

1 page Dewey Drip story "Dewey Drip"

Genre	gag
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Steele Kerrigan story "The Jewelry Store Frameup"

Genre	detective
Script	Al Bryant
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

6 page Manhunter story "The Origin of Manhunter"

Characters	Manhunter [Dan Richards; also as Donald Richards] (first appearance; origin); Thor (his dog)
Genre	superhero
Script	Tex Blaisdell
Pencils	Alex Kotzky
Inks	Alex Kotzky

6 page Plastic Man story "The Sinister Eight Ball"

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; VILLAIN: Prof. McSneer (first appearance)
Synopsis	Plastic Man stops a magic eight ball.
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)

6 page Chic Carter story "The Light of the Orient"

Genre	detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

1 page Super Snooper story "Super Snooper"

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

5 page #711 story "The Education of Butcher Bowes"

Genre	superhero
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner

2 page Dick Mace text story "Seven Strokes of Doom"

Characters	Dick Mace
Genre	Detective
Script	Robert Hyatt ?
Letters	typeset

6 page Phantom Lady story "Chaos In Cuba"

Characters	Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Arthur Peddy

1 page Burp the Twerp story "Gigolo Jones"

Characters	Burp the Twerp
Genre	gag
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole [Ralph Johns]
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole

6 page Human Bomb story "Smashing the Submarine"

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