Blackhawk #2

Jan 1956 · Thorpe & Porter · 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

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“The Horde of the Bat”

In "The Horde of the Bat," Plastic Man tracks a bank messenger’s assailant, only to find the thief has vanished into a web of criminal allies—leading to a showdown with a former partner turned mastermind. With a mysterious new plasticizer in play, the criminal underworld begins to twist and stretch in ways no one could have predicted. Written and illustrated by Jack Cole, with a cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera, this 1956 issue delivers a classic tale of deception and transformation, all in a 1/- comic from Thorpe & Porter.

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artist, inker Jack Cole · cover Dick Dillin, Chuck Cuidera

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artist, inker Jack Cole

cover pencils Dick Dillin

cover inks Chuck Cuidera

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Plastic Man is on the trail of a man who hit a bank messenger over the head and stolen his briefcase. He rounds up the gang, but Merkle escapes, eventually finding an old buddy in crime of his, Pitch Penny, who has invented a marvelous plasticizer. Merkle grabs up all of it available and then uses it to affect people so that they become like Plastic Man.

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