PLASTIC MAN "Plastic Man's Fantastic Old Man" Part 1

We presented a never-reprinted tale with three different origins for the Silver Age Stretchable Sleuth...

...but this never-reprinted tale is the real deal, we pinky-swear it!

When DC bought the Quality Comics line in the mid-1950s, they kept four titles going...Blackhawk, G.I. Combat, Heart Throbs, and Robin Hood Tales.

The rest of the titles (and characters) were held in abeyance, and apparently forgotten about.

(I'm not sure if editor Julie Schwartz even remembered DC had the rights to Plastic Man when the Elongated Man was created in The Flash, then given his own strip in Detective Comics!)

When Plas was revived in 1966, many fans were disappointed that he wasn't Jack Cole's Golden Age version with sidekick Woozy Winks.

This tale by writer Arnold Drake and artist Win Mortimer from DC's Plastic Man #7 (1967) was meant as a tie-in to that version.

You'll note the older Plas has the angular, almost lupine look of the original version.

In addition, I've taken the liberty of making an editorial alteration throughout the tale to keep the Golden Age version "on model".

If you haven't already figured out what it is, you'll discover what it is...TOMORROW!

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PLASTIC MAN "Three Faces of Plastic Man" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...the evil Dr Dome has cloned his equally-evil daughter, Lynx, to question the three people who claim to have witnessed the origin of Plastic Man so that the villian can go back in time and prevent Plastic Man from gaining his powers!

Two Lynx have already heard wildly-different versions of the Ductile Detective's origin!

Now the last Lynx interviews Plas' best friend, Gordon Trueblood.

What a time in DC Comics history this was!
The same month in 1966 this tale ran in Plastic Man #2, the Silver Age Batgirl made her first appearance in Detective Comics #359!
In less-notable events, the premiere and origin of B'Wana Beast was published in Showcase #66 and the Blackhawks began their (thank God temporary) transition from aviator-adventurers to superhero-spies in Blackhawk #228!
You can read about the Blackhawks' ill-advised revamping HERE!
None of the tall tales in this issue was Plas' true origin, though the first one does have elements of the Golden Age hero's origin!
But this guy is not the Golden Age hero!
(Note Dr Dome's comment that Plas and he have been at odds for eight years!
The final issue of the Golden Age Plas' book had been published eight years earlier!)
Everything will become clear at the end of August as we present the never-reprinted Silver Age sequel tale that clears up the matter!

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PLASTIC MAN "Three Faces of Plastic Man" Part 2

When Last We Left the Stretchable Sleuth...

...the evil Dr Dome has cloned his equally-evil daughter, Lynx, to question the three people who claim to have witnessed the origin of Plastic Man so that the villian can go back in time and prevent Plastic Man from gaining his powers!

(NOTE: May be NSFW due to a racial stereotype that persisted into the 1960s)

Be here tomorrow as we witness the final alleged origin of Plas!

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PLASTIC MAN "Three Faces of Plastic Man" Part 1

After the Silver Age Plastic Man's debut...

...numerous long-time comics fans who were expecting the Golden Age version wrote in asking if this was supposed to be the same guy in a modern setting.

As it turns out...nope, he wasn't the earlier version, not by a long shot!

For one thing, though both versions could shape themselves into almost anything, the original Plas couldn't change color as this guy does, making finding him easier since his red costume and black and yellow-striped belt were dead giveaways!

Though Gil Kane had left the series after the premiere, long-time comics pro Win Mortimer took over the illustrating duties with his usual panache.

This never-reprinted tale from DC's Plastic Man V2N02 (1966) shows off his talent at humorous comics, also evident in his work on Stanley and His Monster and Fat Albert (adapting the animated TV series)!

Stanley and His Monster co-creator Arnold Drake continued his Plastic Man scripting from the previous issue.

Be here tomorrow as we see a couple of the alleged origins of Plas!

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