Police Comics #95

Police Comics #95 (October 1949) from Quality Comics showcases Jack Cole's rubber-limbed hero at his most delightfully absurd — Plastic Man has stretched himself into a giant loop, literally running rings around the scowling villain Scowls, whose furious expression anchors the center of the composition. Two hapless henchmen on either side get tangled in the chaos, guns backfiring in puffs of smoke, while Plastic Man's tiny partner Woozy Winks looks on in his signature polka-dot shirt. Cole's cover art captures everything that made this era of comics irresistible: slapstick action, bold color, and a hero whose powers are their own punchline.