Editing Plastic Man (section)

===52, One Year Later, Countdown and Blackest Night===
In the 2006 "[[One Year Later]]" DC Comics [[fictional crossover|crossover]] storyline that followed the "[[Infinite Crisis]]" crossover, a young man with similar appearance and powers as Plastic Man appears briefly in the superteam series ''[[Teen Titans]]'' Vol. 3, #34 written by R.J. Carter. The character wears a white costume with red goggles, similar to that of [[Offspring (character)|Offspring]], Plastic Man's son in the earlier 1999 DC [[miniseries]] ''[[The Kingdom (comic)|The Kingdom]]'' by Mark Waid. While the Teen Titans story itself does not identify the character, page two of a published script supposedly by writer [[Geoff Johns]]' specifies it is "Plastic Man's son, Offspring".<ref>[http://www.comicbloc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=353&Itemid=57 The Comic Bloc: "You Waited, Now See... ''Teen Titans'' #34"], posted June 15, 2006 by anonymous "magicspoon"</ref> Plastic Man's son is also shown in costume, and identified as Offspring, in the 2006 weekly series ''[[52 (comics)|52]]'' in Week 35 (written by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, [[Greg Rucka]] and Mark Waid) when he is injured while rescuing a number of the depowered Everyman heroes. Eventually, Plastic Man and Offspring come together as father and son and briefly even had an idyllic family set up until Plastic Man was convinced that he could not deny his destiny as a super hero.

In ''Countdown to Mystery'' #1 (2007) written by Lilah Sturges, Plastic Man is seduced by [[Eclipso]], being made to believe he is a joke among his fellow heroes, and the only way for him to get some respect is through Eclipso. He is later freed of this corruption by Bruce Gordon. Plastic Man makes his next appearance within the pages of ''[[Green Arrow and Black Canary|Green Arrow/Black Canary]]'' #8 by [[Judd Winick]], having been freed from a stasis tube by Green Arrow. His DNA is taken by Sivana and used to augment an amnesiac [[Connor Hawke]], in a bid to turn the young hero into a brainwashed slave with a strong healing factor.

Plastic Man appeared for a brief period in the 2009 ''Justice League of America'' vol. 2 series written by [[Len Wein]]. After joining up with the team following the events of ''[[Final Crisis]]'', Plastic Man has his effectiveness questioned by his teammate [[Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)|Dr. Light]], which starts a fight between the two, which [[Vixen (comics)|Vixen]] breaks up.<ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #35 (July 2009). DC Comics.</ref> Vixen reassigns Plastic Man to team up with Dr. Light to stop the [[Royal Flush Gang]] robbery. Though they experience some control issues between them, the Royal Flush Gang is defeated and Plastic Man and Dr. Light finally stop arguing.<ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #37 (September 2009). DC Comics.</ref>

During a massive battle at the [[Justice League Satellite]] in ''[[Justice League: Cry for Justice]]'', [[Prometheus (DC Comics)|Prometheus]] injected Plastic Man with a chemical that badly damaged his plastic body. The chemicals caused Eel to suffer from a condition where it took great concentration to keep himself in his usual, semi-solid state and caused him pain when he even thought about changing shape, thus leaving him in an infirm state.<ref>''Justice League: Cry for Justice'' #6 (January 2010). DC Comics.</ref><ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #38 (October 2009). DC Comics.</ref>

In the ''[[Blackest Night]]'' crossover, while still suffering from his deteriorating state, Plastic Man had his heart torn out by the [[Black Lantern Corps|Black Lantern]], [[Vibe (comics)|Vibe]], seemingly killing him.<ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #39 (November 2009). DC Comics.</ref> However, due to his power of near-invulnerability, he was able to survive such an attack, albeit badly wounded.<ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #40 (December 2009). DC Comics.</ref> Vixen states that Plastic Man was being taken care of at [[STAR Labs]], and that he would be unable to return to the League.<ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #41 (January 2010). DC Comics.</ref>

Plastic Man later appeared in ''[[Justice League: Generation Lost]]'', helping a large coalition of heroes on an unsuccessful mission to trace [[Maxwell Lord]]. He had been seemingly cured of his condition, and was shown retaining his normal shape without issue or pain.<ref>''Justice League: Generation Lost'' #1. DC Comics.</ref>

Later, he aids the JLA on their mission into Hell, where he helps Batman defeat [[Geryon]]. The League learns [[Blaze and Satanus|Satanus]]' plans to use [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]]'s mask to become powerful. Plastic Man grabs the mask, which possesses him. The Leagues combines forces to remove the mask, which is incinerated, seemingly killing Plastic Man. It is later revealed that [[Zauriel]] transported him into another dimension before helping the League escape Hell.<ref>''Justice League of America 80-Page Giant 2011''. DC Comics.</ref>