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)