Plastic Man (4th Series)

    (DC, 2004-2006)
™ and © DC Comics, Inc.

Kyle Baker is an incredible — and sometimes underappreciated — writer-artist. From such graphic novels as I Die at Midnight, King David, and Why I Hate Saturn to such collaborations as Truth: Red, White & Black and Birth of a Nation to his Kyle Baker Cartoonist collections, his work is instantly identifiable and entertaining. Baker was the best possible choice to meet the challenge of transmuting Jack Cole’s Golden Age Plastic Man for today’s audiences, and he began this series with a story arc that provided Plastic Man’s origin and background that accommodates both the version that has been the comedy relief for today’s Justice League of America and the qualities that made Cole’s character a classic. Following #7’s adequate but unexceptional fill-in, Baker returned, opening with a takeoff of the Alex Ross-Paul Dini graphic novels that made it clear Baker hadn’t begun to run out of ideas. While hilarious details reward informed adult readers, the stories and art are clear and goofy enough to entertain audiences new and old. The 10th issue stands alone, for those who want a sample before hunting for back issues.

— Maggie Thompson
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    Feb 2004
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    #7
    Aug 2004
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    #8
    Sep 2004
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    #9
    Oct 2004
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    #10
    Nov 2004
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    #11
    Dec 2004
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    #12
    Jan 2005
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    W: C. Scott Morse  ·  A: C. Scott Morse
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    #13
    Feb 2005
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    #14
    Mar 2005
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    #15
    May 2005
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    Jun 2005
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    #17
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    #18
    Nov 2005
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    #19
    Jan 2006
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    W: Kyle Baker, Ty Templeton  ·  A: Kyle Baker, Billy Dallas Patton
    Includes HeroScape #4 insert
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    #20
    Mar 2006
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    Final issue
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  • Bk 2
    Book #2
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    Includes #8-11, 13, 14; Rubber Bandits; ca. 2005
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  • GS 1
    Giant-Size Special #1
    Jan 2004
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    W: Jack Cole, Dave Wood, Arnold Drake, Steve Skeates  ·  A: Jack Cole, Jim Mooney, Gil Kane, Ramona Fradon
    Reprints from Police Comics #1, Police Comics #13, House of Mystery #160, Plastic Man (1st Series) #3, and Plastic Man (2nd Series) #3 and 11; Origin of Plastic Man
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