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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published December 1943
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing George Brenner
Notes Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines.

Cover Details - "The Bookstore Mystery"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; The 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 Rare Edition Murders"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Lester G. Simpkins (first appearance; death); Sykes Mob [Joe Sykes (first appearance, villain); Mike (first appearance, villain); Sam (first appearance, villain); Louie (first appearance, villain)]; Number Seven (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis Plastic Man must figure out why people are killing to obtain an old book.
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)

1 page Dewey Drip filler "Dewey Drip"

Characters Dewey Drip
Genre gag
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

6 page Flatfoot Burns story "The Victory Garden"

Characters Flatfoot Burns
Genre humor; detective
Pencils Harvey Kurtzman
Inks Harvey Kurtzman

5 page Destiny story "The Darson Twins"

Characters Destiny; Darson Twins (villains)
Genre detective; superhero
Pencils Jack Keller
Inks Jack Keller

1 page Burp the Twerp filler "Joining the Scouts"

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

7 page The Spirit story "Dr. Prince Von Kalm"

Characters The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dr. Prince von Kalm (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Will Eisner (signed)
Pencils Will Eisner (signed)
Inks Will Eisner (signed)
Colors Joe Kubert
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted From The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/17/1940

8 page The Human Bomb story "The Lock-Solving Liquid"

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

2 page Dick Mace text story "Cut Him Off"

Characters Dick Mace
Genre adventure
Script Robert Hyatt?
Letters typeset

1 page Dewey Drip filler "Dewey Drip"

Characters Dewey Drip
Genre gag
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

10 page Manhunter story "Unfair To Organized Crime"

Characters Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Corky (villain); Spike (villain); Rocks Hannigan (villain); "Eagle Eyes" Connor (villain); "Ears" McSorley (villain); "Bone Crusher" Wilson (villain)
Synopsis Rocks Hannigan calls for a convention of crooks in Beach City and their aim is to rub out Manhunter and his dog.
Genre superhero
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall
Notes Art revision from Al Bryant? to Crandall, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-12-09.
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #78 (2009)