GREAT GUNS! I'M STRECHIN' LIKE A RUBBER-BAND!

摘要

You might not recognise the above words, but they belong to 'Plastics Man', a comic book hero created in 1941 by cartoonist Jack Cole. The creation of Plastics Man, who can stretch to any shape or size as a result of an accident at a chemical works, came about following the consumer's new fixation with plastics at the time. Advertisers had just termed plastics the "miracle material" and it was quickly making its way into dozens of household products. But why is this significant now? Well, because 'Plastics Man' was brought to my attention by the somewhat-inspired seven-year-old son of one of my closest friends.