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The latest issue ofPlastic Manreveals a disgraceful connection between the origins of The Pliable Paladin and The Clown Prince of Crime . ThoughThe Jokerdoesn’t make an coming into court in the issue , the final page of the comic establishes a clear connection between the criminal who was once known as The Red Hood … and The Sultan of Stretch .
First appearing inPolice Comics # 1 in 1940 , Plastic Man was originally Patrick " Eel " O’Brian . A calling malefactor , O’Brian was frivol away while in the midriff of a chemical factory looting and desolate by the residue of his gang after he drop dead out when his wounds were exposed to a unknown chemical substance . O’Brian was later discovered by a labor union of monks , who nursed him back to wellness and shelter him as he discovered that the chemicals had yield him the power to shape - shift .
Inspired by the positive example of the Thelonious Sphere Monk , O’Brian flex over a new leaf and swore to practice his new powers to fight crime .
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The newPlastic Manminiseries depict Eel O’Brian in the early days of his career , when he still maintain a secret identity and was trying to track down his old mob as the first tone in making indemnity for his reprehensible past . The latest issue has see Eel ’s former gaffer , mobster Sammy Mizzola , instruct about the weird stretchy man that has been targeting his gang and figuring out that he is a back - from - the - beat Eel O’Brian . Fearful thatthe JLAis on his back in addition to the enraged O’Brian thanks to a strange content , Sammy takes a desperate step .
The close of the outlet get a line Sammy returning to the scenery of the crime , having guessed that the chemical O’Brian was exposed to were creditworthy for his newfound superpowers . He accept his lady friend Janet with him , having tried , without winner , to make her ambition of becoming a lounge Isaac Bashevis Singer come true despite her complete inability to transmit a tune . make up one’s mind that he can find another use for Janet , Sammy asks her to stand next to a vat full of chemical substance and draws his gun . The issue terminate as we pull back to reveal the name of the company - Ace Chemicals - as the sound of gunfire echos beyond the mill walls .
Batmanfans will recognize the name of the chemical caller as the same business firm which was responsible for create The Joker . It was a swim in a chemical substance vat at the Ace Chemicals factory in Gotham City that give Joker his hallmark chicken feed - snowy skin , shiny green hair and carmine - red lips . The details have changed over the geezerhood as to whether or not the chemicals also drove Joker harebrained or if it was the sight of his own clownlike appearing that did the title . Either way , there ’s an odd good sense in drawing a connection between the two robberies that transformed two men in two whole different ways .
The revelation that the Cole City branch of Ace Chemicals was responsible for creatingPlastic Manis a nice little continuity nod . It ’s also a subtle jest , poking playfulness at just how many mirthful book stemma stories are base around inadvertent exposure to chemicals . possibly a future way out ofThe Flashwill reveal that Barry Allen arrange all the chemicals for his criminal offense lab at the CCPD from Ace Chemicals , too ?
Plastic Isle of Man # 3is now useable fromDC Comics .
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