Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	March 1945
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	60
Editing	George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole (signed)
Reprinted	in PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES (DC, 1998 series) #4 (November 2002)

15 page Plastic Man story "Who Put the Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?"

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; J. Farthingale Dillingweather (first appearance); Percy (first appearance); Francesca Bibi (first appearance); Old Man Timkins (first appearance; deceased); VILLAINS: Mrs. Murphy (first appearance); Mostelo (first appearance)
Synopsis	Plastic Man must solve the murder of Old Man Timkins.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole
Notes	Based on the song "Who Put the Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?"
Reprinted	in PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES (DC, 1998 series) #4 (November 2002)

1 page Dewey Drip story "Dewey Drip"

Genre	gag
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

10 page Manhunter story "Music Hath Charms"

Characters	Manhunter [Dan Richards]; VILLAIN: Sonjak (first appearance)
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

1 page Burp the Twerp story "Prestoni the Hypnotist"

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

7 page Candy story "The War Ace Cuts a Rug"

Characters	Candy O'Connor
Genre	Teen; Humor
Script	Harry Sahle ?
Pencils	Harry Sahle
Inks	Harry Sahle

6 page Human Bomb story "The Hand of Justice"

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

2 page Dick Mace text story "Stung"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Dick Mace text story.

6 page Flatfoot Burns story "The Stolen Electric Chair"

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

8 page Spirit story "Invasion from Argos"

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) #2/23/1941