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Issue: Plastic Man #[1] Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #[1] of 64 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: A Vital BookView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vital Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/29/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

The publication title filed with the U. S. Copyright Office is "Plastic man in the Game of death!" No issue number is included in the filing.

The indicia text:

"This book has been manufactured under wartime conditions in full compliance with all orders and regulations of the War Production Board, in particular 1. 245
By
VITAL PUBLICATIONS, Inc.
New York
from
material prepared and supplied
by
COMIC MAGAZINES
Copyright 1943, Vital Publications, Inc., New York All Rights Reserved

The indicia scan confirms that there is no volume, issue number, or frequency present.

Judging from the cover, copyright registration, and the indicia text, it appears this book was originally intended as a stand-alone publication and not part of a series. The Copyright Office treated it as such; the filing is listed in the Pamphlets volume and not the Periodicals one, which is how the Office treats stand-alone. There doesn't appear to have been a copyright filing for the second issue (from 1944), but the cover and indicia point to that being published as a stand-alone as well. This doesn't seem to have become a proper periodical series until the third issue in 1946.

Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 Series) #27 (February 1944) is copyright 1943, and per the Copyright Office, its publication [on-sale] date was December 15, 1943, before this comics' Copyright Office's publication [on-sale] date of December 29, 1943. Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 Series) #28 (March 1944) is copyright 1944, and its Copyright Office's publication [on-sale] date is January 14, 1944. Thus, it is probable that this issue appeared on the newsstands at the same time Quality Comics titles with a February cover date in between Police Comics #27 and #28.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
Format Notes:  
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The Game of Death

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #11 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #2 published February 2000
as [Cover - Plastic Man #1]; The Game of Death [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits #[nn] published August 2001
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits #[nn] published August 2001
as Game of Death [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Game of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian; also disguised as Mr. King]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner (introduction); Yvette LaRue (introduction, death); The Chance Club [Mr. Sharp; Charlie; Tony; Mike] (villains, introduction for all); Mrs. Towne (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Plas and Woozy break up The Chance Club.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #11 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #2 published February 2000
as The Game of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Now You See It, Now You Don't

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Professor Topps (introduction); Chief Branner (cameo); Amisaki (villain, introduction); The Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: Plas and Woozy must stop the Japanese from stealing a camouflage machine.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #11 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #2 published February 2000
as Now You See It, Now You Don't [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Willie McGoon, Dope

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; The Goon [Willie McGoon] (introduction); Professor Goodman (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Professor Goodman takes advantage of a man's disfigurement.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #11 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #2 published February 2000
as Willie McGoon, Dope [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Plastic Nemesis

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #11 published January 1974
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Go West, Young Plastic Man, Go West

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Mr. McAnders (introduction); Cowboy Joe (villain, introduction); Dade (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Woozy gets conned into buying a map to a goldmine, and heads out West to find his fortune.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #11 published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #2 published February 2000
as Go West, Young Plastic Man, Go West [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15

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