([October] 2003)

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Volume
5
Price
49.95 USD; 82.95 CAD
Pages
212
On-sale Date
2003-08-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC Archive Editions
ISBN
1-56389-986-8 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941215150 00511
Editing
Dale Crain (collected edition senior editor)

Issue Notes

Black-and-white reconstruction by Rick Keene. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Peter Hamboussi. Special thanks to Diamond International Galleries for source material.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]

Foreword (Table of Contents: 2)

Plastic Man / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Schelly
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Woozy Winks

Indexer Notes

Forward by Bill Schelly

[Cover - Police Comics #50] (Table of Contents: 3)

Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
?
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

Plastic Man Protects Crookdom? (Table of Contents: 4)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Officer Murphy; Roget the Astrologer (first appearance, dies); Boss Doaker (villain, first appearance); The Cannon (villain, first appearance); Paulsen (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis
Some gangsters kill Roget the fortune teller, who makes one final prediction before he dies.
Reprints

[Cover - Police Comics #51] (Table of Contents: 5)

Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
?
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

The Granite Lady (Table of Contents: 6)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; The Granite Lady [Sheila Sorrell] (first appearance); Professor Carlon (first appearance); Mickey the Goon (villain; first appearance); Charley the Choker (villain, first appearance); Mr. Myers (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis
When Professor Carlon tries to turn Sheila into a granite statue, he instead turns her into a granite monster. Plas must find her and give her the antidote.
Reprints

[Cover - Police Comics #52] (Table of Contents: 7)

Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
?
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

Crime Without Criminals (Table of Contents: 8)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Officer McCarthy; J.H. [Joshua Harrison] (villain, first appearance); Mr. Craddock (villain, first appearance); G. Rufus Montdidger (villain, first appearance, dies)
Synopsis
Plas stops some wealthy businessmen who are robbing their own companies.
Reprints

[Cover - Police Comics #53] (Table of Contents: 9)

Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
?
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

[The Evil Genius of Dr. Erudite] (Table of Contents: 10)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Dr. Erudite (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis
Dr. Erudite clones a double of himself to help him commit crimes.
Reprints

[Cover - Police Comics #54] (Table of Contents: 11)

Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
?
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

The Thinking Machine (Table of Contents: 12)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
André LeBlanc
Inks
André LeBlanc
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Professor Medew (first appearance, dies); The Thinker [Goofty Garlow] (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis
A not-so-bright janitor is inspired by a thinking machine to kill its creator and commit crimes.
Reprints

[Cover - Police Comics #55] (Table of Contents: 13)

Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
?
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

Sleepy Eyes (Table of Contents: 14)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Grant Horden (first appearance); Dr. Teen (first appearance); Dr. Geen (first appearane); Dr. Zeen (first appearance); Sleepy Eyes (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis
Sleepy Eyes has the ability to hypnotize people and put them to sleep. Unfortunately for him, it doesn't work against Woozy Winks.
Reprints

[Cover - Plastic Man #4] (Table of Contents: 15)

Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
?
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

[The Purple Viking] (Table of Contents: 16)

Plastic Man / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Bart Tumey
Inks
Bart Tumey
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; George K. Dinnit (first appearance); The Purple Viking [Chuck Sutherland] (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis
When a lumberman is hit in the head by a tree, he believes he is a Viking.
Reprints

King Lughead, the First (Table of Contents: 17)

Plastic Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Spranger
Inks
Jack Spranger
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Lughead Sykes (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis
Lughead Sykes declares himself the king of Takahatchee.
Reprints

[The Lollipop Caper] (Table of Contents: 18)

Woozy Winks / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Bart Tumey
Inks
Bart Tumey
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Woozy Winks; The Terrible Trio (villains, first appearance; die); Giant Neers (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis
Woozy tries to stop a man who is taking candy from a baby, although the baby is really Giant Neers.
Reprints

Plas' to Meet You (Table of Contents: 19)

Plastic Man / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Letters
typeset
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Bugeye Clift (villain, first appearance); Surprise Willen (villain, first appearance)
Reprints

The Lobster (Table of Contents: 20)

Plastic Man / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mrs. Dana (first appearance); Mr. Dana (first appearance); The Lobster [Mr. Dana] (villain; first appearance)
Synopsis
The Lobster pals pretend to be his parents and trick Woozy and Plas.
Reprints

[Cover - Police Comics #56] (Table of Contents: 21)

Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
?
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

Overworked Genie (Table of Contents: 22)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
André LeBlanc
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Mickey; Mrs. O'Higginson (first appearance); Yes-Man (villain, first appearance); Mr. Groo (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis
When Plas plays a prank on a youngster who is rubbing a lamp, gangsters find out and, believing it's real, kidnap the boy.
Reprints

[Cover - Police Comics #57] (Table of Contents: 23)

Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
?
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

Mars--Keep Away (Table of Contents: 24)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Spranger
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. Misfit (a Martian, first appearance); Prof. MacGhoul (villain, first appearance); Squeaker (villain)
Synopsis
A professor tries to take a rocket ship to Mars so he can conquer the planet.
Reprints

[Cover - Police Comics #58] (Table of Contents: 25)

Plastic Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
?
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

The Green Terror (Table of Contents: 26)

Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Alex Kotzky
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. Green (villain, first appearance, dies)
Synopsis
Mr. Green kills people with his plants.
Reprints

Biographies (Table of Contents: 27)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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.

[Backcover] (Table of Contents: 28)

Plastic Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Jamison Services (color reconstruction)
Letters
?
Editing
George Brenner (original)

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprints covers from POLICE COMICS (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #50, 54, 58 and PLASTIC MAN (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #4.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Plastic Man
  2. 1. Table of Contents
  3. 2. Foreword
    Plastic Man
  4. 3. [Cover - Police Comics #50]
    Plastic Man
  5. 4. Plastic Man Protects Crookdom?
    Plastic Man
  6. 5. [Cover - Police Comics #51]
    Plastic Man
  7. 6. The Granite Lady
    Plastic Man
  8. 7. [Cover - Police Comics #52]
    Plastic Man
  9. 8. Crime Without Criminals
    Plastic Man
  10. 9. [Cover - Police Comics #53]
    Plastic Man
  11. 10. [The Evil Genius of Dr. Erudite]
    Plastic Man
  12. 11. [Cover - Police Comics #54]
    Plastic Man
  13. 12. The Thinking Machine
    Plastic Man
  14. 13. [Cover - Police Comics #55]
    Plastic Man
  15. 14. Sleepy Eyes
    Plastic Man
  16. 15. [Cover - Plastic Man #4]
    Plastic Man
  17. 16. [The Purple Viking]
    Plastic Man
  18. 17. King Lughead, the First
    Plastic Man
  19. 18. [The Lollipop Caper]
    Woozy Winks
  20. 19. Plas' to Meet You
    Plastic Man
  21. 20. The Lobster
    Plastic Man
  22. 21. [Cover - Police Comics #56]
    Plastic Man
  23. 22. Overworked Genie
    Plastic Man
  24. 23. [Cover - Police Comics #57]
    Plastic Man
  25. 24. Mars--Keep Away
    Plastic Man
  26. 25. [Cover - Police Comics #58]
    Plastic Man
  27. 26. The Green Terror
    Plastic Man
  28. 27. Biographies
  29. 28. [Backcover]
    Plastic Man
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