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The Plastic Man Archives, Vol. 7 (DC Archive Editions) [Hardcover] Cole, Jack:
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Product descriptionJack Cole really starts hitting his stride on the Plastic Man book, with more outrageous stories and inspired art. Even his gangland adversaries begin to match Plas, himself, in sheer zaniness, villains including Froggy Fink, underworld killer; Serena Sloop, defender of poor misguided crooks; Slinky, Slimy, and Slippery Slade, the elusive criminal brothers who lead Plas and Woozy on a gay nineties adventure; Elmer Body the body-possessing nobody; Fargo Freddie, the volcanic man; a trip to Coroner's Corners where everyone is crazy, and more! This volume includes an introduction by Michelle Urry, cartoon editor for Playboy magazine, with an overview of Cole's career with a special focus on his gag cartoon work after leaving comics.From BooklistMost comic books published during the medium's putative golden age were crude, simplistic, and aimed strictly at children. Among the rare exceptions was Cole'sPlastic Man, which is being collected in deluxe hardcover volumes reprinting its entire 15-year run. Unlike the dour, superpowered crime fighters typical of the period, Plas was lighthearted, perhaps inevitably, considering the inherent absurdity of a man in red tights and goggles who can stretch into any shape he wants to. In these stories from 1947, Plas, who seldom ran across the costumed megalomaniacs bedeviling most superheroes, confronts crime bosses, mad scientists, a hired gunman, greedy businessmen, and femmes fatales. He travels to Hollywood, meeting an India rubber man, and also heads west to round up rustlers. A wonderful cartoonist, Cole would, a few years later, becomePlayboy' s star illustrator. But it's his storytelling skill that makes these absurdities so compelling. Comic-book buffs already know how delightfulPlastic Man is, but even idle browsers are likely to get reeled in by Cole's inimitably skewed take on the superhero genre.Gordon FlaggCopyright American Library Association. All rights reserved