US: Plastic Man Archives Vol.5

Written and illustrated by Jack Cole; cover by Cole; 224 pgs, Hardcover. Reprinting Police Comics 50-58 and Plastic Man 4.Bursting onto the comic-book scene in 1941, Plastic Man was a bright spot in a Golden Age of heroes, standing out as one of the most unusual and innovative creations of the time. A reformed criminal turned do-gooder, Plastic Man stretched the definition of the strong-jawed, straight-laced super-hero to its absolute limits. Pitted against an equally odd and colorful group of foes and paired with the indescribably strange sidekick Woozy Winks, "Plas" quickly gained popularity and graduated to his own title. In the volume, Plas faces his famed foe the Granite Lady, a fatalistic fortune-teller; a group of vengeful Vikings; King Lughead the menacing monarch; the lethal Lobster, and more!