Plastic Man (Feb 5)

Feb 5: “Plastic Man”

Honestly, I was not able to see any link to reading of Plastic-Man for this week, but I did want to read it because I am familiar with the characters from DC Comics. I ultimately watched a video of these two people going over said comic of Plastic-Man’s adventures. What I got out of it was how inventive the abilities of Plastic Man were depicted as  Even though it were superhero stories, they were also comedy stories, similar to “Sunday funnies”. Ever since I was introduced to a version of Plastic Man through the Batman: the Brave and the Bold television show, I felt like looking more into the character’s history and who he really is. The artists from this comic really created a fun way of making him an entertaining character. When he would use his powers, they would make him stretch and move in so many ways to make it entertaining. They would even play with the layout of the comic panels. Plastic-Man would even stretch his way through the page, guiding the viewer  to where he would go. He was really the goofier equivalent to Marvel’s Mr. Fantastic. It also felt like they knew that by the situational comedy shown in the panels.
I also saw how most of the characters and scenarios Plastic Man was in were very of the gangster era storytelling. Seeing how Plastic Man was originally a criminal turned bad guy after being dunked into acid.


Overall, I really enjoyed reading the adventures of Plastic-Man, and I would definitely stretch over to the nearest comic book shop to read more.

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