tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post5331899202741960574..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Bendable HeroesSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-85250567409871719902013-03-12T15:25:23.318-03:002013-03-12T15:25:23.318-03:00I have a soft spot for Plastic Man, most of which ...I have a soft spot for Plastic Man, most of which stems from how much I love Jack Cole's cartooning. <br /><br />Mr. Fantastic is one of two super-hero whose powers are an almost negligable part of the character (the other is Black Canary). His super-genius is more important and more central to the character than his stretching. Honestly, you could take it away and his adventures would be virtually identical.<br /><br />- Mike Loughlin Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-4303397413803173862013-03-12T04:43:47.063-03:002013-03-12T04:43:47.063-03:00When Plastic Man was on the JLA, it was my favorit...When Plastic Man was on the JLA, it was my favorite run. He brought just a little comic relief to a sometimes too serious team, seemed to be wildcard for several villians, wasn't always "wacky", I really thought he brought a lot to the table. Plus Batman endorsed him, good enough for me....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-65811065359372047852013-03-11T19:30:15.192-03:002013-03-11T19:30:15.192-03:00Plastic Man DID make a New 52 appearance in Justic...Plastic Man DID make a New 52 appearance in Justice League International #1. The UN analyzed him for membership, but decided he was too unstable. Glad he's alive and himself at least. <br /><br />Always liked Ralph and Sue... I actually cried in Identity Crisis #1, before being filled with insane rage by #2.American Hawkmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-31373061937713525712013-03-11T17:09:50.512-03:002013-03-11T17:09:50.512-03:00I think my first real intro to Elongated Man was I...I think my first real intro to Elongated Man was <i>Identity Crisis</i>, so there's that. :) I probably have a loose definition of "serious" anyway. Something like: not completely batshit goofy. <br /><br />Probably what I'm responding to is the characters' willingness to embrace their powers in really creative and crazy ways; disguise themselves as unlikely objects, etc. <br /><br />I do like that Reed and Ralph aren't defined by their powers (and Mrs. Incredible too), so I like them just fine for what else they bring to their comics, but it seems like I like them in spite of their powers, not because of them.Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-66689629274478843812013-03-11T17:08:53.497-03:002013-03-11T17:08:53.497-03:00I think it's interesting that superhero weddin...I think it's interesting that superhero weddings (that last) are so rare, yet at least three bendable heroes on our list are in long-term marriages.<br /><br />Flexibility and resilience?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-87925971077905713532013-03-11T17:06:07.655-03:002013-03-11T17:06:07.655-03:00I definitely have a soft spot for Ralph Dibny AND ...I definitely have a soft spot for Ralph Dibny AND for Sue!SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-71525494492766561802013-03-11T16:59:09.149-03:002013-03-11T16:59:09.149-03:00Teebore: I know that when I wrote and drew a team ...Teebore: I know that when I wrote and drew a team comic in middle school (alas, since lost), it had a stretching hero in it. Well... his tongue stretched if nothing else. He was called Tongue Twister, as you might imagine. Speaking of random analogs.<br /><br />Buryak: You're a credit to the archetype.<br /><br />Michael: I never thought of Elongated Man as a serious character, although if that was seriousness, I like the idea that Reed's and Ralph's powers didn't really define them. They were a scientist and a detective who just happened to have stretching powers. They had more to offer the world than long limbs. And yet, I also love the goofy guys.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-21428679077897231652013-03-11T15:16:00.667-03:002013-03-11T15:16:00.667-03:00I likes 'em when they're funny and don'...I likes 'em when they're funny and don't take the powers at all seriously. So, yay for Plastic Man and Mike Allred's Mr. Gum, but I don't care so much for Mr. Fantastic or the Elongated Man.Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-50761466530088964342013-03-11T12:44:03.141-03:002013-03-11T12:44:03.141-03:00That's the power I want if I could have any. I...That's the power I want if I could have any. I always loved the stretchy guys, other than Mr. Fantastic. I've come around to him now after years of hating him, because I love the idea that such a dry, serious intellectual has such ridiculous, silly powers and uses them to fight serious cosmic threats. I like Elongated Man because he's a detective, also with such silly powers. Especially since he investigated such crazy silver age mysteries in all seriousness. I used to watch the Plastic Man cartoon as a kid and loved it. I played Dhalsim in Street Fighter 2. Love the bendy characters.Buryaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-30497034111351933762013-03-11T12:39:57.330-03:002013-03-11T12:39:57.330-03:00Oddly enough, one of my first encounters with supe...Oddly enough, one of my first encounters with superheroes in comics themselves (as opposed to on TV or in books) was a comic strip in a random issue of Boys Life, the magazine published by the Boys Scout. It featured a one-off parody of what I later realized was the Justice League, and for whatever reason, the Plastic Man-esque bendable hero stuck out to me (perhaps because I wasn't aware of his counterpart - the Superman/Batman/Green Lantern/etc. analogue were familiar to me, but I didn't know about Plastic Man yet at that tender age). <br /><br />At any rate, that stretchy hero stuck out to me, and though it never quite carried over to a ton of love for the likes of Plastic Man or Mr. Fantastic (I mean, I like them fine, but they're not my favorite characters or anything), I still think of that random analogue for a moment whenever I read a Plastic Man, etc. story. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.com