Plastic Man #2

Part two of DC's four-issue Plastic Man mini-series brings "The Ooze Brothers," and Hilary Barta's cover sets the tone perfectly — a grinning, rubber-limbed Plastic Man is splayed flat against a brick wall, drenched in dripping green slime, while a wide-eyed, hat-wearing villain looms in the foreground clutching some kind of device. The whole scene has a wonderfully anarchic, rubbery energy that feels right at home in 1988's anything-goes era of superhero comics. With Phil Foglio writing and Barta handling both pencils and inks, this mini-series clearly isn't afraid to have a great deal of fun with one of DC's most delightfully elastic heroes.