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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published January 2004
Cover Price $6.95
Pages 84
Editing Dale Crain (Senior Editor Collected Editions)

Cover Details

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Plastic Man [Robby Reed]; Dr. Dome; Agent Foyle
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Cole; Jim Mooney; Gil Kane; Ramona Fradon; Tenny Henson [as Teny Henson]
Inks Jack Cole; Jim Mooney; Gil Kane; Ramona Fradon; Tenny Henson [as Teny Henson]
Colors Jamison

1 page credits "From the DC Comics Vault..."

Synopsis Credits and indicia.
Letters Typeset

1 page Plastic Man credits "Giant Plastic Man Annual"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]
Synopsis Table of Contents with reprinted illo of 1960s Plas.
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane?
Letters typeset

6 page Plastic Man story "The Origin of Plastic Man"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Skizzle Shanks and his mob; a monk at Rest-Haven, a mountain retreat; police (one named Clancy)
Synopsis Petty criminal Eel O'Brian is transformed into the heroic and stretchable Plastic Man.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Letters Jack Cole
Reprinted From Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) #1.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Powerful Heroes! Powerful Stories! Powerful Collections!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Aquaman [Orin/Arthur Curry]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Arsenal [Roy Harper]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Synopsis Ad for various DC trade paperbacks.
Genre superhero
Pencils Kia Asamiya; Dave Johnson; J.G. Jones; Michael Avon Oeming; Phil Hester; Jon Foster (painted)
Inks Ande Parks
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Batman: Child of Dreams (DC, 2003 series) #nn; from Justice Society Returns!, The (DC, 2003 series) #nn; from Aquaman: The Waterbearer (DC, 2003 series) #nn; from Catwoman: Crooked Little Town (DC, 2003 series) #nn; from Green Arrow: Archer's Quest (DC, 2003 series) #nn; from Batman: The Ring, The Arrow and The Bat (DC, 2003 series) #nn (mistakenly labeled as "Batman: The Arrow, The Ring and The Bat")

9 page Plastic Man story "Presenting the Man Who Can't Be Harmed"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks (first appearance); Zambi the Soothsayer; Police Captain Murphey; Homer Twitchel; Mike the Janitor; Mr. Mire; Blackie the Panther
Synopsis Plastic Man meets and partners with Woozy Winks.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Reprinted From Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) #13.

2 page Plastic Man text story "Plas' to Meet You"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Bugeye Clift; Surprise Willen
Genre superhero
Letters typeset
Notes The table of contents list "The Hand Behind!" from Plastic Man #3, rather than this story.
Reprinted From Plastic Man (Quality, 1943 series) #4.

16 page Dial H for Hero story "The Wizard of Light"

Characters Robby Reed [becomes Plastic Man; Giantboy; King Kandy temporarily in this story]; The Wizard of Light [Dr. Drago]; Gramps Reed; Miss Millie; Cousin Ned; Suzy; a farmer; police; bystanders
Synopsis While staying with his cousin Ned, Robby Reed uses his H-Dial to battle the villainous Wizard of Light in various superheroic guises, including that of Plastic Man!
Genre superhero
Script Dave Wood
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Reprinted from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #160.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Powerful Heroes! Powerful Stories! Powerful Collections!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; an Alien; Stan Lee's Justice League; an undead JLA; Superman [Kal-El/Clark Kent]; many other DC Universe heroes
Synopsis Ad for various DC trade paperbacks.
Genre superhero
Pencils Seth Fisher; Staz Johnson; Stuart Immonen; Doug Mahnke; Dan Jurgens; John Byrne
Inks Jerry Ordway
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Green Lantern: WillWorld (DC, 2003 series) #nn; from Batman / Aliens Two (DC, 2003 series) #nn; from Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe (DC, 2002 series) #2; from JLA: The Obsidian Age Book 2 (DC, 2003 series) #nn; from Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (DC, 1994 series) #nn; from Superman & Batman: Generations II (DC, 2003 series) #nn.

24 page Plastic Man story "The Dirty Devices of Dr. Dome!"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Dr. Dome; Lynx, his daughter; Professor X (no, not the X-Men guy); Gordon "Gordy" K. Trueblood; Micheline "Mike" De Lute 3rd; Micheline "Moms" De Lute 2nd; Fawnish the Butler; Countess Snidely; Police Captain Matthew McSniffe; Officer Gosling; an orchestra
Genre superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane
Reprinted from Plastic Man (DC, 1966 series) #1.

18 page Plastic Man story "The Hamsters of Doom"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Frank Lloyd Van Skeet; Prissy Chichester; Sundae Supplement; Super-Secret Agent Foyle; NBI Chief; Dr. Forklift (a.k.a. The Great Golli-Gosho); Professor Theodore Von Holocaust; Rip Gouge; Neal Dennis; hamsters
Genre superhero
Script Steve Skeates
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Tenny Henson [as Teny Henson]
Editing Gerry Conway
Reprinted from Plastic Man (DC, 1976 series) #11.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Powerful Heroes! Powerful Stories! Powerful Collections!"

Characters Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; The Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Starman [Jack Knight]; Superman [Kal-El/Clark Kent]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Synopsis Ad for various DC trade paperbacks.
Genre superhero
Pencils Greg Land; Frank Miller; Tony Harris; Dave Johnson (painted); Seth Fisher
Inks Bill Sienkiewicz; Klaus Janson; Lynn Varley
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Nightwing / Huntress (DC, 2004 series) #nn; from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (DC, 1986 series) #nn; from Starman: Stars My Destination (DC, 2004 series) #nn; from Superman: Red Son (DC, 2004 series) #nn; from Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again (DC, 2003 series) #nn; from Green Lantern: WillWorld (DC, 2003 series) #nn.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice"

Characters The Martian Manhunter [J'Onn J'Onzz]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Superman [Kal-El/Clark Kent]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Wally West]; Hourman [Rick Tyler]; Power Girl [Kara Zor-L/Karen Starr]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Fate [Hector Hall]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Synopsis Ad for the softcover edition of the 2002 graphic novel.
Genre superhero
Pencils Carlos Pacheco
Inks Jesus Merino
Letters typeset
Reprinted from JLA / JSA: Virtue and Vice (DC, 2003 series) #nn.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Plastic Man"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]
Synopsis Black and white ad for Kyle Baker's 2004 monthly Plastic Man comic.
Genre superhero
Pencils Kyle Baker
Inks Kyle Baker
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Plastic Man (DC, 2004 series) #1.

1 page advertisement "Green Lantern Hal Jordan Statue"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Synopsis Ad for DC Direct's William Paquet sculpture.
Genre superhero
Letters typeset