| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1942 | 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] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset); Chic Carter (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Sinister Swami (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Looie puts out a reward for the murder of Plastic Man and The Swami decides to accept the offer. However, he discovers that his super-powers were hindered by the very existence of Plastic Man. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Rita Johns (introduction); Captain Murphey [aka Captain Murphy]; Looie (villain); Swami (villain); Skipper O'Toole (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Super Snooper (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Carl Von Spunk's Pottery Plot (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | For all his success, #711 gets sloppy and more inmates discover his true identity. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: #711 [Daniel Dyce]; Carl von Spunk (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Fifth Column Hospital (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Firebrand [Rod Reilly] |
| Notes | Art was previously attributed to Reed Crandall. |
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| Comic Story | The Theft of the Montague Diamond (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Jim Kelly; Kit Kelly |
| Notes | Manhunter is wearing his original costume. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dewey Drip |
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| Comic Story | The Black Queen (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Spirit [Denny Colt]; VILLAIN: Black Queen (first appearance) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Burp the Twerp |
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| Comic Story | The Tank Factory Sabotage (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sandra and her father head out to the testing grounds to witness new U.S. tanks in their preliminary testing, and are shocked to see the tanks literally falling apart! Sandra then decides to go undercover as a new factory worker in order to discover why this is happening. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Senator Knight; Masie (factory worker); Mike (villain); un-named spies (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Captain Blackwolf's Crew of Corpses (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Text Story | Message from Allah (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dick Mace |
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| Comic Story | The Waterfront Monster (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]; Underwaterman (villain, a Nazi, death) |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (origin retold) |
| 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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