Woozy Winks
| Woozy Winks | |
|---|---|
Woozy Winks as depicted in Plastic Man #17 (May 1949); art by Jack Cole. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Quality Comics DC Comics |
| First appearance | Police Comics #13 (November 1942) |
| Created by | Jack Cole |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Wolfgang Winks |
| Partnerships | Plastic Man |
Wolfgang "Woozy" Winks is a character appearing in comic books published by Quality Comics, and later DC Comics. He is the comic relief sidekick to the superhero Plastic Man, and first appeared in Police Comics #13 (November 1942). Winks has appeared as an on-again, off-again sidekick to Plastic Man ever since and has been called the "apotheosis" of a kind of stock character of theatrical buffoons that has existed since medieval times. In Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman, Winks is named one of the "most unique" [sic] sidekicks in comics, and the authors note that his portly shape and bumbling idiocy allowed for more comedy in Plastic Man stories.