#224 – Patrick "Eel" O'Brian

Today we talk about Patrick O'Brian, who typically goes by Eel, best known as Plastic Man, and how he got his cool stretchy powers through the power of comedy (and also a vat of chemicals).

Today's mentioned & relevant media:

-The Plastic Man archives

-Plastic Man (1988)

-JLA (1997)

-The Kingdom (1999)

-Plastic Man (2004)

-Blackest Night (2009)

-Justice League (2011) #25

-Dark Days: The Forge (2017) #1

-The Terrifics (2018)

-Plastic Man (2018)

-Thor: Love and Thunder teaser

-Squirrel Girl podcast

-Connor Hawke asexual

-Tom King Superman one-shot tie-in article

-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #10

-The Batman (2022) now on HBO Max

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