(2003 [February 2004])

DC, 2004 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
6.95 USD; 10.75 CAD
Pages
84
On-sale Date
2003-12-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
ISBN
1-4012-0114-8 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941237053 00111
Editing
Dale Crain (senior editor, collected editions)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
Newsprint interior; Glossy cardstock cover
Binding
Squarebound
Publishing Format
One-Shot

Issue Notes

80 pg. Giant Annual on cover only.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole; Jim Mooney; Gil Kane; Ramona Fradon; Tenny Henson
Inks
Jack Cole; Jim Mooney; Gil Kane; Ramona Fradon; Tenny Henson
Colors
Jamison Services
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Plastic Man [Robby Reed]; Dr. Dome; Agent Foyle

From the DC Comics Vault... (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Credits and indicia.

Giant Plastic Man Annual (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]
Synopsis
Table of Contents with reprinted illo of 1960s Plas.

[The Origin of Plastic Man!] (Table of Contents: 3)

Plastic Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
Ed Cronin (original editor)

Genre
superhero; humor
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.
Reprints
Keywords
Rest-Haven

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

Powerful Heroes! Powerful Stories! Powerful Collections! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
麻宮騎亜 (Kia Asamiya); J. G. Jones; Michael Avon Oeming; Phil Hester; Jon Foster (painting); Dave Johnson
Inks
Ande Parks
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
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]

Indexer Notes

Ad for these DC trade paperbacks:
Batman: Child of Dreams (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]
Justice Society Returns!, The (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]
Aquaman: The Waterbearer (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]
Catwoman: Crooked Little Town (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]
Green Arrow: Archer's Quest (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]
Batman: The Ring, The Arrow and The Bat (DC, 2003 series) #[nn] (mistakenly labeled as "Batman: The Arrow, The Ring and The Bat")

Presenting the Man Who Can't Be Harmed (Table of Contents: 5)

Plastic Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
Jack Cole
Editing
John Beardsley (original editor)

Genre
superhero; humor
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.
Reprints

Plas' to Meet You (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
George Brenner (original editor)

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

Indexer Notes

The table of contents list "The Hand Behind!" from Plastic Man #3, rather than this story.

The Wizard of Light (Table of Contents: 7)

Dial H for Hero / comic story / 15.33 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood
Pencils
Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks
Jim Mooney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor)

Genre
superhero
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!
Reprints

Powerful Heroes! Powerful Stories! Powerful Collections! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Seth Fisher; Stewart Johnson; Stuart Immonen; Doug Mahnke; Dan Jurgens; John Byrne
Inks
Jerry Ordway
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
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

Indexer Notes

Ad for the following DC trade paperbacks:
Green Lantern: WillWorld (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]
Batman / Aliens Two (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]
Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe (DC, 2002 series) #2
JLA: The Obsidian Age Book 2 (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (DC, 1994 series) #[nn]
Superman & Batman: Generations II (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]

The Dirty Devices of Dr. Dome! (Table of Contents: 9)

Plastic Man / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Genre
superhero; humor
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
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story across 24 pages in 3 parts of 7.67 pages each.

The Hamsters of Doom (Table of Contents: 10)

Plastic Man / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Ramona Fradon
Inks
Tenny Henson
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Editing
Gerry Conway (original editor)

Genre
superhero; humor
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
Reprints
Keywords
hamsters; NBI

Powerful Heroes! Powerful Stories! Powerful Collections! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Greg Land; Tony Harris; Seth Fisher; Frank Miller; Dave Johnson (painted)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz; Klaus Janson; Lynn Varley
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; The Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Starman [Jack Knight]; Superman [Kal-El/Clark Kent]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]

Indexer Notes

Ad for the following DC trade paperbacks:
Nightwing / Huntress (DC, 2004 series) #[nn]
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (DC, 1986 series) #[nn]
Starman: Stars My Destination (DC, 2004 series) #[nn]
Superman: Red Son (DC, 2004 series) #[nn]
Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]
Green Lantern: WillWorld (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]

JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice (Table of Contents: 12)

Justice League; Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carlos Pacheco
Inks
Jesús Merino
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
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]

Indexer Notes

Ad for the softcover edition of the 2002 graphic novel.

Plastic Man (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Kyle Baker
Inks
Kyle Baker
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]

Indexer Notes

Black and white ad for Kyle Baker's 2004 monthly Plastic Man comic.

Green Lantern Hal Jordan Statue (Table of Contents: 14)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Synopsis
Ad for DC Direct's William Paquet sculpture.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Plastic Man
  2. 1. From the DC Comics Vault...
  3. 2. Giant Plastic Man Annual
  4. 3. [The Origin of Plastic Man!]
    Plastic Man
  5. 4. Powerful Heroes! Powerful Stories! Powerful Collections!
  6. 5. Presenting the Man Who Can't Be Harmed
    Plastic Man
  7. 6. Plas' to Meet You
    Plastic Man
  8. 7. The Wizard of Light
    Dial H for Hero
  9. 8. Powerful Heroes! Powerful Stories! Powerful Collections!
  10. 9. The Dirty Devices of Dr. Dome!
    Plastic Man
  11. 10. The Hamsters of Doom
    Plastic Man
  12. 11. Powerful Heroes! Powerful Stories! Powerful Collections!
  13. 12. JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice
    Justice League; Justice Society of America
  14. 13. Plastic Man
  15. 14. Green Lantern Hal Jordan Statue
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Jason Fetterley
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Bjorn Wallin