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Respect Patrick "Eel" O'Brian, The Plastic Man

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/1184/108933-55914-plastic-man_super.jpg



Finally, the thread's up.

Lemme post everything that I have before any contributions are put forth.

Bios:


http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6770/bio2kz2.th.jpghttp://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7121/biobc3.th.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Man
http://en.dcdatabaseproject.com/Plastic_Man

Eel O'Brian, abandoned by his criminal gang after being shot and exposed to the acid, wandered the streets as his new powers developed, frightening others and bringing the police and National Guard down on him as a dangerous monster. Eel was at first oblivous to the changes to his body, but after realizing that he was the monster everyone was going on about, he used his new abilities to escape his pursuers, but soon became so despondent over his new condition that he attempted suicide by jumping off a bridge.

Fortunately, he was interrupted by Woozy Winks, a former mental patient who was kicked out of an institution due to lack of funding (or as Woozy put it, "something called Reaganomics", who desired nothing more than to return to the warm safety of a straitjacket and padded room. Eel and Woozy decided to work together and capitalize on Eel's new powers to make their fortunes (Eel wanting to get rich quick, Woozy just wanting his "old room" back), but couldn't decide whether there was more money in crime or crime-fighting, and resorted to flipping a coin to choose serving the law (though Woozy had his doubts early on). Eel, ending up with the name "Plastic Man" after a reporter misinterpreted his first choice, "Elastic Man", and Woozy set up a detective agency in New York City and had various misadventures.

The alteration that Plas was initially in the superhero business for the money has had an effect on his character development post-Crisis, notably in a JLA storyline by Mark Waid where he, along with other Justice League members, was separated into two people, his normal "civilian" identity and his superhero persona. While Plastic Man devolved from a person with a sense of humor into a constantly wisecracking and almost ineffectual idiot, the now "normal" Eel O'Brian struggled with the criminal tendencies he had suppressed as he had become comfortable with his role as a superhero, and wondered if he had actually changed for the better or if it had all been part of the super-hero "act". Ultimately, Eel was the driving force behind the other transformed Leaguers banding together to re-join with their superheroic selves.

Origins

Note: Elements of this story have been retconned, but the gist is the same.

The biggest change is that he resolved to do hero work for cash, not out of the good of his soul (until he really started in the prime of his career with the JLA, I assume)

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/1240/origins1mr8.th.jpghttp://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7289/origins2md4.th.jpghttp://img241.imageshack.us/img241/417/origins3vp0.th.jpghttp://img501.imageshack.us/img501/6718/origins4jv6.th.jpghttp://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9521/origins5xg1.th.jpghttp://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6034/origins6xw4.th.jpghttp://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3845/origins7oa9.th.jpghttp://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1607/origins8ym1.th.jpghttp://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9541/origins9ob4.th.jpg

Origins (Cont)

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4134/origins10sl4.th.jpghttp://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9982/origins11yf8.th.jpghttp://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3044/origins12ie0.th.jpghttp://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6087/origins13cc5.th.jpghttp://img409.imageshack.us/img409/9543/origins14ev4.th.jpghttp://img529.imageshack.us/img529/4086/origins15ta4.th.jpghttp://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8013/origins16lz8.th.jpghttp://img126.imageshack.us/img126/278/origins17ie0.th.jpg

Durability

Bullets bounce off of him

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6057/bulletproofji6.th.jpg

Survives a massive explosion to no harm

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4205/explosionsurvivalzd0.th.jpg


Takes a punch from Shaggy Man

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4757/shaggymanpunchit4.th.jpg

Steel's hammer is thrown quite a ways into Eel. The hammer does more damage the farther it's thrown.

It's basically ineffectual.

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/6918/steelmeeteelrf8.th.jpghttp://img382.imageshack.us/img382/764/steelmeeteel2yh8.th.jpg

Talks casually about how some Flashes gave him a "molecular rubdown" to turn him from stone to molten lava, and about how he had molecular control in that form.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4191/survivemoleculerubdowndu7.th.jpg

Circe fails to transform him, Plastic Man has very high resistance to transformation.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2702/transformimmunityul3.th.jpghttp://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6347/transformimmunity2xj9.th.jpg

Uses his body to contain an exploding man.

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2847/containsexplosionsyx2.th.jpghttp://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8678/containsexplosions2me7.th.jpg

Originally posted by Eel O'Brian
Origins (Cont)

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4134/origins10sl4.th.jpghttp://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9982/origins11yf8.th.jpghttp://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3044/origins12ie0.th.jpghttp://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6087/origins13cc5.th.jpghttp://img409.imageshack.us/img409/9543/origins14ev4.th.jpghttp://img529.imageshack.us/img529/4086/origins15ta4.th.jpghttp://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8013/origins16lz8.th.jpghttp://img126.imageshack.us/img126/278/origins17ie0.th.jpg

Dude if you have these you must have that one where he makes a dude drink Gasoline who were after a little kid.

Durability

Recovers pretty quickly from being hit with a gas attack (though, as Plastic Man's physiology is made of the same time of cell repeated and he lacks organs or inner functions, how this affected him is unclear)

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/7826/gasrecoveryan2.th.jpg

He was nearly melted immediately prior to this by a magical fire.

Here he's back together again already, and ready to go. (The building was just asploded, iirc, hence the GL shield)

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4443/meltrecoveryks2.th.jpg

Huntress has no idea how to take him down.

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/3867/huntresszl6.th.jpg

Alien entities still haven't fully identified Plastic Man's physiology by the time it took them to identify the cellular makeup and power source of the entire JLA.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/972/cellscq3.th.jpg

Operates/Speaks fine while outside, on the moon.

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/617/noairmd9.th.jpg

Takes a missile pretty easily.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7505/missiledurabilityqj8.th.jpg

Plastic Man's frozen and shatterred into a bunch of little pieces.

Off panel, he thaws, reforms (perhaps with help), but is fully functional pretty soon.

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3165/survivesshatterqb2.th.jpg

Plastic Man's arm is severed (though the manner it was severed is hardly replicatable).

A dose of heat vision to "weld" it, and the arm's good as new.

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/2599/reattachrc2.th.jpg

Survives welding again.

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6887/survivesweldingeo7.th.jpg

Durability

Plastic Man spent 3000 years under the sea, existing as tiny pieces.

He was completely sentient and cognitive the entire time.

He's immortal, and, as Plastic Man puts it, unkillable.

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/3740/unkillableqh2.th.jpg

He didn't age, but he did "evolve".

He's now untouchable by telepathy, and seems to have developed a greater resistance to fire and cold.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2892/fernus3op0.th.jpg

The fire resistance was demonstrated vs. Fernus (scans later)

The cold resistance-

While extreme cold has always been a weakness, nowadays Plastic Man's recovery from it is "Damn!" fast.

He's unlocked from a cryo-chamber designed to take him out, and simply complains about about a "kink in his neck".

Lolz.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1908/cryo2ky3.th.jpg


And, finally, the upgrade to a completely non-organic being seems to allow him to reattach his limbs like Morph.

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/3874/reattachlimbsww1.th.jpghttp://img185.imageshack.us/img185/9169/reattachlimbs2jd3.th.jpghttp://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1762/reattachlimbs3ob0.th.jpg

Morphing Ability

The most prized ability of Plastic Man, his ability to shift form and make virtually whatever he wants.

Here he morphs into a decorated soldier

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3763/impersonatemilitarypn9.th.jpg

First discovering he can shapeshift:

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/65/firstshapeshiftingte6.th.jpg

Morphs into Batman.

http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/1381/morphbatmanqd8.th.jpghttp://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7175/morphbatman2xs0.th.jpg

A can of bugspray.

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1236/morphbugsprayfc9.th.jpg

A giant cat (shows he can make a second mouth).

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/2964/morphcatnl9.th.jpg

Morphs into a dress and it's a good enough shapeshift that Barda's fooled into wearing it. Read for major lolz.

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/9417/morphsbardadressrv6.th.jpghttp://img93.imageshack.us/img93/2444/morphsbardadress2lk0.th.jpg

Fully functional tank.

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/7785/morphtankzb3.th.jpg

Hot air balloon.

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/2981/shifthotairballoonwa0.th.jpg

Morphing

Morphs into a raft, fools some criminals into using it as an escape vehicle.

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/4575/raftdisguisego0.th.jpghttp://img366.imageshack.us/img366/863/raftdisguise2vf1.th.jpg

Almost duplicates himself. jockey

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2817/almostduplicatemi8.th.jpg

Creates two heads, each capable of the sight and speech.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/9226/twoheadsgd7.th.jpg

Fools a villain into thinking he's a giant doomsday bomb.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/694/bombcg9.th.jpghttp://img255.imageshack.us/img255/104/bomb2fj9.th.jpghttp://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1706/bomb3gg6.th.jpg

Champagne bottle.

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/3558/champagnexq5.th.jpg

Proving to Batman he can color change from his usual skin/red/yellow/black/silver scheme (though it takes concentration).

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/2128/colorchangenc0.th.jpg

Morphing


Condenses to a small ball

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/1199/condenseballur8.th.jpg

Paper airplane and hooks

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/9442/fliesmo5.th.jpg

Fire extinguisher, fools Jay Garrick

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9631/foolsjayis2.th.jpghttp://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9817/foolsjay2fx0.th.jpg

-Spider with webs
-Bat
-Mini elephant
-Bounces

Also, shows he can keep up with Batman.

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/9631/morphbatwingspt0.th.jpg

Pelican (and flies fine)

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/1517/morphbirdcr4.th.jpg

Becomes really buff

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7807/morphbuffdz7.th.jpg

Dumpster

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/7477/morphdumpsterfh0.th.jpg

The Flash

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/6362/morphflashzl1.th.jpg

Morphing

Diana's lasso. Fools her.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/11/morphlassoqf0.th.jpg

Little man from his tongue.

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/7260/morphmanfromtonguecz4.th.jpg

Parachute.

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1421/morphparachutefy2.th.jpg

Poison Ivy's coat, fools her.

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/4787/morphpoisonivysq1.th.jpg

Can morph the shape of his glasses too.

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/2294/morphsglassesbo7.th.jpg

Plane, and fish.

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/7990/morphshipiz9.th.jpg

Lamp on the wall.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2451/morphslampye8.th.jpg

Traffic lights.

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/2046/morphslightsfw7.th.jpg

Tennis ball.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4967/morphtennisballzv2.th.jpg

Morphing

Slingshot.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/714/morphslingshotnh2.th.jpghttp://img299.imageshack.us/img299/539/morphslingshot2oj4.th.jpg

Trampoline.

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9316/morphtrampolineus4.th.jpg

Bat's utility belt.

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/5177/morphutilitybeltvz7.th.jpghttp://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9475/morphutilitybelt2pi9.th.jpg

Match's Mr. Mxy in a shifting war.

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1125/morphwartn0.th.jpg

Wheelbarrow.

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1875/morphwheelbarrowvf9.th.jpg

Wolverine gets owned.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/1459/morphwolverinebz9.th.jpg

Zeppelin.

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/6950/morphzepplinsr2.th.jpg

Morphing

Shifts color to purple (could be lighting though)

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9871/shiftcolorwl9.th.jpg

Waaay better shifter than Elongated Man.

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1843/superiorralphft3.th.jpghttp://img108.imageshack.us/img108/6733/superiorralph2ku5.th.jpg

Though it's obvious by now that he's >> shifters like Reed Richards, one of the biggest reasons is that he isn't limited to contiguous, closed shapes.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2281/superiorreedah5.th.jpg

Plastic Man travels cheap.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2412/travelcheapvj1.th.jpg

Big Robot.

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/2176/bigbotio8.th.jpg

General Stretching Feats

Turns himself into a "body wrap" for someone to hide them.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4567/bodywrapia1.th.jpg

Keeps "stretching speed" with a bus's travel speed.

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3387/busspeedhf9.th.jpg

Catches Impulse.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/1597/catchesimpulseza4.th.jpg

Chases Impulse.

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/1020/chaseimpulsekr1.th.jpg

He's the JLA's emergency landing pod.

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/4269/emergencylanding2rk8.th.jpg

Creates a thin enough probe with his finger that it can enter through Wonder Woman's ear and take out a miscroscopic probe that's affecting her brain.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3880/fingerprobeob6.th.jpg

Holds his grip even while Impulse runs at superspeeds.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8884/holdsgribwl0.th.jpg

Supes is shooting backwards from a blow at extreme speeds. Plastic Man intercepts- also a durability feat.

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/7950/interceptssupeshb2.th.jpg

From the outside, invades the inner workings of Tezumak, a superpowerful robot, and slows up his gears.

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3319/invadesrobotvx5.th.jpg

Stretching

When the league is tiny-sized, he uses his body to join a photon together.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/758/joinsphotonve2.th.jpg

Forms a really long noose to drag up a victim to his position (he's being controlled)

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/6827/noosehr9.th.jpghttp://img72.imageshack.us/img72/2739/noose2so1.th.jpg

Uses his body to patch holes in the Watchtower (which is on the moon).

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3593/patchnt2.th.jpg

Restrains a bunch of bricks.

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8729/restrainsbricksxx5.th.jpg


Ice forms around Diana so cold that it transcends absolute zero. Plastic Man goes so thin that he can slip between her skin and the ice, and then press outwards as the league applies force on the outside, to break her out... pretty impressive, IMO.

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8405/savesdianawj3.th.jpghttp://img56.imageshack.us/img56/9146/savesdiana2zd7.th.jpghttp://img111.imageshack.us/img111/3955/savesdiana3tm3.th.jpg

Stretching

Goes thin enough to slip into a safe in the fortress of solitude.

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1069/safecrackok1.th.jpg

Goes at it for a bit with a White Martian, stalemating with stretching.

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/2784/stalematemartianbf6.th.jpghttp://img440.imageshack.us/img440/341/stalematemartian2je7.th.jpg

Holds a person inside him.

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/7615/storepersonms6.th.jpg

Makes his ear bigger for super hearing.

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/7151/stretchearzd6.th.jpg

What happens when Plastic Man goes berserk.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7522/suffocationih5.th.jpg

Morphs to be super strong.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/1595/superstrongfb3.th.jpg

Escapes through the toilet.

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6128/toiletescapefz8.th.jpghttp://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8136/toiletescape2fl4.th.jpg

Vs. Fernus

Fernus, Before:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6323/fernusbeforebq1.th.jpg

"Manhunter gone mad... only you can stop him... Plastic Man."

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7597/onlyyouih1.th.jpg

Vs. Fernus

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4581/fernushe6.th.jpghttp://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3842/fernus2bw8.th.jpghttp://img158.imageshack.us/img158/4802/fernus3ws5.th.jpghttp://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4554/fernus4xb7.th.jpghttp://img206.imageshack.us/img206/3857/fernus5yz2.th.jpghttp://img78.imageshack.us/img78/1517/fernus6sv0.th.jpghttp://img294.imageshack.us/img294/4251/fernus7zi0.th.jpg

Physiology/Mind/Ability

Operates perfectly under water.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/9265/underwateroperationtd5.th.jpghttp://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9436/underwateroperation2ly2.th.jpg

Can't be mind controlled.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/1121/cantcontrolxe3.th.jpg

J'onn helped Plastic Man deal with his traumatizing 3000 year experience immovable at the bottom of the ocean. The manhunter prays for him.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/607/expieriencesid5.th.jpg

In Dreamworld, Plastic Man liquifies because his thoughts are "too fluid".

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/7671/fluidthoughtsps0.th.jpg

"If that doesn't give you an idea of the level of power he hides behind that doofy face, you're brain dead."

Batman commands healthy respect for Plas.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2692/hiddenpowernm7.th.jpg

As does Spectre, who claims Plas's true power is in his mind.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/9547/mindis2.th.jpg

Plas hypnotizes himself to forget his hero life so he can be a good dad. This is post- 3000 years under the sea.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/681/mindwipenx7.th.jpg

Hits Heatwave pretty hard.

(They got his glasses color wrong here. ha-son)

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6852/punchri9.th.jpg

Physiology/Mind/Ability

Talks/Breathes fine underwater as he pwns Black Manta. Also a comment that he's insulated, so presumably immune to electrical attacks.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6706/pwnsblackmantapo5.th.jpg

Pwns Dr. Polaris, who can't directly affect Plas with his powers.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/882/pwnspolarisih1.th.jpghttp://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8375/pwnspolaris2bb6.th.jpg

Easily stops a car.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/4894/stopscarep1.th.jpg

On a team with Spectre and GL Kyle, Plastic Man knows best the fine line between mind and manifestation.

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/8721/understandsqg9.th.jpg

Miscellaneous

Almost kills Batman.

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/8933/batszc1.th.jpghttp://img179.imageshack.us/img179/820/bats2vv8.th.jpg

Brief spat with Captain Marvel.

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7006/fightcpnmarveldv5.th.jpg

Only plays dumb- Plastic Man's a lateral thinker.

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6960/stragetizerdc0.th.jpg

More of Bats' respect for Plas.

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7356/batsrespectye9.th.jpg

Character Moments

"He'll come home.. no matter what it takes"

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/3355/returnsej6.th.jpg

What Plas was like before becoming a hero. Scary dude.

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/6348/charactermomentpo4.th.jpg

What happens when Plas has to tell the truth.

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/1558/musttelltruthss6.th.jpg

His secret identity.

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/5895/patrickqs6.th.jpg

"Aww" moment.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9605/remembersge5.th.jpg

Lolz

"Chicks is my kryptonite"

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8749/playerht2.th.jpghttp://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3248/chcikskryptonitehf1.th.jpg

Har.

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5913/funnybitgj4.th.jpg

The fish is a villain... "You think you're mounted now, wait til you get to prison!" haermm

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/4678/mountedqy2.th.jpg

Party in his pants.

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/4999/partyinpantscn0.th.jpg

Zatanna totally wants him.

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/3953/zatannawantszv2.th.jpg

Best. Joke. Ever.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9606/tehlulzjg4.th.jpg

Using his powers for far better uses than Reed ever does.

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6600/pervwe1.th.jpg

That's all for now, folks.

Comments, contributions and such are welcome.

great job clapping

Originally posted by Eel O'Brian
That's all for now, folks.

Comments, contributions and such are welcome.

Are you facking kidding me? This respect thread KICKS ASS!!!!! woot

Originally posted by Eel O'Brian
That's all for now, folks.

Comments, contributions and such are welcome.

excellent work man...

Stuff From the Old Thread:


Can anybody tell me where this is from?

Apparently a Flash wakes inside a fully furnished, sentient room, that begins beating on him after he loses his speed to a dart?

Obviously the room is actually Plastic Man.

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4995/1629ebd58cqc6.th.jpg

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Originally posted by Galan007
Plastic Man morphs himself into an exact duplicate of the Joker:

http://i84.imagethrust.com/t/1005781/pm1.jpg http://i83.imagethrust.com/t/1005782/pm2.jpg

I have these scans, but you'll notice two things:

Plas is cut by a bullet.
Plas easily changes color.

This was one of his first major post-crisis revivals, and before Grant Morrison evidently had a good handle on his power set (as bullets bounce off of him, and he needs a lot of concentration to change color).

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Credit to Endless Mike:

Stretches between some lasers.

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4453/plasticmanlasers29ef8f3sq8.th.jpg

Immune to J'onn's brothers telepathy (can anybody tell me where this one's from? I'd like to know if it was post-Fernus).

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2326/plasticmanmentalresistads9.th.jpg

Originally posted by Eel O'Brian
Poison Ivy's coat, fools her.

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/4787/morphpoisonivysq1.th.jpg

love this one... innuendo ftw.

Vids N' Such

Intro to the Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo5Llr868EE&feature=related

Plastic Man > Venom

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LeeyIm-bZM&feature=related

Significance

So, I thought this was cool...


http://www.amazon.com/Comic-Book-America-Illustrated-History/dp/0878336591

"The Comic Book In America: An Illustrated History" - Mike Benton.

In this he highlights Plastic Man as one of the "Significant Seven"- The seven most historically significant superhero characters.

"Many modern readers may be surprised at Plastic Man's inclusion among these major superhero characters, given Plastic Man's more marginal status relative to these other characters. It is true that there are many characters who today are better known or more popular. But Plastic Man is of immense historical significance in the superhero comic book genre. At one time Plastic Man was the world's best-selling superhero. The character was also very influential to the comedic superhero sub-genre, a genre which, to a large extent, he created."

The link I quoted, which discusses Plastic Man's potential religious affiliation, is here:

http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/PlasticMan.html

Also an interesting read.

The more you know, eh?

Amazing respect thread!!

Can somebody please tell me where this is from?
http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=restrainsbricksxx5.jpg

Originally posted by Eel O'Brian


Immune to J'onn's brothers telepathy (can anybody tell me where this one's from? I'd like to know if it was post-Fernus).

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2326/plasticmanmentalresistads9.th.jpg


It's from JLA classified,Ghosts of Mars storyline,around issue 35.

Written after the Fernus arc,but it could be set either before/after the Fernus debacle continuity wise.

Originally posted by Martian_mind
It's from JLA classified,Ghosts of Mars storyline,around issue 35.

Written after the Fernus arc,but it could be set either before/after the Fernus debacle continuity wise.

Grazie.

Also, thanks to everyone else who's posted so far.

Originally posted by comicfan11
Amazing respect thread!!

Can somebody please tell me where this is from?
http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=restrainsbricksxx5.jpg Can't tell you off the top of my head... but I think it's an early 90's one-shot.

Physiology

Plaz's body ripples upon contact with ultrasonic waves.

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/779/batmuk1vh2.th.jpg

Originally posted by Eel O'Brian


Grazie.

Also, thanks to everyone else who's posted so far.

Can't tell you off the top of my head... but I think it's an early 90's one-shot.

Thx anyway

Origin Recap

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A much prettier intro, though there is a bit of a continuity issue. Back in the late 80's, the monks playing a part in Plastic Man's decision to fight crime was retconned, and it was said that he was running from the army and flipped a coin whether to be a crook or a cape-for-hire. In this, obviously more recent origin, it has the monks playing their part again- but it ALSO has him working for the mayor for money.

So it seems to be a mesh of both... I quite like it though.

Curiously enough, it gives "must reads" to stories that I believe are pre-crisis, but also references Offspring, Plastic Man's son who I'm fairly positive is a post-crisis creation.

PS: Offspring's cool too, everybody should check him out.

Morphing

Pwns a brick... the "Plaz vs. Hulk" tactic.

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6436/pwnsbricktw0.th.jpghttp://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2914/pwnsbrick2yf7.th.jpg