(January 1944)

Quality Comics, 1941 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1943-11-12
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Magazines
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Editing
George Brenner (editor)

Issue Notes

Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines.

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Volume 39, Number 1. Class B periodical. p. 81. Copyright registration number B 619544.

Plastic Man Battles Body, Mind and Soul! (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole (signed)
Inks
Jack Cole (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Pike Ronan
Reprints

Body, Mind and Soul (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
Jack Cole

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Randy Ronan (introduction); Vida (introduction); Pike Ronan (villain, introduction, a werewolf, death); Slugger Crott (villain, introduction); Hoppy (villain, introduction); Brains (villain, introduction); Butch (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
Chief Branner discovers that Plastic Man is actually a wanted felon, and Plastic Man is ready to submit and do his time. However, the Chief finds him too valuable of asset to the force and gives him an assignment to prove himself by bringing in three wanted crooks, each of whom was a unique challenge: one of brawn, one of brains and one of soul (a werewolf, no less). Branner is impressed and absolves O'Brian of his past.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble ?
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy! What a swell tattoo picture o' mah girl!
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Dewey Drip; Fanny Belle
Synopsis
Dewey gets a tattoo of his girlfriend's face, but a last-minute inoculation mars the perfection of her image.

[The Framed Gorilla] (Table of Contents: 3)

Flatfoot Burns / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. K.)
Inks
Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. K.)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Flatfoot Burns

[The Picture Murders] (Table of Contents: 4)

Destiny / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Keller ?
Inks
Jack Keller ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Destiny

[The Ghostmaster] (Table of Contents: 5)

Manhunter / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Bryant
Inks
Al Bryant
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; The Ghostmaster [Mr. Fearless] (villain, death)
Synopsis
A vaudeville performer billed as the Ghostmaster, a great make-up artist, a master of the quick change, and able to bring the dead to life, is bitter when vaudeville died. He planned and plotted until he found Mr. Trueman, a bank president so trusted, that Fearless' impersonation wouldn't be questioned until he emptied the vaults and faked a suicide. He gives the game away when he adopts Richards' identity as a disguise and meets up with Manhunter, who captures Mr. Fearless and recognizes him as the Ghostmaster, a performer that inspired him as a youth.
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Ten Who Never Came Back (Table of Contents: 6)

Dick Mace / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Hyatt ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
detective-mystery; adventure
Characters
Dick Mace

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Dewey Drip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Letter from yer Gran'pap, Dewey!
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Dewey Drip

Patch-Eye the Perilous (Table of Contents: 8)

The Human Bomb / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Leav (see notes)
Inks
Mort Leav (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; Patch-Eye (villain)
Synopsis
The Human Bomb encounters a super-villain named Patch-Eye, an evil genius roboticist.

Indexer Notes

This is Leav. He draws large hands, many lively faces, some panels without backgrounds, and a special way of running with high lifted legs. Compare with his signed story in (Orbit-Wanted, 1947 series) #52 (February 1953).

[Fighting the Front] (Table of Contents: 9)

Burp the Twerp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
Jack Cole

Genre
humor
Characters
Burp the Twerp

[The Death Dolls] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Joe Kubert
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Yagor (villain, introduction)
Reprints

Captain Tootsie and The Secret Weapon (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Plastic Man Battles Body, Mind and Soul!
    Plastic Man
  2. 1. Body, Mind and Soul
    Plastic Man
  3. 2. ["Boy! What a swell tattoo picture o' mah girl!"]
    Dewey Drip
  4. 3. [The Framed Gorilla]
    Flatfoot Burns
  5. 4. [The Picture Murders]
    Destiny
  6. 5. [The Ghostmaster]
    Manhunter
  7. 6. Ten Who Never Came Back
    Dick Mace
  8. 7. ["Letter from yer Gran'pap, Dewey!"]
    Dewey Drip
  9. 8. Patch-Eye the Perilous
    The Human Bomb
  10. 9. [Fighting the Front]
    Burp the Twerp
  11. 10. [The Death Dolls]
    The Spirit
  12. 11. Captain Tootsie and The Secret Weapon
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Bob Hughes
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt