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Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	October 1943
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	George Brenner
Notes	Copyright 1943 by Comic Magazines.

Cover Details

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Spirit [Denny Colt]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole (signed)
Reprinted	in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (December 2000)

15 page Plastic Man story "The Ghost Train"

Characters	Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Captain Murphy [also as Captain Murphey]; Caprice Corbett (first appearance); VILLAINS: Snout (first appearance); J. Noble Wopps (first appearance)
Synopsis	Woozy and Plas ride a haunted train.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole
Reprinted	in Plastic Man Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (December 2000)

6 page Human Bomb story "The Return of Hustace Throckmorton"

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

1 page Burp the Twerp story "Encounter With Plastic Man"

Characters	Burp the Twerp; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]
Genre	gag
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole [Ralph Johns]
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole

7 page Destiny story "Baby Face"

Characters	Destiny
Genre	detective; superhero
Pencils	Jack Keller?
Inks	Jack Keller?

1 page Dewey Drip story "Dewey Drip"

Genre	gag
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

7 page Spirit story "Ebony's X-Ray Eyes"

Characters	Spirit [Denny Colt]
Genre	Superhero
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	Joe Kubert
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/15/1940

6 page Flatfoot Burns story "The Sky Saboteurs"

Characters	Flatfoot Burns
Genre	humor; detective
Script	Al Stahl
Pencils	Al Stahl
Inks	Al Stahl

2 page Dick Mace text story "The San Juan Bluebeard"

Characters	Dick Mace
Genre	Detective
Script	Robert Hyatt ?
Letters	typeset

1 page Super Snooper story "Super Snooper"

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

6 page Phantom Lady story "The Four Maniacs"

Characters	Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Rudy Palais
Inks	Rudy Palais
Notes	Next appearance in PHANTOM LADY #13 (Fox) or JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #107 (DC).

10 page Manhunter story "The Murdering Rhymester"

Characters	Manhunter [Dan Richards]; VILLAIN: The Rhymester [Frank Smith] (first appearance)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Cassone?
Inks	John Cassone?