Warning: Plastic Man spoilers no more! #2One of DC’s most lighthearted Justice League The characters get their darkest names yet. With a new title under DC’s Black Label imprint, Plastic Man It runs out of jokes as its end is fast approaching. I knew him as the immortal comedian of comics who always made me laugh, but recently it all turned on its head as I had to watch Plastic Man slowly die due to his own powers.
in Plastic man no more! #2 By Christopher Cantwell, Jacob Edgar, Alex Lins, Marcelo Maiolo and Becca Carey, Eel O’Brian’s past grips him in a new way, as the powers that made him a superhero destroy him from the inside. However, he has a plan that will help him, and when he details the plan to the Justice League, he loses all control while sneezing and changing forms, showing the complete deterioration of his powers and his character.
It’s a terrifying moment from Plastic Man that’s deadly serious and oddly comedic at the same time. He nearly sneezes himself out of shape, his body disintegrating horribly as the art flips from simple to grotesque. It is so hard for me to see One of my favorite funny characters dies in such a horrible way.
Plastic Man is not only funny – but dangerous
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Plastic Man is one of the best DC comedians, which is funny because he’s also one of DC’s most dangerous heroes. With his seemingly innocent superpower of plasticity, Plastic Man can manipulate his body to become anything and anyone. This ability makes him a craftsman and also a practical god; He previously survived a nuclear blast, reassembling himself on the atomic level. His powers make him immortal – But that all changes when the plastic man’s powers become the very reason for his deterioration.
still to me, Plastic Man has always had the best jokes in comics. In a world where Batman, Wonder Woman, and even Superman are often all too serious for their own good, Plastic Man is there to lighten things up. He has one of the most powerful powers of the Justice League, and he uses it to his advantage, often turning into helpless things like giant fish or masquerading as chairs just to be sat on. In a world of crises that seem to come every year, I can get quite exhausted with all the high-stakes deaths. Plastic Man puts me at ease, with a quick joke and a funny form. At least he used to.
Plastic Man goes dark in his new Body Horror Story
Plastic Man’s powers are killing him now
Suddenly, this fun hero has turned into nightmare fuel. The key Plastic Man power – how he can turn into anyone and anything – is flipped on his head so that he no longer has control over his body. He melts like a burning candle. Unlike a cancer that goes unnoticed in the body, Plastic Man’s grotesque breakdown is happening right before my eyes so I can’t look away. It’s even more heart-breaking how the art of this issue seems to play more to the cartoonish side of Plastic Man – as if he didn’t have days to live.
Plastic man no more! Playing with my heart.
Flipping between a more modern comic style and an easy Saturday morning cartoon style, Plastic man no more! Toys with my heart. It lulls me into a sense of safety by presenting me with art that fits the jockey tone of Plastic Man – all the while he’s being decomposed on the atomic level. It’s body horror that will haunt my nightmares, and it’s even worse that it is Told in the art style of the very comics I used to collect and grow up with. Plastic Man is a hero I grew up with too, but it looks like he won’t age.
The Plastic Man is all out of jokes in this gruesome story
Who is Plastic Man when his powers can’t save him?
With the juxtaposition of comedic banter and simple illustrations pitted against the dark theme of a previously untouchable man facing his own end, Plastic man no more! Gives Ail O’Brien the depth he’s always lacked in favor of quick quips. As a superhero who has been relying on his powers as a form of personal identity for years, this storyline shows me exactly what Plastic Man is beyond his powers. I get to see Plastic Man as someone who laughs to keep from crying, Who scrambles to stay alive, and who tries to connect with his adult son in a way that no joke can solve.
Superhero comics aren’t just flashy stories with punching and cool superpowers. They are sly looks at some of the most interesting aspects of the human condition, and I see that on display in Plastic Man No More!, Even with how heartbreaking it is to see one of my favorite characters run out of jokes. I don’t know if this is a suitable ending for Plastic ManBut I’m invested to see just what this is Justice League Icon is when he can’t transform into someone else anymore.
Plastic man no more! #2 Available now from DC Comics!