Issue Details

Issue	#57
Published	August 1946
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
Inks	Jack Cole
Reprinted	in PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES (DC, 1998 series) #5 (September 2003)

15 page Plastic Man story "Mars--Keep Away"

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. Misfit (a Martian; first appearance); VILLAINS: Prof. MacGhoul (first appearance); Squeaker
Synopsis	A professor tries to take a rocket ship to Mars so he can conquer the planet.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	John Spranger
Letters	Jack Cole
Reprinted	in PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES (DC, 1998 series) #5 (September 2003)

6 page Flatfoot Burns story "The Egyptian Museum"

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

6 page Human Bomb story "The Televised Murder"

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

7 page Candy story "Candlewood Camp For Girls"

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

1 page Dewey Drip story "Dewey Drip"

Genre	gag
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

10 page Manhunter story "Who Bombed Mr. Tarviss?"

Characters	Manhunter [Dan Richards]
Genre	superhero

2 page Dick Mace text story "Is This Murder?"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Dick Mace text story.

2 page Specks story "The Butcher Strikes"

Genre	Humor
Script	Michael Senich
Pencils	Michael Senich
Inks	Michael Senich

7 page Spirit story "Jackie Boy"

Characters	Spirit [Denny Colt]
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Woolfolk
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine; Quality staff
Letters	Martin DeMuth
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/10/1944