Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	August 1943
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	John Beardsley
Notes	Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines.

Cover Details

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Spirit [Denny Colt]
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 "The Menace of Serpina"

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Sylvester Smirk (first appearance); Pulman Coach (first appearance); VILLAIN: Madame Serpina (first appearance); Mr. Hardwich (first appearance); Mammo (first appearance); Bobo (first appearance)
Synopsis	Plastic Man and Woozy take on Madame Serpina.
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)

10 page Manhunter story "The Blue Room of Blandings Castle"

Characters	Manhunter [Dan Richards]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	John Cassone
Inks	John Cassone

6 page Phantom Lady story "Phantom Lady Vs. the Spider Widow"

Characters	Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; The Raven; Spider Widow; VILLAIN: The Boss
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Frank Borth
Inks	Frank Borth

1 page Dewey Drip story "Dewey Drip"

Genre	gag
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

7 page Spirit story "Oriental Agents"

Characters	Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ellen Dolan (first appearance); Homer Creep (first appearance)
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) #9/29/1940

6 page Flatfoot Burns story "Prof. Snap Gadget"

Characters	Flatfoot Burns
Genre	humor; detective
Script	Al Stahl
Pencils	Al Stahl
Inks	Al Stahl

1 page Burp the Twerp story "Burp's Super Hearing"

Characters	Burp the Twerp; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Winston Churchill
Genre	gag
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole [Ralph Johns]
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole

7 page Destiny story "The Apaches"

Characters	Destiny
Genre	detective; superhero
Pencils	Jack Keller?
Inks	Jack Keller?

2 page Dick Mace text story "Temple of Doom"

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 "Bombs Over Tokyo"

Characters	Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; The Bombardiers [Montague T. McGurk; Swordo; Red Rogers] (first appearance)
Synopsis	Human Bomb tries to get out of Army... after he's already gotten out of Navy!
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

1 page Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Rolls advertisement "Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!"

Characters	Captain Tootsie; Monster Man; Rollo
Genre	Superhero
Notes	Back cover.