# Villains, Fiends, Beware!  Plastic Man is Back!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 10, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villains-fiends-beware-plastic-man-is-back/218115 "2003-12-10T07:00:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villains-fiends-beware-plastic-man-is-back/218115/1 "2003-12-10T07:00:04Z")

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Plastic Man #1 was released on Dec 3. The writer/artist is Kyle Baker, the creative force behind _Why I Hate Saturn_, _You Are Here_ and _I Die at Midnight_.

Yay!

An interview with Baker is [here](http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4442).

Those wanting to see the first few pages of the strip can look at the low res links [here](http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0311/03/firsts.htm). I suppose it’s reasonably representative of the rest of the issue.

Mark your calendars: Plastic Man will be released on a monthly schedule.

What took 'em so long?

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villains-fiends-beware-plastic-man-is-back/218115/2 "2003-12-10T08:39:54Z")

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Finding someone as twisted as Kyle Baker to do the job? 😃

(And if **The Cowboy Wally Show** doesn’t convince ya, nothing will)

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**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villains-fiends-beware-plastic-man-is-back/218115/3 "2003-12-10T11:49:18Z")

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If you want a good read, check out the unproduced Plastic Man script by the Wachowski Bros. I am not sure how to post a direct link, but you can find it at [www.joblo.com/moviescripts.htm](http://www.joblo.com/moviescripts.htm)  
and look for Plastic Man alphabetically. I can’t for the life of me see why this never got made.