| Additional Information |
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| Publication | [August] 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | The Gay Nineties Nightmare! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks |
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| Contents | Contents (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Located on the inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | The Gay Nineties Nightmare (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | A city has been transformed to look like the gay Nineties (1890's). |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: 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) |
| Notes | Story title from contents page and cover. |
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| Comic Story | Who's Who (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Elmer Body has the ability to change bodies with anyone. Unfortunately for him, he chooses Woozy Winks. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Elmer Body (villain, introduction); Tony Toppo (villain, introduction) |
| 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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| Comic Story | The Lava Man (14 pages) |
| 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. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; un-named 500-year-old man; The Lava Man [Fargo Freddie] (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Story title taken from the contents page. |
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| Comic Story | Welcome to Coroner's Corners! (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Plas and Woozy go to Coroner's Corners to try and find out why everyone has gone stark raving mad. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Agent Carlson (introduction); Agent Murphy (introduction); Dada Ditt (introduction); Dr. Dewey Ditt (villain, introduction) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset;? |
| 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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