Issue Details

Issue	#11
Published	September 1942
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Gill Fox [as Gilbert Fox]
Notes	Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Reprinted	in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998)

9 page Plastic Man story "The Brain of Cyrus Smythe"

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Tad Wilkins (first appearance; dies); Mr. Wilkins (dies); Mrs. Wilkins (dies); Valda; Shirley; Father Time (cameo); VILLAIN: Cyrus Smythe (first appearance)
Synopsis	Due to a weird set of circumstances, Cyrus Smythe's brain is implanted into Tad Wilkins body, and he uses that body to commit crimes.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole
Reprinted	in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998)

1 page Dewey Drip story "Dewey Drip"

Genre	gag
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page #711 story "The Runt's Revenge"

Characters	#711
Genre	superhero
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner

5 page Human Bomb story "The Flute of Destruction"

Characters	Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson [Paul Carrol]
Inks	Paul Gustavson

5 page Steele Kerrigan story "The Tire Thieves"

Genre	detective
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

6 page Manhunter story "The Laughing Gas Crimes"

Characters	Manhunter [Dan Richards]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alex Kotzky
Inks	Alex Kotzky

1 page Burp the Twerp story "Killer Kane"

Characters	Burp the Twerp
Genre	gag
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole

7 page Spirit story "The Origin of the Spirit"

Characters	Spirit [Denny Colt] (first appearance; origin); Commissioner Eustace Dolan (first appearance); Ebony White (first appearance); VILLAIN: Dr. Cobra (first appearance)
Genre	Superhero
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	Joe Kubert
Letters	Zoltan Szenics?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/2/1940

6 page Chic Carter story "The Monster of the Swamps"

Characters	VILLAIN: The Swamp Monster (intro; Rocky Green)
Genre	detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

1 page Super Snooper story "Super Snooper"

Genre	humor
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Letters	Gill Fox ?

5 page Firebrand story "The White Gardenias"

Characters	Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; VILLAINS: White Gardenias (KKK-like group)
Genre	superhero
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	Lee J. Ames
Inks	Lee J. Ames

2 page Dick Mace text story "Produce the Body"

Characters	Dick Mace
Genre	Detective
Script	Robert Hyatt ?
Letters	typeset

5 page Mouthpiece story "The Murder of Malcom Munsey"

Genre	superhero; detective
Script	Fred Guardineer
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer

6 page Phantom Lady story "The Spy Ring Murder"

Characters	Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Arthur Peddy