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Issue: Plastic Man Archives #4
Publication Date: January 2002
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 11/27/2002
Volume: 4
Pages: 224
ISBN: 1563898357
UPC/EAN: 76194121515000411
Price: $82.95 CAD
$49.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 31 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dale Crain (collected edition senior editor); Nick J. Napolitano (collected edition associate editor)
Disclose Notes: Black-and-white reconstruction by Rick Keene and Greg Theakston. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Louis Prandi. Special thanks to Diamond International Galleries for source material.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: glossy paper dust jacket
Binding: hardcover with dust jacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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reprinted 26 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
The fun and adventure continues with a new volume of the award-winning series featuring everyone's favorite pliable hero! This hardcover is written and illustrated by the legendary Jack Cole, who really hits his stride in this era as Plas and Woozy's hijinks become even more outrageous!
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
typeset
Subject Matter
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Andreas C. Knigge
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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Forward by Andreas C. Knigge
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Cover - Police Comics #40

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole (signed)
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
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George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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FlagPolice Comics #40 published March 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; J. Farthingale Dillingweather (first appearance); Percy (first appearance); Francesca Bibi (first appearance); Old Man Timkins (first appearance; deceased); Mrs. Murphy (villain, first appearance); Mostelo (villain, first appearance)
Plastic Man must solve the murder of Old Man Timkins.
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FlagPolice Comics #40 published March 1945
was Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Based on the song "Who Put the Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?"
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Cover - Police Comics #41

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole (signed)
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
?
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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FlagPolice Comics #41 published April 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Louie the Lift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. Grabbett (first appearance); Mask [Sammy Runn] (villain, first appearance); Snatch (villain, first appearance); Louie the Lift (villain, first appearance)
Plastic Man and Woozy stop the Mask from bankrupting the Grabbett and Runn Department Store.
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FlagPolice Comics #41 published April 1945
was Louie the Lift [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover - Police Comics #42

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole (signed)
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
?
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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FlagPolice Comics #42 published May 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Diabolical Dr. Dratt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Dr. Lucius D. Dratt (villain, first appearance)
Dr. Dratt tries to kill Plastic Man.
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FlagPolice Comics #42 published May 1945
was The Diabolical Dr. Dratt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover - Police Comics #43

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
?
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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FlagPolice Comics #43 published June 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Arctic Circle Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Professor Stone (first appearance); Iggy (villain, first appearance); Dirty (villain, first appearance); Noisy (villain, first appearance)
Some hoodlums try to kill Professor Stone and get his radium mine. An eskimo wants Woozy for her mate.
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FlagPolice Comics #43 published June 1945
was Arctic Circle Adventure [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover - Police Comics #44

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole (signed)
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
?
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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FlagPolice Comics #44 published July 1945
was There's No Fool Like an Old Fool! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Murder at the Home for the Aged

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; R. Wist (first appearance); Augustus Diffle (first appearance; dies); T. Wellington Pike [aka Dandy Ned] (villain, first appearance); Mrs. Diffle (villain, first appearance)
Woozy is blamed for a murder in an old folks home.
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FlagPolice Comics #44 published July 1945
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover - Police Comics #45

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole (signed)
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
?
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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FlagPolice Comics #45 published August 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Chief Rain-in-the-Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Cyrus Van Rooten (first appearance); Jeeves (first appearance); Chief Rain-in-the-Trap [Mickey the Actor] (villain, first appearance)
Mickey the Actor poses as an indian to try to get the town from Cyrus Van Rooten.
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FlagPolice Comics #45 published August 1945
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover - Police Comics #46

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole (signed)
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
?
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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FlagPolice Comics #46 published September 1945
was Plastic Man Makes the Owl Hoot and Howl! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Owl's Witch Union

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Hexin' Maggie (villain, first appearance); Sorcerer Sim (villain, first appearance); Sorcerer Mulligan (villain, first appearance); Oscar the Owl (villain, first appearance)
Oscar the Owl tries to have Plastic Man killed at a sorcerers convention.
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FlagPolice Comics #46 published September 1945
was The Owl's Witch Union [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover - Police Comics #47

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole (signed)
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
?
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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FlagPolice Comics #47 published October 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Slicer and Doser's Medical School

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Harry the Horse (villain, first appearance); Benny Yokelvitz (villain, first appearance); Muscles (villain, first appearance); Dr. Slicer (villain, first appearance); Dr. Doser (villain, first appearance)
Two doctors try to operate on Plas to see what makes him tick.
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FlagPolice Comics #47 published October 1945
was Slicer and Doser's Medical School [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover - Police Comics #48

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole (signed)
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
?
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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FlagPolice Comics #48 published November 1945
was City of the Future [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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City of the Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Jasper Tipple (first appearance); Big Beaver [Joe Grover] (villain, first appearance); The Cutter (villain, first appearance)
Some gangsters trick Jasper Tipple into building his city of the future... Futuria... for them.
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FlagPolice Comics #48 published November 1945
was City of the Future [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover - Police Comics #49

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
?
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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FlagPolice Comics #49 published December 1945
was The Spell of Thelma Twittle [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Thelma Twittle, Super-Charmer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Thelma Twittle (first appearance); R.V. Cosy (first appearance; attempts suicide); Mr. Meredith (first appearance); Zach Daily (villain, first appearance; dies)
Thelma Twittle is able to hypnotize any man, except for Zach Daily. He tricks her into doing anything he wants her to do.
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FlagPolice Comics #49 published December 1945
was Thelma Twittle, Super-Charmer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover - Plastic Man #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
?
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Kayo Randy
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FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Killing of Snoopy Hawks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Millard
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Kayo Randy (first appearance); Snoopy Hawks (first appearance; deceased); John T. Wales [as Mr. Cleary] (first appearance); Cynthia Bender (villain, first appearance)
Plas must figure out who killed Snoopy Hawks.
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FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was The Killing of Snoopy Hawks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Joe Millard is the writer for this story. The Archive credits Jack Cole.
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B.T. Tokus and the Witch Doctors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; W. Wickstaff Roost (first appearance); B.T. Tokus (villain, first appearance); Timbo (villain, first appearance); Goglo (villain, first appearance); Smogo (villain, first appearance)
B.T. Tokus hires some witch doctors to try to kill Plas.
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FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was B.T. Tokus and the Witch Doctors [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Escape of Smelly Pitts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Woozy Winks
Woozy Winks; Smelly Pitts (villain, first appearance); Petunia (villain, first appearance)
Woozy tries to capture Smelly Pitts and get the reward. But first, he helps Smelly break out of jail.
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FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was The Escape of Smelly Pitts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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First Woozy Winks solo story.
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The Hand Behind

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
typeset
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian; disguised as Zrogan]; Woozy Winks; Bordo (villain, first appearance)
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FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was The Hand Behind [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A Whale of a Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
Jack Cole
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Jake Strumby (villain, first appearance)
Jake Strumby and his gang hide in a whale.
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FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was A Whale of a Tale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Peter L. Myer; Adam Philips
typeset
Subject Matter
informational
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Biography for Jack Cole. Biographical material researched and written by Peter L. Myer and Adam Philips.
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Backcover

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction)
?
George Brenner (original)
Subject Matter
superhero
Plastic Man
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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FlagPolice Comics #43 published June 1945cover
FlagPolice Comics #46 published September 1945cover
FlagPolice Comics #48 published November 1945cover
FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946cover
 
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Reprints covers from POLICE COMICS (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #43, 46, 48 and PLASTIC MAN (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #3.

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