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Publication | August 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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Cover | Plastic Man Meets Mr. Misfit |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks |
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Synopsis | Plas and Woozy meet a bona fide Martian named Mr. Misfit, who alerts Plastic Man to Professor MacGhoul's plan to launch a rocket to Mars. Misfit wants to protect the planet's riches from MacGhoul. After Plas prevents the launch, Misfit disappears, leaving his disguise behind, and neither Plas or Woozy ever got to see the Martian underneath. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. Misfit (a Martian, introduction); Professor MacGhoul (villain, introduction); Squeaker (villain) |
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Comic Story | The Egyptian Museum (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Flatfoot Burns |
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Synopsis | The Human Bomb solves a case when he and Hustace witness a murder via "television telephone." |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton |
Notes | Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs. |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Candy O'Connor |
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Synopsis | Dewey's aunt writes and invites him to visit because she has some special "food" for him. Turns out she meant "feud." |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dewey Drip; Ma Drip; Pappy Drip |
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Comic Story | Who Bombed Mr. Tarviss? (10 pages) |
Synopsis | Manhunter must track down the wayward Vengeance, who is bent on securing an old tycoon's riches. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Mr. Tarviss; Vengeance (villain) |
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Text Story | Is This Murder? (2 pages) |
Featuring | Dick Mace |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Dick Mace |
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Comic Story | The Butcher Strikes (2 pages) |
Content | Genre: Humor |
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Comic Story | Jackie Boy (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Skullduggery at the Steeplechase |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spirit; Ebony; Dirty Louie; Tinhorn Tom |
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