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Issue: Plastic Man Archives #4
Publication Date: January 2002
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Issues: #4 of 8 Issues (9 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Archive EditionsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 11/27/2002
Volume: 4
Pages: 224
ISBN: 1563898357
UPC/EAN: 76194121515000411
Price: $82.95 CAD
$49.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 31 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Black-and-white reconstruction by Rick Keene and Greg Theakston. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Louis Prandi.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: glossy paper dust jacket
Binding: hardcover with dust jacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 4 times from some/all in another Issue.
reprinted 26 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Synopsis: The fun and adventure continues with a new volume of the award-winning series featuring everyone's favorite pliable hero! This hardcover is written and illustrated by the legendary Jack Cole, who really hits his stride in this era as Plas and Woozy's hijinks become even more outrageous!
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Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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Pages: 2
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Forward by Andreas C. Knigge
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Cover - Police Comics #40

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #40 published March 1945
was Soup's On! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; J. Farthingale Dillingweather (first appearance); Percy (first appearance); Francesca Bibi (first appearance); Old Man Timkins (first appearance; deceased); Mrs. Murphy (villain, first appearance); Mostelo (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Plastic Man must solve the murder of Old Man Timkins.
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #40 published March 1945
was Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Based on the song "Who Put the Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?"
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Cover - Police Comics #41

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #41 published April 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Louie the Lift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. Grabbett (first appearance); Mask [Sammy Runn] (villain, first appearance); Snatch (villain, first appearance); Louie the Lift (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Plastic Man and Woozy stop the Mask from bankrupting the Grabbett and Runn Department Store.
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #41 published April 1945
was Louie the Lift [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Cover - Police Comics #42

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #42 published May 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Diabolical Dr. Dratt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Dr. Lucius D. Dratt (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Dr. Dratt tries to kill Plastic Man.
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #42 published May 1945
was The Diabolical Dr. Dratt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Cover - Police Comics #43

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #43 published June 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Arctic Circle Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Professor Stone (first appearance); Iggy (villain, first appearance); Dirty (villain, first appearance); Noisy (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Some hoodlums try to kill Professor Stone and get his radium mine. An eskimo wants Woozy for her mate.
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #43 published June 1945
was Arctic Circle Adventure [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Cover - Police Comics #44

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #44 published July 1945
was There's No Fool Like an Old Fool! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Murder at the Home for the Aged

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; R. Wist (first appearance); Augustus Diffle (first appearance; dies); T. Wellington Pike [aka Dandy Ned] (villain, first appearance); Mrs. Diffle (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Woozy is blamed for a murder in an old folks home.
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #44 published July 1945
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Cover - Police Comics #45

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #45 published August 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Chief Rain-in-the-Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Cyrus Van Rooten (first appearance); Jeeves (first appearance); Chief Rain-in-the-Trap [Mickey the Actor] (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Mickey the Actor poses as an indian to try to get the town from Cyrus Van Rooten.
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #45 published August 1945
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Cover - Police Comics #46

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #46 published September 1945
was Plastic Man Makes the Owl Hoot and Howl! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Owl's Witch Union

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Hexin' Maggie (villain, first appearance); Sorcerer Sim (villain, first appearance); Sorcerer Mulligan (villain, first appearance); Oscar the Owl (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Oscar the Owl tries to have Plastic Man killed at a sorcerers convention.
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #46 published September 1945
was The Owl's Witch Union [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Cover - Police Comics #47

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #47 published October 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Slicer and Doser's Medical School

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Harry the Horse (villain, first appearance); Benny Yokelvitz (villain, first appearance); Muscles (villain, first appearance); Dr. Slicer (villain, first appearance); Dr. Doser (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Two doctors try to operate on Plas to see what makes him tick.
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #47 published October 1945
was Slicer and Doser's Medical School [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Cover - Police Comics #48

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #48 published November 1945
was City of the Future [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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City of the Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Jasper Tipple (first appearance); Big Beaver [Joe Grover] (villain, first appearance); The Cutter (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Some gangsters trick Jasper Tipple into building his city of the future... Futuria... for them.
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #48 published November 1945
was City of the Future [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Cover - Police Comics #49

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #49 published December 1945
was The Spell of Thelma Twittle [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Thelma Twittle, Super-Charmer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Thelma Twittle (first appearance); R.V. Cosy (first appearance; attempts suicide); Mr. Meredith (first appearance); Zach Daily (villain, first appearance; dies)
Synopsis: Thelma Twittle is able to hypnotize any man, except for Zach Daily. He tricks her into doing anything he wants her to do.
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From Content Item: FlagPolice Comics #49 published December 1945
was Thelma Twittle, Super-Charmer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Cover - Plastic Man #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Kayo Randy
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From Content Item: FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Killing of Snoopy Hawks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Kayo Randy (first appearance); Snoopy Hawks (first appearance; deceased); John T. Wales [as Mr. Cleary] (first appearance); Cynthia Bender (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Plas must figure out who killed Snoopy Hawks.
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From Content Item: FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was The Killing of Snoopy Hawks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Joe Millard is the writer for this story. The Archive credits Jack Cole.
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B.T. Tokus and the Witch Doctors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; W. Wickstaff Roost (first appearance); B.T. Tokus (villain, first appearance); Timbo (villain, first appearance); Goglo (villain, first appearance); Smogo (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: B.T. Tokus hires some witch doctors to try to kill Plas.
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From Content Item: FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was B.T. Tokus and the Witch Doctors [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Escape of Smelly Pitts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Woozy Winks; Smelly Pitts (villain, first appearance); Petunia (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Woozy tries to capture Smelly Pitts and get the reward. But first, he helps Smelly break out of jail.
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From Content Item: FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was The Escape of Smelly Pitts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First Woozy Winks solo story.
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The Hand Behind

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian; disguised as Zrogan]; Woozy Winks; Bordo (villain, first appearance)
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From Content Item: FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was The Hand Behind [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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A Whale of a Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Jake Strumby (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis: Jake Strumby and his gang hide in a whale.
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From Content Item: FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946
was A Whale of a Tale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Biography for Jack Cole. Biographical material researched and written by Peter L. Myer and Adam Philips.
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Backcover

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagPolice Comics #43 published June 1945cover
From Issue: FlagPolice Comics #46 published September 1945cover
From Issue: FlagPolice Comics #48 published November 1945cover
From Issue: FlagPlastic Man #3 published January 1946cover
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprints covers from POLICE COMICS (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #43, 46, 48 and PLASTIC MAN (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #3.

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