Plastic Man

Disambiguation: Eel O'Brian / Eel O'Brien

First published in: 1941

Description:

Golden Age (Quality Comics): Plastic Man (Eel O'Brian) worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Pre-Crisis Earth-Twelve: Plastic Man (Eels O'Brien, spelled with an 's' and an 'e') was active in the 1940s and 1950s. Father of the second Plastic Man, who began his career in 1966.

Pre-Crisis Earth-One: Plastic Man (Eel O'Brian) worked with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). He once used the alias Kyle Morgan.

Pre-Crisis Earth-Two and Earth-X: This version of Plastic Man (Eel O'Brian) migrated from Earth-Two to Earth-X during World War II, and died there fighting the Nazis.

Post-Crisis New Earth: Plastic Man (spelled as Eel O'Brien and Patrick "Eel" O'Brian) is the father of Luke McDunnagh. He once used the alias Ralph Johns.

Elseworlds / Post-Crisis Earth-22: Plastic Man (Eel, spelling of last name unknown) is the father of Offspring (Ernie, last name unknown).

Post-Crisis Earth-0: Plastic Man (Eel O'Brien, spelled with an 'e') is the father of Luke Ernie McDunnagh (Offspring).

New 52 Earth 0: Owlman of Earth 3 is the cause of Eel (spelling of last name unknown) becoming Plastic Man.

Rebirth Earth 0: Plastic Man (spelled as Eel O'Brian and Eel O'Brien) is the father of Luke O'Brian/O'Brien (Offspring).

Notes:

Created by Jack Cole.

Plastic Man first appeared in Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941).

The Golden Age version appeared in the following issues:

• Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941) through #102 (October 1950).
• Plastic Man (Quality Comics, 1943 series) #[1] (1943) through #64 (November 1956).
• Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #32 (Summer 1944) (summoned by Kid Eternity).

Pre-Crisis Earth-Twelve:

• This world's first Plastic Man appeared in Plastic Man (DC, 1966 series) #7 (November-December 1967).
• The secret identity of this Plastic Man is "Eels O'Brien" rather than "Eel O'Brian".
• He is the father of this world's second Plastic Man.

The Pre-Crisis Earth-One version appeared in the following issues:

• The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #76 (February-March 1968), #95 (April-May 1971), #123 (December 1975).
• Plastic Man (DC, 1966 series) #11 (February-March 1976) through #15 (October-November 1976).
• DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #10 (December 1976).
• Plastic Man (DC, 1966 series) #16 (February-March 1977) through #18 (June-July 1977).
• Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #144 (July 1977) (flashback).
• Plastic Man (DC, 1966 series) #19 (August-September 1977) through #20 (October-November 1977).
• The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #148 (March 1979).
• Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #467 (January 1980) through #478 (December 1980).
• Super Friends (DC, 1976 series) #43 (April 1981), #45 (June 1981).
• DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #39 (November 1981).
• World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #273 (November 1981).
• Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 1985 series) #5 (August 1985).
• All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #54 (February 1986).
• DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #93 (May 1986).

The Pre-Crisis Earth-Two / Earth-X version appeared in the following issues:

• Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #107 (September-October 1973) (flashback, on Earth-X, death mentioned).
• Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #193 (August 1981) (in shadow).
• All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #1 (September 1981) through #4 (December 1981), #7 (March 1982), #13 (September 1982) (image), #14 (October 1982) (in a dream and in flashback), #31 (March 1984), #32 (April 1984), #35 (July 1984) (flashback), #36 (August 1984), #37 (September 1984).
• America vs. the Justice Society (DC, 1985 series) #1 (January 1985) (flashback) and #2 (February 1985) (flashback).
• All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #50 (October 1985) (migrates from Earth-Two to Earth-X).

Post-Crisis New Earth:

• First appeared in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 1985 series) #11 (February 1986).
• Plastic Man's real name was revealed to be Patrick O'Brian in JLA (DC, 1997 series) #50 (February 2001).
• He was revealed to be the father of Luke McDunnagh in JLA (DC, 1997 series) #65 (June 2002).

Elseworlds / Post-Crisis Earth-22:

• First appeared in Kingdom Come (DC, 1996 series) #2 ([August] 1996).

Post-Crisis Earth-0:

• First appeared in Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special (DC, 2006 series) #1 (June 2006).

New 52 Earth 0:

• Cameo first appearance in Justice League International (DC, 2011 series) #1 (November 2011) (on computer display).
• New origin given in Justice League (DC, 2011 series) #25 (January 2014).

Rebirth Earth 0:

• First appeared in Dark Days: The Forge (DC, 2017 series) #1 (August 2017).

See also Woozy Winks, the second Plastic Man, and Offspring.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Man

Keywords

Bronze Age; Golden Age; Mainstream Universe; New 52; New Earth; Post-Crisis Earth-0; Post-Crisis Earth-22; Pre-Crisis Earth-One; Pre-Crisis Earth-Twelve; Pre-Crisis Earth-Two; Pre-Crisis Earth-X; Prime Earth; Rebirth; Silver Age

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Name:

Plastic Man

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Relations:

1. alias of - Eel O'Brian [Plastic Man] (p. 1941)

Group Memberships:

1. All-Star Squadron (p. 1981)
   1981 - present (formal)
2. The Freedom Fighters (p. 1973)
   1973 - present (formal)
3. Justice League of America [JLA] (p. 1960)
   1998 - present (formal)