Plastic Man (Eel O'Brien)

Patrick Edward O'Brian, also known as Eel O'Brien and Plastic Man, is a character from the DC Comics series.
== Charactah Account ==
Former thief Patrick "Eel" O'Brien accidentally fell into an acid vat. This vat gave him the powers to bend his body into any imaginable form. O'Brien stands today as the comedian in any team he's in.
Plastic Man has a slim yet muscular physique and has a black hair with a single strand as bangs. He wears a long-sleeved open chested, red leotard with a strings crossed in the middle, a black belt with yellow linings and diamond wrapped around his waist and a black goggle-like mask with blue irises.
Plastic Man is a loyal man who wanted to atone his past crimes by becoming a superhero. Beneath his joking & fun-loving exterior, he is a valuable asset in any situation. 
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* 52
* Action Comics
* Adventure Comics
* Adventures in the DC Universe
* Adventures of Superman
* All-Star Squadron
* America vs. the Justice Society
* Batman
* Convergence
* Convergence Plastic Man and the Freedom Fighters
* Convergence: Crisis
* Convergence: Flashpoint
* Convergence: Infinite Earths
* Convergence: Zero Hour
* Countdown to Mystery
* Crazy
* Crisis on Infinite Earths
* Dark Crisis: Young Justice
* Dark Nights: Death Metal
* Dark Nights: Metal
* DC Challenge
* DC Comics Presents
* DC One Million
* DC Premium
* DC Special
* DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest
* DC Super Stars
* DC Universe Online Legends
* DC Universe: Legacies
* DC vs. Vampires
* DCeased: Dead Planet
* Event Leviathan
* Flashpoint: Legion of Doom
* Freedom Fighters
* Green Arrow/Black Canary
* Green Lantern
* Green Lantern: Circle of Fire
* Guy Gardner: Warrior
* Hourman
* Impulse
* Infinity, Inc.
* JLA
* JLA/Avengers
* JLA/Spectre: Soul War
* JLA/Titans
* JLA: Act of God
* JLA: Black Baptism
* JLA: Classified
* JLA: Incarnations
* JLA: Scary Monsters
* JLA: Secret Society of Super-Heroes
* JLA: The Deluxe Edition
* JLA: The Obsidian Age
* JLA: World Without Grown-Ups
* JLA: Year One
* Joker: Last Laugh
* JSA
* Justice
* Justice League
* Justice League Elite
* Justice League Legends
* Justice League of America
* Justice League: Cry for Justice
* Justice League: Generation Lost
* Kingdom Come
* Martian Manhunter
* Normalman
* Not Brand Echh
* One-Star Squadron
* Orion
* Plastic Man
* Police Comics
* Resurrection Man
* Savage Dragon
* Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
* Secret Origins
* Showcase Presents: Brave and the Bold: Batman Team-Ups
* Stanley and His Monster
* Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.
* Super Friends
* Super Powers
* Super Star Comics
* Super-Team
* Superboy
* Supergirl
* Superman
* Superman & Bugs Bunny
* Superman Giant
* Superman: Our Worlds at War
* Superman: The Doomsday Wars
* Superman: The Man of Steel
* The Avengers United
* The Brave and the Bold
* The Dark Knight Strikes Again
* The Flash
* The Golden Age
* The Inferior Five
* The L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons)
* The Plastic Man Archives
* The Power of SHAZAM!
* The Spirit
* The Terrifics
* Trinity
* Wonder Woman
* Young All-Stars
* Young Justice
== Trivia ==
* A later issue of JLA reveals that the reason Batman brought him into the League to begin with was that he was the only person who could defeat Martian Manhunter if he ever went rogue. When Manhunter loses his fear of fire and temporarily becomes "Fernus the Burning", (due to Martians once having been savage giants who reproduced through flames and psychic agony, until the Guardians stepped in and created the Green and White Martians from them) even Superman gets his butt kicked. It's Plas who is able to take him down, being a faster and less hindered shapeshifter who is immune to his telepathy.
* In The Dark Knight Strikes Again, Batman seems to be of the opinion that Plas is one of the most powerful and potentially dangerous beings on Earth. There's a reason why his contingency plan for Plastic Man going rogue boils down to "just hope that it doesn't happen".
* Depending on the writer, Plastic Man's son is either Offspring or Baby Plas.
* Sometime after his son Luke became the hero Offspring in main DC continuity, some writers had slipped up and referred to him as "Ernie" (the name of the Offspring from The Kingdom continuity). This was later explained away as Ernie being his middle name.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Patrick O'Brian (New Earth) at DC Database
* Patrick O'Brian (Prime Earth) at DC Database
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