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PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC (2025)

"Written and illustrated by Jack Cole; COVER by Cole In stores November 20. The fun and adventure continues with a new volume of the award-winning series featuring everyone's favorite pliable hero! Reprinting POLICE COMICS #40-49 and PLASTIC MAN #3 (1945-46), this volume features an introduction by renowned European comics historian Andreas Knigge, and is loaded with wacky, outrageous adventures of Plastic Man and his pal Woozy Winks - including the first Woozy solo story and an unusual Plastic Man text story! For more information, see the feature article. HC, 7x10, 216pg, FC"

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All Volumes

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 08 (MAY060180)

Vol. 8

CA$67.49

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 08 (MAY060180)

Release: February 18, 2009

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 07 (AUG050230)

Vol. 7

CA$67.49

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 07 (AUG050230)

Release: February 18, 2009

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 06 (JUL040641)

Vol. 6

CA$67.43

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 06 (JUL040641)

Release: February 18, 2009

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 05 (STAR19431)

Vol. 5

CA$67.43

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 05 (STAR19431)

Release: February 18, 2009

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 04 (STAR17536)

Vol. 4

CA$67.43

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 04 (STAR17536)

Release: February 18, 2009

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 03 (STAR14615)

Vol. 3

CA$67.43

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 03 (STAR14615)

Release: February 18, 2009

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 02 (STAR12246)

Vol. 2

CA$67.43

PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 02 (STAR12246)

Release: February 18, 2009

Reading Order

  1. PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 02 (STAR12246)

    "Written and illustrated by Jack Cole; COVER BY Cole Reoffered to coincide with the release of the PLASTIC MAN PEWTER FIGURE, this Eisner-nominated volume features more outrageous, over-the-top stories of everyone's favorite pliable hero. Reprints POLICE COMICS #21-30 and PLASTIC MAN #1 HC, 7x10, 224pg, FC"

  2. PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 03 (STAR14615)

    "Written and illustrated by Jack Cole; cover by Cole DC Comics continues its award-winning Archives series featuring everyone's favorite pliable hero, with this hardcover reprinting POLICE COMICS #31-39 and PLASTIC MAN COMICS #2 (spanning 1944-45) and featuring an introduction by Michelle Urry, cartoon editor for Playboy Magazine - who gives an overview of Cole's career with a special focus on his gag cartoon work after leaving comics. HC, 7x10, 216pg, FC"

  3. PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 04 (STAR17536)

    "Written and illustrated by Jack Cole; COVER by Cole In stores November 20. The fun and adventure continues with a new volume of the award-winning series featuring everyone's favorite pliable hero! Reprinting POLICE COMICS #40-49 and PLASTIC MAN #3 (1945-46), this volume features an introduction by renowned European comics historian Andreas Knigge, and is loaded with wacky, outrageous adventures of Plastic Man and his pal Woozy Winks - including the first Woozy solo story and an unusual Plastic Man text story! For more information, see the feature article. HC, 7x10, 216pg, FC"

  4. PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 05 (STAR19431)

    "Written by Jack Cole; ART by Cole and various; COVER by Cole In stores September 10. Reprinting POLICE COMICS #50-58 and PLASTIC MAN #4 in a handsome hardcover archive! Featuring an introduction by Bill Schelly and a host of innovative and unusual Golden Age Plastic Man tales. For more information, see the feature article. HC, 7x10, 204 pg., FC"

  5. PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 06 (JUL040641)

    "Written by Jack Cole Art by Cole, Alex Kotzky, Bart Tumey, and Andre LeBlanc Cover by Cole Collecting for the first time the Plastic Man features from PLASTIC MAN COMICS #5-6 and Police Comics #56-65! In this volume, featuring a foreword by Michael T. Gilbert (Mr. Monster), Plas faces a super-gunsmith of the underworld, crushes The Crab, and more! On sale Sept 29 • 204 pg, FC"

  6. PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 07 (AUG050230)

    "Written by Jack Cole Art and cover by Cole Another amazing volume of peak-period Plastic Man stories by Cole at his zany best! This volume collects PLASTIC MAN #7-8 and Plastic Man's adventures from POLICE COMICS #66-71. Plas and Woozy travel way out West, meet Stretcho the India Rubber Man, visit Hollywood, tail a homicidal hat and more! "

  7. PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 08 (MAY060180)

    "Written by Jack Cole Art and cover by Cole The Pliable Paladin returns for another round of body-bending action in THE PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES VOL. 8! Reprinting the Plastic Man stories from POLICE COMICS #72-77 and PLASTIC MAN #9-10 (1947-1948), this 204-page volume also includes an introduction by acclaimed writer and longtime Plastic Man fan Harvey Pekar."

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