Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	March 1943
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	John Beardsley
Notes	Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; The Spirit
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole (signed)
Reprinted	in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998)

13 page Plastic Man story "Murder In Maniac Mansion"

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Director Steinmetz (dies); Gar Crochett; Dave (dies); Mrs. Dave; VILLAIN: Stanley Vane
Synopsis	Plas and Woozy go to a haunted mansion to solve a murder mystery.
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)

10 page Manhunter story "Red Haired Kate"

Characters	Manhunter [Dan Richards] (without mask); VILLAIN: Red Haired Kate (first appearance)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Bryant?
Inks	Al Bryant?
Notes	Manhunter without mask.

1 page Dewey Drip story "Dewey Drip"

Genre	gag
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

7 page Destiny story "Have You Seen Him?"

Characters	Destiny; VILLAIN: Oscar Jones
Genre	detective; superhero
Pencils	George Brenner ?
Inks	George Brenner

1 page Burp the Twerp story "The Black Widow"

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

7 page Spirit story "The Orphans"

Characters	Spirit [Denny Colt]
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) #8/25/1940

6 page Phantom Lady story "Mystery of the Black Cat"

Characters	Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Frank Borth
Inks	Frank Borth
Notes	Phantom Lady without her mask.
Reprinted	in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-10; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #416 (March 1972)

8 page Chic Carter story "The Voice From the Grave"

Genre	detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

1 page Dick Mace text story "The Madman"

Characters	Dick Mace
Genre	Detective
Script	Robert Hyatt ?
Letters	typeset

1 page Super Snooper story "Super Snooper"

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

8 page Human Bomb story "Olaf Olson and Lars Larson"

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