Plastic Man Vol 3 1

"Plastic Man"

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Plastic Man (Volume 3) #1 is an issue of the series Plastic Man (Volume 3) with a cover date of November, 1988.

Synopsis for "Plastic Man"

The criminal known as Eel O'Brian is with his gang of underlings, and after he breaks into and attempts to rob the Cole Chemical, the police arrive on the scene. While Eel and the others flee, he is shot by a cop and is exposed to a unknown acid. He manages to make it outside, but stumbles down unconscious with the pain. When he awakens, Eel finds that his flesh is now elastic, and he has no control over it, taking strange and frightful forms. He scares everyone in his way: cops, drunks, and even his own gang, who were considering him already dead, and shot him at first glimpse of his new form. Eel goes to a bridge to commit suicide, but he is stopped by Woozy Winks, a former asylum inmate. Together, they decide to use O'Brian new-found powers to fight the crime. After expose a circus outfit to the same acid which gave the powers to O'Brian, he and Woozy thwart the attempted robbery of his former gang. When the press begins to interview him, Eel says he intends to call himself Elastic Man, which a reporter misunderstood as Plastic Man.

Appearing in "Plastic Man"

Featured Characters:

Plastic Man (Origin)

Supporting Characters:

Woozy Winks

Antagonists:

O'Brian's former gang

Other Characters:

Officer Mike McNulty (First appearance)

Locations:

New York City
Arkham Asylum (Flashback only)

Items:

Vehicles:

Notes

This story may be out-of-continuity as this issue infers that Plastic Man began his career in modern times but in Young All-Stars #27, Plastic Man is seen as an All-Star Squadron member during the 1940s.
- DC Universe Legacies #2 has Plastic Man debuting shortly after the JSA as well.
Notable is the absence of Brother Willis and Rest Haven in Plastic Man's origin instead replaced by Woozy Winks.

Trivia

It is revealed that Woozy Winks is a former Arkham Asylum inmate.
Woozy decides if he and Plastic Man should be heroes after a coin flip. His Golden Age counterpart also had flipped a coin, but he became a criminal first.
The chemical factory where Plastic Man gained his powers is referred to as Cole Chemical, an obvious homage to Jack Cole, Plastic Man creator. In the original stories, the building was named Crawford Chemical Works.
The name originally intended by Eel O'Brian as his heroic identity was Elastic Man. Interestingly, in Brazil, the Plastic Man Cartoon name was adapted as "Homem Elástico" (Elastic Man) while his comic book counterpart was named "Homem-Borracha" (Rubber Man). Elongated Man was also adapted as Homem Elástico, so there was some confusion about the two heroes for some time in that country.

Links and References

Post-Crisis Reboot

After the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a 1985–1986 maxiseries which completely reset the continuity of the entire DC Universe, all of DC's major characters and franchises needed to be updated to reflect the changes in the events of their lives. Multiple story arcs were put out to explain these rebooted versions of popular characters.

The Man of Steel (Volume 1)

The Man of Steel #1 • The Man of Steel #2 • The Man of Steel #3 • The Man of Steel #4 • The Man of Steel #5 • The Man of Steel #6

Batman: Year One

Batman #404 • Batman #405 • Batman #406 • Batman #407

Justice League: A New Beginning