One last post for October 2024, and of course as promised, it's the fourth and final petrifyin' Plastic Man horror tale, as part of our "Spotlight Character of the Month!" And like our las Plas story, it's also from the March 1953 issue of Plastic Man #40 (what an issue btw!) and features even more incredible, action packed monster art mayhem, and laugh-out-loud lines of dialog. So before you make yourself up into a monster for Halloween tonight, read "Maker of Monsters!" --and we'll see you all next month for lots more too! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
In this one, Woozy is a bit more annoying than usual! That said, I like that this time he realized that he was going to be monster bait!
ReplyDeleteThere's some awesome art in this, the splash, all the monster transforms, and Plas' fake monster monster. The tent is a good use of the powers (why does nobody recognize the color scheme?).
The correcting the formula is a great gag.
I think, in the end, the swamp monster was the best Plas story this month.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN MY PAL KARS and to all the other people who comment on this blog that makes it one of my favorite parts of the tubes.
Never thought of Plastic Man using his powers to be frightening but it is effective. Happy Halloween back!
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'm taking things too literally, but is there really a downside to an atomic scientist deciding to stop helping the government (especially if he doesn't even defect to another one)?
ReplyDeleteI have to say, Dr. Burke's Atomic Carnival is a title I'd like to see more of. Step right up to the soda fountain, kids. Choose your poison. Half of you get a sugar rush and the other half get to work in the freak tent for a few hours tonight. I really don't know which I'd choose. The whole thing would make a pretty great Bradbury story.
ReplyDeleteI have definitely enjoyed these THOIA-themed Plastic Man stories. The art has been consistently excellent--I assume it's been the same illustrator all along--and the stories up to the usual high standards for the character. I love the circus tent fight on page four and the middle row of five best, I think. The misdirect of the splash is quite a delightful lie, and currently my favorite example of that sort of thing. Surely that's just what Woozy imagined was going to happen.