Comic Title: Plastic Man #3
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Mar/Apr 1967
On Sale Date: January 24, 1967 Newsstand Date January 24, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Batman #190, Page 30

Copyright Date January 24, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967

Newsstand Date January 24, 1967
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V21 #12

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "The Biggest Wheel in Town"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Plastic Man (II)

Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer

Feature Character(s)

• Plastic Man (II; last appearance in Plastic Man #2; next appearance in Inferior Five #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Gordon K. Trueblood (Gordy; last appearance in Plastic Man #2; next appearance in Plastic Man #4)
• Micheline DeLute III (Mike; last appearance in Plastic Man #2; next appearance in Plastic Man #4)
• Micheline Delute II (last appearance in Plastic Man #2; next appearance in Plastic Man #4)
• Captain Matthew McSniffe (last appearance in Plastic Man #2; next appearance in Plastic Man #4)

Villain(s)

• Dr. Dome (disguised as the Duke of Wheelington; last appearance in Plastic Man #2; next appearance in Plastic Man #4)
• Diablo and Dr. Dome's henchmen (no further appearances)
• Fawnish (last appearance in Plastic Man #1; next appearance in Plastic Man #8)

Other Character(s)

• Barney and Melvin (the crew of a pilot boat; no further appearances)
• Rupert and his mother (no further appearances)
• Haverford Sluice (no further appearances)
• A ship captain and Mr. Scurvy (no further appearances)
• A city mayor and several government officials (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Plastic Man crashes a party aboard a ship in order to see Micheline DeLute III. The party is interrupted when the Duke of Wheelington stakes a claim to the ship's wheel and every wheel in the world. Wheelington claims that his ancestor, Urglly - the Ugly, invented the wheel in the stone age, so he owns the patent rights.

The government and Plastic Man try to fight the claim, but in the meantime no wheels can be used unless a fee is paid to the Duke. Micheline DeLute II tries to get her daughter to marry the Duke in order to waive her own fees. Plastic Man crashes the wedding and reveals a patent of his own. He claims that his ancestor invented man-made fire, so all products requiring fire are owned by him. He then publicly undresses the Duke and exposes Wheelington as Dr. Dome in disguise. After Plas rescues Mike from Dr. Dome, the patent controversy is finished.