(2002 [January 2003])
DC,
1998 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 49.95 USD; 82.95 CAD
- Pages
- 224
- On-sale Date
- 2002-11-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC Archive Editions
- ISBN
-
1-56389-835-7
- Barcode
- 761941215150 00411
- Editing
- Dale Crain (collected edition senior editor); Nick Napolitano (collected edition associate editor)
Issue Notes
Black-and-white reconstruction by Rick Keene and Greg Theakston. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Louis Prandi. Special thanks to Diamond International Galleries for source material.
[no title indexed]
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Foreword
Plastic Man / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages
- Script
- Andreas C. Knigge
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Indexer Notes
Forward by Andreas C. Knigge
[Cover - Police Comics #40]
Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
-
from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #40 (March 1945)
-
Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- 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); Mrs. Murphy (villain, first appearance); Mostelo (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Plastic Man must solve the murder of Old Man Timkins.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #40 (March 1945)
-
Indexer Notes
Based on the song "Who Put the Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?"
[Cover - Police Comics #41]
Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #41 (April 1945)
-
[Louie the Lift]
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. Grabbett (first appearance); Mask [Sammy Runn] (villain, first appearance); Snatch (villain, first appearance); Louie the Lift (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Plastic Man and Woozy stop the Mask from bankrupting the Grabbett and Runn Department Store.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #41 (April 1945)
-
[Cover - Police Comics #42]
Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #42 (May 1945)
-
[The Diabolical Dr. Dratt]
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Dr. Lucius D. Dratt (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Dratt tries to kill Plastic Man.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #42 (May 1945)
-
[Cover - Police Comics #43]
Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #43 (June 1945)
-
[Arctic Circle Adventure]
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Professor Stone (first appearance); Iggy (villain, first appearance); Dirty (villain, first appearance); Noisy (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Some hoodlums try to kill Professor Stone and get his radium mine. An eskimo wants Woozy for her mate.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #43 (June 1945)
-
[Cover - Police Comics #44]
Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #44 (July 1945)
-
[Murder at the Home for the Aged]
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; R. Wist (first appearance); Augustus Diffle (first appearance; dies); T. Wellington Pike [aka Dandy Ned] (villain, first appearance); Mrs. Diffle (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Woozy is blamed for a murder in an old folks home.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #44 (July 1945)
-
[Cover - Police Comics #45]
Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #45 (August 1945)
-
[Chief Rain-in-the-Trap]
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Cyrus Van Rooten (first appearance); Jeeves (first appearance); Chief Rain-in-the-Trap [Mickey the Actor] (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Mickey the Actor poses as an indian to try to get the town from Cyrus Van Rooten.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #45 (August 1945)
-
[Cover - Police Comics #46]
Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #46 (September 1945)
-
The Owl's Witch Union
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Hexin' Maggie (villain, first appearance); Sorcerer Sim (villain, first appearance); Sorcerer Mulligan (villain, first appearance); Oscar the Owl (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Oscar the Owl tries to have Plastic Man killed at a sorcerers convention.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #46 (September 1945)
-
[Cover - Police Comics #47]
Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #47 (October 1945)
-
[Slicer and Doser's Medical School]
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Harry the Horse (villain, first appearance); Benny Yokelvitz (villain, first appearance); Muscles (villain, first appearance); Dr. Slicer (villain, first appearance); Dr. Doser (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Two doctors try to operate on Plas to see what makes him tick.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #47 (October 1945)
-
[Cover - Police Comics #48]
Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #48 (November 1945)
-
City of the Future
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Jasper Tipple (first appearance); Big Beaver [Joe Grover] (villain, first appearance); The Cutter (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Some gangsters trick Jasper Tipple into building his city of the future... Futuria... for them.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #48 (November 1945)
-
[Cover - Police Comics #49]
Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #49 (December 1945)
-
[Thelma Twittle, Super-Charmer]
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Thelma Twittle (first appearance); R.V. Cosy (first appearance; attempts suicide); Mr. Meredith (first appearance); Zach Daily (villain, first appearance; dies)
- Synopsis
- Thelma Twittle is able to hypnotize any man, except for Zach Daily. He tricks her into doing anything he wants her to do.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #49 (December 1945)
-
[Cover - Plastic Man #3]
Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Kayo Randy
- Reprints
- from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #3 (Spring 1946)
-
[The Killing of Snoopy Hawks]
Plastic Man / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Joe Millard
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Kayo Randy (first appearance); Snoopy Hawks (first appearance; deceased); John T. Wales [as Mr. Cleary] (first appearance); Cynthia Bender (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Plas must figure out who killed Snoopy Hawks.
- Reprints
- from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #3 (Spring 1946)
-
Indexer Notes
Per Martin O'Hearn, Joe Millard is the writer for this story. The Archive credits Jack Cole.
[B.T. Tokus and the Witch Doctors]
Plastic Man / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; W. Wickstaff Roost (first appearance); B.T. Tokus (villain, first appearance); Timbo (villain, first appearance); Goglo (villain, first appearance); Smogo (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- B.T. Tokus hires some witch doctors to try to kill Plas.
- Reprints
- from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #3 (Spring 1946)
-
[The Escape of Smelly Pitts]
Woozy Winks / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Woozy Winks; Smelly Pitts (villain, first appearance); Petunia (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Woozy tries to capture Smelly Pitts and get the reward. But first, he helps Smelly break out of jail.
- Reprints
- from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #3 (Spring 1946)
-
Indexer Notes
First Woozy Winks solo story.
The Hand Behind
Plastic Man / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian; disguised as Zrogan]; Woozy Winks; Bordo (villain, first appearance)
- Reprints
- from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #3 (Spring 1946)
-
[A Whale of a Tale]
Plastic Man / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole
- Pencils
- Jack Cole
- Inks
- Jack Cole
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
- Letters
- Jack Cole
- Editing
- George Brenner (original)
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Jake Strumby (villain, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Jake Strumby and his gang hide in a whale.
- Reprints
- from Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #3 (Spring 1946)
-
Biographies
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Peter L. Myer; Adam Philips
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- biography
Indexer Notes
Biography for Jack Cole. Biographical material researched and written by Peter L. Myer and Adam Philips.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Plastic Man -
1.
Table of Contents
-
2.
Foreword
Plastic Man -
3.
[Cover - Police Comics #40]
Plastic Man -
4.
Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?
Plastic Man -
5.
[Cover - Police Comics #41]
Plastic Man -
6.
[Louie the Lift]
Plastic Man -
7.
[Cover - Police Comics #42]
Plastic Man -
8.
[The Diabolical Dr. Dratt]
Plastic Man -
9.
[Cover - Police Comics #43]
Plastic Man -
10.
[Arctic Circle Adventure]
Plastic Man -
11.
[Cover - Police Comics #44]
Plastic Man -
12.
[Murder at the Home for the Aged]
Plastic Man -
13.
[Cover - Police Comics #45]
Plastic Man -
14.
[Chief Rain-in-the-Trap]
Plastic Man -
15.
[Cover - Police Comics #46]
Plastic Man -
16.
The Owl's Witch Union
Plastic Man -
17.
[Cover - Police Comics #47]
Plastic Man -
18.
[Slicer and Doser's Medical School]
Plastic Man -
19.
[Cover - Police Comics #48]
Plastic Man -
20.
City of the Future
Plastic Man -
21.
[Cover - Police Comics #49]
Plastic Man -
22.
[Thelma Twittle, Super-Charmer]
Plastic Man -
23.
[Cover - Plastic Man #3]
Plastic Man -
24.
[The Killing of Snoopy Hawks]
Plastic Man -
25.
[B.T. Tokus and the Witch Doctors]
Plastic Man -
26.
[The Escape of Smelly Pitts]
Woozy Winks -
27.
The Hand Behind
Plastic Man -
28.
[A Whale of a Tale]
Plastic Man -
29.
Biographies
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30.
[Backcover]
Plastic Man
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