Golden Age Plastic Man (“Eel” O’Brian) Appreciation Thread 0

[Electricmastro]

An appreciation thread for the Golden Age Plastic Man, who first appeared in Police Comics #1 (August, 1941).

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[MrBedrock]

[MrBedrock]

[Scrooge]

Here's a 1952 - 

[MrBedrock]

[goldenacase]

I just picked this up on ebay so time to give this thread a  I have always loved the skull cover!

Edited July 1, 2020 by goldenacase

[Jayman]

[Jayman]

[Marty Mann]

EXCELLENT THREAD!

 

[Marty Mann]

[Marty Mann]

[Marty Mann]

[Marty Mann]

[Marty Mann]

[Marty Mann]

[Marty Mann]

A couple of remainders...PLASTIC MAN #24 (1950) and PLASTIC MAN #30 (1951)

 

[Robot Man]

21 hours ago, goldenacase said:

I just picked this up on ebay so time to give this thread a  I have always loved the skull cover!

Me too. One of the best Plastic Man covers. And what a great way to get such a classic book. Generally, who cares about the back cover anyway. My copy has a married centerfold. I don’t care one bit considering what I paid for it. 

[Robot Man]

I found this years ago in a small collection of buttons I bought. I was told it was a advertising premium for a bread company in the 1940’s. I immediately, thought of Plastic Man. Characters were often swiped for commercial purposes. What do you think?

[adamstrange]

55 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

I found this years ago in a small collection of buttons I bought. I was told it was a advertising premium for a bread company in the 1940’s. I immediately, thought of Plastic Man. Characters were often swiped for commercial purposes. What do you think?

It might be but there isn't sufficient detail to be certain.  It just as easily could be another superhero or just a generic masked hero image.

[Ken Aldred]

Great thread.

Jack Cole was incredibly talented.

I only have the Archive reprints and no old stuff to contribute here.