DC Finest: Plastic Man: The Origin of Plastic Man

Part of DC Finest

Author Jack Cole
Illustrated by Jack Cole
Paperback
$39.99 US
On sale Mar 04, 2025 | 584 Pages | 9781799500650

Patrick “Eel” O’Brian’s life of crime just became a whole lot stranger! After an unfortunate accident leaves Eel’s body transformed to have the properties of rubber, Plastic Man is born! But can Eel overcome his worst impulses and use his new abilities for good?

DC Finest continues, a major publishing initiative presenting comprehensive collections of the most in-demand and celebrated periods in DC Comics history, spanning genres, characters, and eras!

Uncover the origin of one of DC’s wackiest heroes in this collection spanning the early days of Plastic Man! He can bounce, stretch, and crack wise, but can he save the day? And, more importantly, does he even want to? What business does a petty crook have playing superhero anyway?

This volume collects Police Comics #1-36; Plastic Man #1-2.
Jack Cole was an American cartoonist best known for creating Plastic Man and illustrating cartoons for Playboy magazine, as well as several newspaper comic strips.

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Patrick “Eel” O’Brian’s life of crime just became a whole lot stranger! After an unfortunate accident leaves Eel’s body transformed to have the properties of rubber, Plastic Man is born! But can Eel overcome his worst impulses and use his new abilities for good?

DC Finest continues, a major publishing initiative presenting comprehensive collections of the most in-demand and celebrated periods in DC Comics history, spanning genres, characters, and eras!

Uncover the origin of one of DC’s wackiest heroes in this collection spanning the early days of Plastic Man! He can bounce, stretch, and crack wise, but can he save the day? And, more importantly, does he even want to? What business does a petty crook have playing superhero anyway?

This volume collects Police Comics #1-36; Plastic Man #1-2.

Author

Jack Cole was an American cartoonist best known for creating Plastic Man and illustrating cartoons for Playboy magazine, as well as several newspaper comic strips.

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