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Elongated Man

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SuperFriends Comic Book Character
Elongated Man
Information
Real name: Ralph Dibny
Species: Metahuman
Home Planet: Earth
Hair: blonde
Affiliations: Super Friends
Abilities: Stretch and shape his body

SuperFriends Team Member


Elongated Man is a superhero and a member of the Super Friends.

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[edit] Background Information

As a teenager, Ralph Dibny adored contortionists, or people who displayed feats of agility and suppleness. He learned that all of the body-benders he spoke with drank a popular soda called "Gingold." Ralph set to work learning chemistry and developed a super-concentrated extract of the rare "gingo" fruit of the Yucatan, which gave him his elasticity.

He was one of the few heroes to reveal his secret identity to the public, and also one of the first to marry his love interest. He and his wife Sue Dibny effectively became partners, solving mysteries and participating in the Justice League adventures as equals. They were also notable in having a stable, happy, and relatively trouble-free marriage.[1]


[edit] Continuity from SuperFriends Comic Book

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[edit] Abilities

The ability to stretch his body like rubber


[edit] Appearance

SuperFriends Comic Book:


[edit] Notes

  • The Elongated Man never appeared on the series. He only appeared in the comic book.
  • His first appearance was in The Flash vol. 1, #112[2] (May 12, 1960).
  • He was partially created by Julius Schwartz, who noted he only created the character because he didn't realize DC Comics had acquired Plastic Man in 1956.
  • His first television appearance was in the animated TV series, Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006).


Members of the SuperFriends
Founding Members:
Superman • Batman • Wonder Woman • Aquaman • Hawkman • Samurai • Green Lantern • Flash • Black Vulcan
Expanded Team:
Hawkgirl • Apache Chief • El Dorado • Atom • Green Arrow • Plastic Man • Rima the Jungle Girl
Comic Book Team Members:
Black Canary • Elongated Man • Red Tornado
Junior SuperFriends:
Robin • Cyborg • Firestorm
Zan • Jayna
Marvin White • Wendy Harris
Mascots:
Gleek • Wonder Dog


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[edit] Appearances in Other Media

Elongated Man Elongated Man, is actually Ralph Dibny and was a member of the Justice League after the Thanagarian invasion. Like fellow League member Plastic Man, he had the ability to stretch his body to tremendous lengths — a fact that may have created something of a rivalry between the two. In addition to his powers of elasticity, Ralph is also a skilled detective; as such, he has sometimes likened himself to a combination of Plastic Man and Batman.

This version of Elongated Man is based on the Justice League Unlimited animated series produced for the Cartoon Network from 2004-2006.
- For more on Elongated Man see article at 'DCAU'


[edit] References

  1. ↑ Background Information is from Earth-One continuity.
  2. ↑ Go to the DC Database for more on The Flash vol. 1, #112
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