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Cover: Charles Nicholas & Chuck Cuidera
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Plastic Man #56

Nov 1955 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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In "The Man Who Broke the Law of Gravity," Plastic Man tracks a bank robber who’s slipped through his fingers, only to find the culprit has teamed up with an old criminal ally, Pitch Penny, who’s developed a revolutionary plasticizer. With the formula spreading fast, ordinary people begin to twist and stretch like Plastic Man himself—turning the city into a living, malleable maze. Jack Cole’s dynamic art brings the bizarre chaos to life, while the cover by Charles Nicholas and Chuck Cuidera captures the moment the world starts to bend.

Contains 3 stories
The Man Who Broke the Law of Gravity
10 pp · Superhero
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]Woozy WinksWeightless Wiggins (villain, introduction)

When Plastic Man investigates the theft of Professor Gimmick's gravity-defying watch, he and Woozy Winks cross paths with Weightless Wiggins—a criminal who discovers the device can make anything he touches float, giving him the perfect tool for an audacious armored-truck robbery. As Plastic Man moves to stop the heist, he'll need to figure out how to ground a crook who literally can't be knocked down.

Life Story of Woozy Winks
5 pp · Humor
Woozy Winks

Woozy Winks is hard at work on his autobiography, but his past misadventures—and those of his associates—prove far too scandalous for comfort when word of the manuscript spreads. Everyone from Swindle to Worla to a mysterious blackmailer wants to get their hands on the tell-all book, leading to a frantic chase involving stolen carbon copies, hired thugs, and a relentless pursuit to suppress the juiciest details. It's a wild romp through the hazards of memoir-writing in a world where everyone has something to hide.

Plague of Plastic People!
13 pp · Superhero
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]Woozy WinksChief BrannerMugs Merkle (villain)Merkle's gang (villains)Pitch Penny (villain)

In "Plague of Plastic People!", Plastic Man tracks a bank messenger's assailant, only to see the culprit, Merkle, escape and reunite with his old partner, Pitch Penny—now a mad scientist with a revolutionary plasticizer. With the formula in hand, Merkle begins turning innocent bystanders into malleable, stretchable duplicates of himself, turning the city into a living, shifting maze of rubbery chaos.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $25
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $930*
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $579
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $414*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $300
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $227
CGC 7.5 none in existence
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CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $151*
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $60*
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $48*
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $41*
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $32*
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $23*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

artist, inker Jack Cole
cover pencils Charles Nicholas
cover inks Chuck Cuidera

Reprints

↩ Reprints Plastic Man #22 (1950), Plastic Man #23 (1950), Plastic Man #25 (1950), Plastic Man #30 (1951)

Reprinted in Blackhawk #2 (1956), Gwandanaland Comics #3170 (2021), Hit Comics #16 (2023)

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