Living proof that despite while the whole thing was written by Kingdom Come co-creator Mark Waid, the two bookends were a dog's breakfast compared to the one-shots in between - Offspring, Planet Krypton and Kid Flash especially.
Here Waid and Quitely pull off a massive father/son moment that serves as a reaffirming moment in the lives of two great malleable characters.
While similar beats would later be explored in writer Joe Kelly's run on JLA, everytime I look at this splash I hear a little 'awww' a lot of 'wow' and my fingers cross that Frank will touch the real Plas again - in one reality or another.
That really is a nice and sweet splash page. Probably should've saved it for Father's Day, but a true tender moment nonetheless. How can you not love that Frank Quitely art?
ReplyDeleteDamn, makes we really wish I had that DCUC Plastic Man figure now.
Or at least a Plas Mego so he could bend in every way possible. This was the first place I saw Frank's art - instantly addicted in one issue.
ReplyDeleteFrank Quitely is SO damn good. Love this. -Plas is a favorite... I has feels.
ReplyDeleteYeah - and a guy missed from comics. Which is odd considering he was riding quite high for a while there!
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