#lastikman

Me:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ODXfbrCwdb8&pp=ygUUbGFzdGlrbWFuIGZ1bGwgbW92aWU%3D

Ha! I’d heard of this movie + character, in fact I made a thread on Twitter about it a few years ago, before the full thing was posted! I’ll have to check it out, thank you!

For those who don’t know Lastikman (or Lastik Man) is a Filipino superhero who has the same general powers as Plastic Man, and has received a few movie and tv adaptations, I think this is the 2004 movie? According to his (pretty undercooked) Wikipedia, he was originally an alien, but later versions made him get powers from a rubber tree.

I wouldn’t call the character a “rip off/bootleg”, I see him in a similar way that Mr. Fantastic or Elongated Man are in connection to Plas, inspired by him and his powers, but being their own characters. Definitely not a bootleg in the way that, say, Japanese Plastic Man was.

That all being said, I can sorta see how some would see Lastikman as that, especially with the 2003 versions costume having white sunglasses like Plas, and a more diamond-looking pattern to his costume instead of a checkerboard.

lastikman! love that guy

Here in the Philippines, we also have our own iconic Superheroes, - Darna - Lastikman - Captain Barbell

Most of our superheroes were similar to Marvel and DC’s comic heroes. When I started to become familiar and known for being artistic, I always wanted to finally bring back the nostalgia. I wanted to make art of them ‘cause they were my childhood superheroes.