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Good news! At the rate DC is going there’ll likely be “plastic man rape-o-rama” action figures in stores by Xmas! Buy the Dr Light toy and collect the whole set!

didn’t Bendis say that he was interested in the idea of a “dark” and “noirish” take on Plastic Man if he ever did any work for DC?

Plastic Man should transforming into the shape of a gun with spikes on it, or a demon who eats blood and shoots acid from his eyes and has the courage to talk to girls.

Then he could finally matter.

[snark]Hey! Plastic Man started as the straight man in his book, playing Abbot to Woozy Winks’ Costello! Portraying him as a goofball with a wacky sense of humor is a horrible departure from his character, and I refuse to read another Plastic Man comic until he’s restored to his stiff, boring self!

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Yeah, I like goofy Plastic Man.

Hey! Plastic Man started as the straight man in his book, playing Abbot to Woozy Winks’ Costello! Portraying him as a goofball with a wacky sense of humor is a horrible departure from his character, and I refuse to read another Plastic Man comic until he’s restored to his stiff, boring self!

I’d be cool with that.

Clearly, the best way to turn Eel O’Brien into a grim and gritty figure is to kill Offspring.

Make it so, DC!

There’s already a grim and gritty serious Plastic Man. His name is Reed Richards.

I know you’re joking, but: in his JLA run—especially the “Divided We Fall” arc—Mark Waid added some depth and edge to Plastic Man. Waid suggested that the whole reason Plastic Man is such a clown is because he spent so much of his life as a thug. As Eel O’Brien, he was a hard, violent bastard: Now that he’s gone straight, it’s a relief to be seen as a whimsical goofball—to see people smile when he comes into a room, instead of cringe.

I though it was a neat bit of psychoanalysis, without being too heavy-handed or violating the core concepts of the character.

Oh, 3, what have they done with you?

“I though it was a neat bit of psychoanalysis, without being too heavy-handed or violating the core concepts of the character. ”

Yikes, I’d hate to see your “heavy-handed.”

I thought that issue of Waid’s JLA run where Eel O’Brien becomes the hero is the highlight of his run. Great issue!

Why would anyone want to see another Plastic Man than Kyle Baker’s rendition?

Oh, 3, what have they done with you?

Our little rabbit friend has been possessed by the spirit of Brad Metzer.