Plastic Man, whose real name is Patrick O'Brien, was originally a thief nicknamed "Eel."
Like many other superheroes, Plastic Man's abilities stemmed from an accident.
During a theft, Patrick was shot by his pursuers, and at the same time, coincidentally, he was doused with a chemical acid of unknown composition. His wounds absorbed the acid, and from then on, he gained the ability to transform freely.
Plastic Man has always given people the impression of being very transparent, as if he were an dispensable character.
But in fact, his abilities, when classified by threat level, might far exceed those of superheroes with much higher popularity.
However, he is often overlooked, perhaps because of his sense of humor and mismatched attire, or perhaps because his abilities don't intuitively make people feel how powerful he is.
And this time, perhaps, is an opportunity.
Batman thought, Plastic Man might have a chance to change the other members' impressions of him.
But apparently, Plastic Man's confidence didn't seem as high as Batman imagined.
His large sunglasses, he didn't know how they did it, could contract and expand freely like pupils, as if they were his eyes.
At this moment, Plastic Man pointed at himself, his voice somewhat incredulous.
"Me?"
Not only was he stunned, but the other members around him were also taken aback.
"Yes, it's you. This time, you'll be the main force. Remember, restrain Martian Manhunter, and we will deliver the fatal blow."
Barry weakly said, "Fatal blow... that's just a figure of speech, right?"
Batman knew Plastic Man lacked confidence. Strictly speaking, he had never experienced a major battle.
The last time they dealt with Phantom Stranger and the Secret Society, he was assisting from the sidelines and had never taken the lead himself, so he was a bit timid.
Batman personally encouraged him, patting Plastic Man's shoulder: "Trust my judgment, and trust yourself. You can do it."
Everyone else felt particularly strange. Was this the first time Batman had spoken so softly to others? Was this also the first time he had encouraged a teammate?
Could the Sun be rising from the west... wait, it actually is!
Barry immediately got goosebumps, and even Plastic Man felt a bit uncomfortable, but the effect was very significant.
After Batman's encouragement, Plastic Man indeed felt a bit eager to try.
He glanced at Green Lantern, who was struggling to suppress Martian Manhunter, and took a deep breath.
Green Lantern shouted loudly from over there, "Whatever you guys are going to do, hurry up!"
He was puzzled; why did his teammates always have to chat before acting every time it was his turn to hold the line? Couldn't they just lend a hand first?
Hearing this, Plastic Man immediately bounced out.
He transformed his legs into two spring-like limbs. With a compression and release, his entire body shot out as if weightless.
Below the meteor materialized by Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter suddenly emerged. He immediately phased into an intangible state, narrowing his eyes and staring at Green Lantern.
"Power Ring?" But then he overturned his own thought, "No, you are not him, and the ring in your hand is not the Power Ring!"
Martian Manhunter looked at the face that was almost identical to Hal Jordan's and initially wondered if he was a clone, but then he felt that something was wrong.
People can be cloned, but rings cannot.
Besides, with Hal Jordan's cowardly personality, what value would there be in cloning him?
The true value of the Power Ring lies in the Power Ring itself; as for the person wearing the ring, couldn't anyone do it?
So he immediately dismissed the clone speculation, and then he thought of another possibility.
A possibility his people had once studied but remained unconfirmed.
These guys might be from a parallel World!
The moment Martian Manhunter broke free from the meteor's suppression, he immediately activated his psychic bomb. Even with Green Lantern's willpower, he was instantly overwhelmed by this intense mental Impact.
At the same time, Plastic Man bounced and leaped onto the battlefield.
Martian Manhunter looked at the comically dressed Plastic Man and found it ridiculous. They expected this person to lead the charge?
Therefore, he concentrated the power of the psychic bomb on Plastic Man, intending to teach him a profound lesson.
But Plastic Man felt nothing at all. He came before Martian Manhunter and suddenly expanded his entire body, enveloping Martian Manhunter like a giant parachute.
Martian Manhunter immediately fired Cyclops from his eyes, but Plastic Man had already anticipated it. He opened two holes where the opponent's eyes were, allowing him to release the energy from his eyes without harming himself in the slightest.
The Cyclops shot far away, cutting and separating everything it encountered along the way, and the high temperature burned the severed edges into a molten state.
"Plastic Man is completely unaffected by his opponent's psychic power!"
Diana's gaze was sharp, and she immediately saw the trick.
"But he can't stop Martian Manhunter from phasing out and escaping."
Batman calmly said, "Don't worry, I gave him something that can restrict Martian Manhunter's ability."
Martian Manhunter's phasing ability was so buggy; as a paranoid individual, how could Batman not be prepared?
Especially after acquiring Owlman's collection, his methods for dealing with Martian Manhunter's intangible form became even more advanced.
As fellow paranoids, Owlman had also prepared for Martian Manhunter's abilities. Coincidentally, he was studying quantum tunneling effects at the time, and Owlman unexpectedly discovered that near an eigenfield, Martian Manhunter's phasing would become extremely unstable.
Therefore, Batman adopted Owlman's idea and created a miniaturized eigenfield excitation device. He had discreetly attached it when he patted Plastic Man's shoulder earlier.
Therefore, when Martian Manhunter felt that he couldn't break free from Plastic Man with physical strength, he tried to use his phasing ability, but this ability failed, which made him greatly alarmed.
The fundamental reason Martian Manhunter dared to take on multiple opponents was precisely because he believed he had phasing ability, allowing him to attack when advantageous and retreat when necessary, wasn't it?
Once his phasing ability was nullified, his will to fight would rapidly decrease.
Although he didn't have pyrophobia, low combat morale was his greatest weakness.
"What did you do to me!" Martian Manhunter roared, his voice filled with unease.
But Plastic Man felt he was a bit inexplicable. Don't mind that I'm usually unreliable, but I, O'Brien, am a decent guy!
"Dude, you're an alien, and a green one at that. There's no way you can accuse me of doing anything to you... Just saying that makes me want to puke."
Martian Manhunter was furious. Plastic Man's ability was disgusting, and his incessant chattering mouth was just as sickening!
His body quickly transformed, turning into a gigantic fire dragon, a creature he had changed into based on Earth's mythological legends.
The fire dragon, into which Martian Manhunter had transformed, roared skyward, its size quickly becoming larger than the surrounding tall buildings.
And Plastic Man, like chewing gum, stretched across the dragon's surface. No matter how large the dragon Martian Manhunter transformed into became, his extended surface would follow its body changes, sticking firmly to him.
Because of Plastic Man, who was like chewing gum on him, the giant dragon Martian Manhunter transformed into was not only lacking in deterrence but also quite comical.
Since psychic abilities were ineffective against Plastic Man, and Martian Manhunter couldn't sustain this ability for too long, he needed to focus on other abilities. Therefore, he shut down his psychic powers and used only his shapeshifting ability.
And the moment his psychic power failed, all members of the Justice League swarmed forward. Wonder Woman threw her Lasso of Truth, binding one of the giant dragon's claws.
She stomped her feet firmly into the ground, trying to get a stronger grip.
But the giant dragon's strength was so immense that it gradually pulled Diana closer to itself.
He opened his mouth wide, and a fiery glow flickered in his throat and abdomen.
He not only transformed into a dragon, but could also use dragon abilities, such as breathing fire.
However, Green Lantern stopped him in time. Hal's green muzzle directly clamped the dragon's upper and lower jaws shut, preventing the fire in his throat from being expelled, just like putting a bite-proof muzzle on a dog.
Vixen, empowered by the strength of a mammoth, charged directly into one of the dragon's supporting legs.
Dr. Kimiyo Hoshi assisted her. She appeared before the dragon, and a white Flash erupted from her body, stimulating the dragon with such intense light that he instinctively closed his eyes.
Martian Manhunter's strength far surpassed that of humans, and he possessed even stronger eyesight than humans, which also made his eyes far more sensitive and vulnerable to strong light than human eyes.
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