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Issue: Plastic Man #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1944
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Issues: #2 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: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George Brenner ?
Disclose 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"
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Gay Nineties Nightmare!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #33 published January 1976
as The Gay Nineties Nightmare! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #3 published January 2001
as [Cover - Plastic Man #2]; The Gay Nineties Nightmare! [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)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #33 published January 1976
as Contents [Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Located on the inside front cover.
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The Gay Nineties Nightmare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): 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).
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #33 published January 1976
as The Gay Nineties Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #3 published January 2001
as The Gay Nineties Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Story title from contents page and cover.
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Who's Who

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #33 published January 1976
as Who's Who [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #3 published January 2001
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose 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.
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The Lava Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #33 published January 1976
as The Lava Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #3 published January 2001
as The Lava Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the contents page.
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Welcome to Coroner's Corners!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #33 published January 1976
as Welcome To Coroner's Corners! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #3 published January 2001
as Welcome to Coroner's Corners! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #33 published January 1976
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose 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.

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