Sinse a log time ago something weird is happened, Why Plasticman is so great today?

I mean for sample, in the new Comic of Alex Ross is like Plasticman was a member of the Justice League in the silver age, but it is no true! never Plasticman was a memeber of the Justice League in the Silver Age

In the Alex Ross's Secret Origins is the same think, and the plate image the same.

And the E Plasticman is a JL member too. Why? Just in the new comics of the JLA Plastic-man is a member (sinse 2 years ago maybe?) Only the Vet version must be JL.

What do you think about this?

Personally, I like PM better. Ralph never did it for me. I think PM is and EM isn't because of the fact that PM is in the Justice League (and more than two years, he came in around issue 12 or so, if you want I'll get the issue he joins out)

plas man is the best plus he was almost a god wasnt he or really really really hard to kill

PM hasn't had too much modern coverage until he got in the JLA (that was... issue 15-20 or so, I think, currently almost at 90, so about 6 years, maybe a bit more), and he's been a big hit there.

Never found EM too interesting in what little I've seen of him.

but Im righ no? he's not a Silver Age Justigue League member.
I like PM too, but I dont like he like a "new" "intruder" is the history of the Silver JL, I think is bad change the facts just like that.

to the best of my knowledge those oversized ross books are not in continuity.. nor do they need be

Ross mentioned in his "Secret Origins" oversized book that he was essentially taking classic icon characters - the pre-Crisis Silver Age JLA, Plastic Man, etc. - and using them for his story. He admitted it's not true continuity but a "classic comic book feel" continuity. So you needn't worry that "true continuity" has been changed.

Why not Ralph? I imagine part of it is that the book was meant to appeal to a wide-range of people. You can see these oversized books on display at "Barnes & Nobles" for example. Ross wanted to make sure more than just your avid comic fan could take a look at the book and readily identify most of the characters...even if you didn't necessarily read Justice League as a kid, there's a good chance you watched cartoons which included SuperFriends, Shazam and Plastic Man. Most people - even a fair number of comic fans from the last few years - won't recognize the Elongated Man. Ralph's fun, but Plas is one of comic's great icons. We all tend to think of him as the "comic relief of the JLA" these days, but he has a rich history with lots of merchandising behind him.

Plas was never a Silver Age member... not until recent years did he join.
EM is okay, but boring,,, and even Plas says so. Plas can change form, shape, mass... EM only stretches, can't take shapes. So he's a weak version of plas, or even more-so, Reed Richards.

But, EM is being featured fairly well in the upcoming IDENTITY CRISIS this summer, so we'll see what they do with him. One interesting thing about him, is he's one of the very few happily married heroes in comics!

While Plas was never a member of the Silver Age Justice League, he has had all sorts of popularity that Ralph just never had.

Consider:

Plas was a big hit in the 1940s, with a critically acclaimed series (with his own comic, not just his strip in the anthology Police Comics; characters with their own comics had to be pretty big back then), which is still talked about today. Elongated Man didn't exist yet.

In the Silver Age, Plas got his own comic again (even if he was the son of the original Plastic Man) after a tryout in the Dial H for Hero series. Elongated Man had backup stories in the Flash (and later, Detective) and joined the Justice League. (So far, in the Silver Age, they seem about equal).

In the Bronze Age, Plas had his own cartoon (take that, Ralph!) including a spinoff with Baby Plas, had his comic series revived again, and became one of the three series in Adventure comics, as well as being a recurring teamup partner for Batman in Brave & the Bold. Oh, and over on Earth-2, Plas was an important member of the All-Star Squadron. Ralph was still just a Justice League member.

In the modern era, Ralph joined JLE and had his own miniseries. However, Plas not only had his own miniseries but managed to join the JLA as well as getting his own Ty Templeton one-shot and a current series by Kyle Baker.

Overall, Plas has had way more media exposure, has had his own series for longer periods of time, has had critical acclaim for his series, and is more significant to the DC Universe as a whole. And that's probably why Plas had begun to eclipse Ralph.

It's because Plastic Man was the first pliable, stretchable, shapeshifing hero. All others owe their existence to him.

3 words

Cause he sucks.


and that retarded nose twitch, honestly who does that?

The nose twitch is an in joke from his own series. They were mystery solving short stories. He would joke about sniffing out the clues to his wife.

It's a holdover from a more innocent time when fans didn't take ther comics quite so seriously. All of us ancient readers know what the joke is about about.

All I know is that now that they wasted a clix on Marrow, the next Marvel set better see a Unique Howard The Duck darnit!

And since DC doesn't have a Probability controller yet, it's time for a Unique Batmite!

Unless you count the Thin Man, who was created a year before Plastic Man. But most people just tend to ignore the Thin Man.

Link? I don't ignore him-- I've never heard of him!

I'd love to see an Elastic man figure in the next expansion.

Plasticity and JLA team abililty for less than 35 points.
Move him net to your opponenets figures to hold them in place while you hit them
He may even have perplex to lower the defensive value