Back in September 2024, Bleeding Cool reported on the then-about-to-end Absolute Power series, saying "Plastic Man, already having his arm broken without his powers, will have a new power instead.

Elongated Man is redundant in a world with Plastic Man, making him of little use to the Justice League. The Justice League is DC Comics' flagship organization, a collection of the world's greatest ...

Plastic Man's comedic and unconventional persona would provide much-needed comic relief in the dark setting of the Justice League ... humor into mainstream action storytelling.