| 0 | Introducing the Firebrand | cover | 1 | pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill Fox | The Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset); Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] (inset); The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins] (inset) |
| 2 | Introducing the Firebrand | comic story | 11 | script: S. M. Iger; pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall | The Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (introduction); Slugger Dunn (introduction, ex-prize fighter); "Emerald" Ed Reilly (introduction, Rod's father, steel tycoon); Joan Rogers (introduction, Rod's fiancee); Baron von Hanson (villain); Sylvester Cole (villain); Dave (villain, death); Dippy Dolan (villain, pick |
| 3 | The Origin of #711 | comic story | 6 | script: George Brenner; pencils: George Brenner; inks: George Brenner | #711 [Daniel Dyce] (introduction, origin); un-named district attorney; Mary Horn (Jacob's wife, not seen); Jacob Horn (villain, death); "Slick" Panzer (villain) |
| 4 | Dr. M. Balm's Man-Eating Plant | comic story | 1 | script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill Fox | Super Snooper (introduction); Dr. M. Balm (villain) |
| 5 | The Attack of Ali Harid | comic story | 7 | script: Witmer Williams; pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer Williams | Eagle Evans (introduction); Snap Smith (introduction, cameraman); un-named U.S. army general; un-named Libyan prince; Ali Harid (villain) |
| 6 | The Legend of the Black Baron | comic story | 6 | script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern Henkel | Chic Carter [The Sword] (reporter); Curtis Randall (art collector, death); Detective Monahan; Hodges (Curtis Randall's butler, death); Betty Randall; Damon (cousin); The Black Baron [Harvey Randall] (villain, death) |
| 7 | The Origin of Plastic Man | comic story | 6 | script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; letters: Jack Cole | Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] (introduction, origin, reformed villain); un-named monk; Skizzle Shanks (villain); Skizzle Shank's mob (villains) |
| 8 | The Redemption of Steele Kerrigan | comic story | 6 | pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al Bryant | Steele Kerrigan (introduction, origin); Anne (introduction); un-named prison warden; Spike (villain); Torpedo (villain) |
| 9 | The Alien Smuggling Racket | comic story | 6 | script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer; letters: Fred Guardineer | The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins] (introduction, district attorney); Smokey Joe (villain); Captain Peg-Leg Friel (villain, death) |
| 10 | Vengeance | text story | 2 | script: Robert Hyatt | Dick Mace (introduction); Albert Brancourt (weathy diamond merchant, death); Mrs. Grancourt (Albert's wife, death); two un-named children of Albert Brancourt (both die); Adrian Grancourt (Albert's oldest son, death); Vivienne Grancourt (Albert's 9-year old daughter, death); Pierre LaFonde (villain, |
| 11 | The Coming of the Phantom Lady | comic story | 6 | pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art Peddy | The Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] (introduction); Senator Henry Knight (introduction, Sandra's father); Don Borden (introduction, State Department investigator); Dr. Raphael (inventor); Wenner (villain, death); Pete (villain, Raphael's assistant, death) |
| 12 | - | comic story | 1 | script: John Devlin; pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin; letters: John Devlin | Dewey Dip (introduction); Mr. Drip; Mrs. Drip; Lulu (Dewey's girl) |
| 13 | The Origin of the Human Bomb | comic story | 6 | script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson | The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (introduction, origin); Professor Lincoln (Roy's father, death); Fritz (villain, death); Baldy (villain); Riker (villain); un-named Axis consul (villain, death) |