Woozy Winks

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).^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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

Fictional character biography

Woozy Winks is a former criminal and Plastic Man's inept sidekick. His personality and appearance are based on Lou Costello and Hugh Herbert respectively.

Although a comical and inept figure, Woozy has occasionally assisted Plastic Man with his skills in investigation and combat.

In an alternate origin presented in Plastic Man Special, Winks is a competent agent who becomes dimwitted following exposure to Plastic Man's blood.^[4]

In other media

• Woozy Winks appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Stephen Root.^[5]
• Woozy Winks appears in a photograph depicted in the DC Nation Shorts: Plastic Man episode "Untouchable".