mister fantastic came first plastic man or mr. fantastic.
mister fantastic came first plastic man or mr. fantastic.
who came first plastic man or mr. fantastic?
mister fantastic
the fact that plastic man was initially in the superhero business for the money has had an effect on his character development, notably in the storyline "divided we fall" by mark waid where he, along with other justice league members, was separated into two people, his normal "civilian" identity and his superhero persona, by the manipulative wish-granting id. while plastic man devolved from a person with a sense of humor into a constantly wisecracking and almost ineffectual idiot, the now "normal" eel o'brian struggled with the criminal tendencies he had suppressed as he had become comfortable with his role as a superhero and wondered if he had actually changed for the better at all or this was just part of the super-hero "act". ultimately, eel was the driving force behind the other transformed leaguers banding together to re-join with their superheroic selves, noting that bruce wayne in particular was approaching a mental breakdown as he struggled with his rage over his parents' murder – having lacked the ability to do anything about it, as batman was the identity that had 'inherited' his skills. eel demonstrates this to the other divided leaguers by savagely beating bruce wayne with a gun in the guise of a mugger to prove wayne's ineffectiveness, and demonstrate the degree of psychological damage he has suffered due to the split. later, batman comments that it was a wise move "under the circumstances". later, plastic man approaches batman for help when he learns that eel's estranged ten-year-old son luke has fallen in with a gang of criminals, and has inherited his father's shape-shifting abilities, possibly to an even greater degree than plastic man's own. plastic man admits to batman that he doesn't know if he ran away from being a father because he was enjoying his new life as a hero, or because he was afraid of becoming like his own parent. batman later intimidates luke into returning home, and informs plastic man that he is disappointed in his cowardice, imagining that eel would have shown luke fatherly love; in reality, plastic man chose only to hide on batman's utility belt during the whole encounter with luke.
plastic man
the first plastic football helmet came in 1940. it was invented and patented by john t. riddell and his son john t. riddell jr., of the john t. riddell company in chicago, a sporting goods provider. the single molded shell was stronger, lighter, longer-lasting, and did not rot the way leather does when damp. colors could also be baked into the plastic so the paint jobs would be longer-lasting. in 1940 riddell also developed the first chin strap to rest on the chin instead of the neck and the first plastic face mask.
history of the football helmet