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Plastic Man

Eel O'Brian

A reformed thief whose body is genuinely malleable rather than merely stretchy, which is why he is so hard to injure.

3 powers8 sourced feats
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Elasticity
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Survives being shattered and reassembles, because his body has no fixed internal structure to destroy

Feat Detective Comics · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Stretches to any length and thins to any width without injury

Feat Police Comics (1941) · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Takes the shape of objects, not just people — furniture, vehicles, machinery

Feat Police Comics · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Survives being shattered into fragments and reassembles

Feat JLA · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Spends centuries as scattered pieces on the ocean floor and recovers fully

Statement JLA · Post-Crisis DCfigure stated in the work

Absorbs impacts that would kill a conventional body, including explosions

Feat JLA · Post-Crisis DCshown, no figure stated

Changes colour as well as form, which is what makes the disguises work

Statement Police Comics · Post-Crisis DCfigure stated in the work

Written as effectively unkillable, which the League treats as a tactical asset

Statement JLA · Post-Crisis DCfigure stated in the work

Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version