DC Studios continue rummaging though their vaults for more comic book properties to adapt for live-action film, including the 1941 superhero "Plastic Man", who was the ‘inspiration’ for Marvel’s stretchy ‘Reed Richards’ from ‘The Fantastic Four’:
'Plastic Man', aka 'Patrick "Eel" O'Brian' debuted in Quality Comics' "Police Comics" #1 (1941), created by cartoonist Jack Cole as one of the first superheroes to incorporate humor into mainstream action storytelling.
"'Patrick "Eel" O'Brian', became part of a burglary ring, specializing as a safecracker. During a late-night heist at the 'Crawford Chemical Works', he and his three fellow gang members were surprised by a night watchman.
"During the gang's escape, Eel was shot in the shoulder and doused with a large drum of unidentified chemical liquid. He escaped to the street only to discover that his gang had driven off without him.
"Fleeing on foot and suffering increasing disorientation from the gunshot wound and exposure to the chemical, Eel passed out on the foothills of a mountain near the city.
"He awoke to find himself in a bed in a mountain retreat, being tended to by a monk who had discovered him unconscious.
"The monk, sensing a capacity for great good in the man, turned away police officers who had trailed Eel to the monastery.
"This act of faith and kindness, combined with the realization his gang had left him to be captured, fanned Eel's longstanding dissatisfaction with his criminal life and his desire to reform.
"During his short convalescence at the monastery, he discovered the chemical had entered into his bloodstream causing a radical physical change.
