Plastic Man
#2
([August] 1944)
Quality Comics,
1943 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vital Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Vital Book
- Editing
- George Brenner ?
Issue Notes
There is no indicia per se, but page 2 (the Contents page) has this at the bottom:
Copyright 1944, Vital Publications, Inc., New York All Rights Reserved
And page 67 has this:
This book has been manufactured under wartime conditions in full compliance with all orders and regulations of the War Production Board, in particular L 245
By
VITAL PUBLICATIONS, Inc.
New York
Book Division of Wm. C. Popper & Co.
"Book Publishers since 1893"
Copyright 1944, Vital Publications, Inc., New York All Rights Reserved
And page 67 has this:
This book has been manufactured under wartime conditions in full compliance with all orders and regulations of the War Production Board, in particular L 245
By
VITAL PUBLICATIONS, Inc.
New York
Book Division of Wm. C. Popper & Co.
"Book Publishers since 1893"
The Gay Nineties Nightmare!
Plastic Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
- Reprints
-
in Comic Reprints (Nostalgia, Inc. [Don Maris Comics], 1973 series) #[11] ([circa 1975]) [cover], #[11] ([circa 1975]) - in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #33 (1976)
- in The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #191 (November 1996) [black and white]
- in Great American Comic Books (Publications International, Ltd., 2001 series) (2001)
- in Jack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits (Chronicle Books, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2001 [January 2002])
-
in PS Artbooks Softee: Plastic Man (PS Artbooks, 2022 series) #1 (2022)
-
The Gay Nineties Nightmare
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Slimy Slade [aka Desperate Desmond] (villain, introduction, death); Slippery Slade (villain, introduction, death); Slinky Slade (villain, introduction); Charlie (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- A city has been transformed to look like the gay Nineties (1890's).
- Reprints
- in Comic Reprints (Nostalgia, Inc. [Don Maris Comics], 1973 series) #[11] ([circa 1975])
- in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #33 (1976)
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2001 [January 2002])
- in PS Artbooks Softee: Plastic Man (PS Artbooks, 2022 series) #1 (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title from contents page and cover.
Who's Who
Plastic Man / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Elmer Body (villain, introduction); Tony Toppo (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Elmer Body has the ability to change bodies with anyone. Unfortunately for him, he chooses Woozy Winks.
- Reprints
- in Comic Reprints (Nostalgia, Inc. [Don Maris Comics], 1973 series) #[11] ([circa 1975])
- in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #33 (1976)
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2001 [January 2002])
- in PS Artbooks Softee: Plastic Man (PS Artbooks, 2022 series) #1 (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
The story title taken from the contents page.
"The Man Who Could Switch Bodies" is the title of the story found in the Archive edition.
The Lava Man
Plastic Man / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; un-named 500-year-old man; The Lava Man [Fargo Freddie] (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Fargo Freddie falls into a volcano, meets a 500-year-old man who shows him how to turn into lava. As Lava Man, he slips out of Plastic Man's grip, but is defeated when his body cools and hardens.
- Reprints
- in Comic Reprints (Nostalgia, Inc. [Don Maris Comics], 1973 series) #[11] ([circa 1975])
- in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #33 (1976)
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2001 [January 2002])
- in PS Artbooks Softee: Plastic Man (PS Artbooks, 2022 series) #1 (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title taken from the contents page.
Welcome to Coroner's Corners!
Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Agent Carlson (introduction); Agent Murphy (introduction); Dada Ditt (introduction); Dr. Dewey Ditt (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Plas and Woozy go to Coroner's Corners to try and find out why everyone has gone stark raving mad.
- Reprints
- in Comic Reprints (Nostalgia, Inc. [Don Maris Comics], 1973 series) #[11] ([circa 1975])
- in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #33 (1976)
- in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2001 [January 2002])
- in PS Artbooks Softee: Plastic Man (PS Artbooks, 2022 series) #1 (2022)
-
- Keywords
- Coroner's Corners
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 2 pages
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The inside back cover has a box that contains this text:
This book has been manufactured under wartime conditions in full compliance with all orders and regulations of the War Production Board, in particular L 245
By
VITAL PUBLICATIONS, Inc.
New York
Book Division of Wm. C. Popper & Co.
"Book Publishers since 1893"
The back cover consists of the words "A VITAL BOOK" lettered in red text repeated over and over at various angles on top of a yellow background.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Gay Nineties Nightmare!
Plastic Man -
1.
Contents
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2.
The Gay Nineties Nightmare
Plastic Man -
3.
Who's Who
Plastic Man -
4.
The Lava Man
Plastic Man -
5.
Welcome to Coroner's Corners!
Plastic Man -
6.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Doug Brain
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Tony R. Rose
- Allen Ross
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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