Let's see how much of a Plastic Man fan you are! Here are One Dozen Plastic Man Facts!
1. Plastic Man is one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe. His powers rival those of Superman, The Martian Manhunter, and Captain Atom.
2. Patrick O'Brien was an orphan raised by criminals. He got the name "Eel" because he was too slippery to get caught by police. He was a professional safe-cracker and used his knowledge of the criminal underworld to fight crime as Plastic Man.
3. Plastic Man had a cartoon series on ABC in 1979 that ran until 1981. It had thirty-five episodes and was released in it's entirety on DVD in 2009.
4. Plas' best friend Woozy Winks once saved a wizard for drowning. In return, the wizard put a spell over Woozy that would cause nature itself to protect him from harm.
5. During Grant Morrison's "JLA" run, Plastic Man was the only new member of The Justice League other than Wally West and Kyle Rayner who were adopting the mantles of Flash and Green Lantern respectively. Batman apparently vouched for Plastic Man, believing despite Plas' past that he could be a hero.
6. During his time on The JLA, Plas was frozen, shattered, and put back together piece-by-piece in the "Tower of Babel" arc. He was frozen and shattered into pieces again in the "Obsidian Age" arc of "JLA", but that was during a trip to the far past. Plas was conscious for a millennia as millions of pieces of him spread across the ocean. He sat there until the modern day when the rest of The League would return to the present and gather the pieces. Once put back together, Plas left the team to deal with the trauma. This now means Plastic Man is over 3000 years old.
7. Plastic Man is featured on the cover of an April 19th issue of "The New Yorker" magazine in 1999. This issue of the magazine includes a biography of of Plastic Man's creator Jack Cole.
8. Plastic Man's illegitimate son is a hero named Offspring. After overcoming his insecurities as a father, Plas properly spent time with his son and introduced him to The Teen Titans.
9. During an arc called "Divided We Stand" the Justice League members were split into two people each. Their superhero side and their civilian side. While the superhero version of Plastic Man was a goofy crime-fighter, the civilian version of Eel O'Brien was struggling with his criminal tendencies. Eel would play a huge role in that story by dressing up as a mugger and beating up Bruce Wayne with a gun to prove to his civilian JLA members that the separation was a bad thing. Being split meant they didn't have their powers and talents, but kept their emotional damages.
10. When The Martian Manhunter was possessed by an ancient Martian called The Burning Martian, Plastic Man grew to the size of a skyscraper to beat Martian Manhunter back to normal.
11. Plastic Man is immune to telepathy because his organs are as elastic as the rest of his body. This means he can morph the shape of his brain constantly to make it unreadable.
12. In the "Flashpoint" universe Plastic Man became a serial killer after getting his superpowers. Using his powers he escaped prison by shrinking, hiding himself inside another inmate who was being transferred, and then literally crawling out of the inmate's mouth.
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2. Patrick O'Brien was an orphan raised by criminals. He got the name "Eel" because he was too slippery to get caught by police. He was a professional safe-cracker and used his knowledge of the criminal underworld to fight crime as Plastic Man.
3. Plastic Man had a cartoon series on ABC in 1979 that ran until 1981. It had thirty-five episodes and was released in it's entirety on DVD in 2009.
4. Plas' best friend Woozy Winks once saved a wizard for drowning. In return, the wizard put a spell over Woozy that would cause nature itself to protect him from harm.
5. During Grant Morrison's "JLA" run, Plastic Man was the only new member of The Justice League other than Wally West and Kyle Rayner who were adopting the mantles of Flash and Green Lantern respectively. Batman apparently vouched for Plastic Man, believing despite Plas' past that he could be a hero.
6. During his time on The JLA, Plas was frozen, shattered, and put back together piece-by-piece in the "Tower of Babel" arc. He was frozen and shattered into pieces again in the "Obsidian Age" arc of "JLA", but that was during a trip to the far past. Plas was conscious for a millennia as millions of pieces of him spread across the ocean. He sat there until the modern day when the rest of The League would return to the present and gather the pieces. Once put back together, Plas left the team to deal with the trauma. This now means Plastic Man is over 3000 years old.
7. Plastic Man is featured on the cover of an April 19th issue of "The New Yorker" magazine in 1999. This issue of the magazine includes a biography of of Plastic Man's creator Jack Cole.
8. Plastic Man's illegitimate son is a hero named Offspring. After overcoming his insecurities as a father, Plas properly spent time with his son and introduced him to The Teen Titans.
9. During an arc called "Divided We Stand" the Justice League members were split into two people each. Their superhero side and their civilian side. While the superhero version of Plastic Man was a goofy crime-fighter, the civilian version of Eel O'Brien was struggling with his criminal tendencies. Eel would play a huge role in that story by dressing up as a mugger and beating up Bruce Wayne with a gun to prove to his civilian JLA members that the separation was a bad thing. Being split meant they didn't have their powers and talents, but kept their emotional damages.
10. When The Martian Manhunter was possessed by an ancient Martian called The Burning Martian, Plastic Man grew to the size of a skyscraper to beat Martian Manhunter back to normal.
11. Plastic Man is immune to telepathy because his organs are as elastic as the rest of his body. This means he can morph the shape of his brain constantly to make it unreadable.
12. In the "Flashpoint" universe Plastic Man became a serial killer after getting his superpowers. Using his powers he escaped prison by shrinking, hiding himself inside another inmate who was being transferred, and then literally crawling out of the inmate's mouth.
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