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| Publication | May 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White |
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| Comic Story | The Forest of Fear (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Plas's first assignment as a G-Man takes him north to the Hadley Lumber Company, which was for sale......but whose lumbermen were turning up dead left and right. Further investigation revealed a boneyard in the forest which was protected by killer trees! The trees were the creation of a mad scientist who'd successfully engineered animals to be plants, and vice versa. Thinking he would die in an ensuing forest fire, Plas revealed his secret identity to the scientist's henchmen, who he later saved and allowed to go free if they would keep his secret. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian; also as Mr. Gridley] (origin retold); Woozy Winks; Mr. Hadley (introduction); Mr. Procter (death); Mr. Ratter (introduction); Sparkie (introduction, death); Tony |
| Notes | Last appearance of Eel O'Brian in a Plastic Man story. Plastic Man is revealed to be an orphan. |
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| Synopsis | Dewey's mother studies up so she can join the armed forces. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Ma Drip; Captain Huppity |
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| Comic Story | The Haunted House (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White |
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| Comic Story | The Maple Syrup Volcano (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Burp the Twerp |
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| Synopsis | Destiny discovers that his powers are more powerful than he first suspected. As he is sleeping, his trance-like mind senses a murder, and he is transported to the home of Sherlock Doyle. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: Destiny; Sherlock Doyle (death) |
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| Comic Story | Here Lies Manhunter (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A masked blackmailer named Sexton, disguised as a Policeman, is taken down by Manhunter. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards]; The Sexton [Max Suttle] (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Murder on the High Seas (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sandra, Don, Jake and Heidi head out on Jake's new runabout, "The Fire-Eater." While Sandra is aquaplaning, another boat comes alongside and attempts to kill her. Later, she discovers that her father had been busting up their boss's rackets and he wanted revenge. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Jake (introduction, a comic strip artist); Heidi (friend of Jake's); Joe (villain) |
| Notes | Phantom Lady wears a domino mask. |
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| Text Story | Sabotage (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dick Mace |
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| Comic Story | Flatfoot Burns Is Heading This Way (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Flatfoot Burns (first appearance) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Roy decides to help Jean's Aunt Sophie, fearing that she has purchased a haunted house. However, Roy discovers that her uncle is the one behind the "haunting" of the house, in order to prevent the purchase by his wife. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Jean Adams; Aunt Sophie (Jean's aunt); Henry (villain, Jean's Uncle) |
| Notes | Last appearance of Jean Adams.
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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