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.
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Originally posted by Galan007
Plastic Man morphs himself into an exact duplicate of the Joker:
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.
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).
Vids N' Such
Intro to the Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo5Llr868EE&feature=related
Plastic Man > Venom
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?
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Originally posted by Eel O'BrianImmune 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).
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 comicfan11Can't tell you off the top of my head... but I think it's an early 90's one-shot.
Amazing respect thread!!Can somebody please tell me where this is from?
http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=restrainsbricksxx5.jpg
Origin Recap
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. 🙂
