Plastic Man #9 (1947)

In a slippery twist, Plastic Man and Woozy Winks face off against the oily menace known as the King of Zing, a criminal who uses his self-invented, super-slippery oil to outwit both cops and robbers. When a holdup victim claims he’s been robbed by a man who slips away with ease, Plastic Man must unravel the mystery of Zing’s powers before the oil’s chaos spreads further.

In a twist of counterfeit chaos, Plastic Man investigates a suspicious deal involving rare stamps—only to find that the so-called crook, Phony Fink, is actually selling counterfeit counterfeits, leaving even the collector bewildered. As Fink boasts about his elaborate scheme to profit from fake fakes, Plastic Man realizes the real challenge isn’t stopping crime, but proving that even a fake of a fake can be illegal.

In the city park, Plastic Man and Woozy Winks investigate a mysterious injury to J.K. Dartmoor’s arm—no physical cause, no attacker, just a sudden, inexplicable pain. As the strange afflictions continue, they trace the pattern to Dartmoor’s daughter Myrna’s suitor, Diggory, who seems to be hiding more than just a secret romance.