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Ralph Dibny a.k.a. [[Elongated Man]] was created in [[The Sixties]] to be a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Plastic Man]] because the people at [[DC Comics]] didn't realize that they technically already owned Plastic Man. In a way, this makes him the first [[Silver Age]] [[Legacy Character]] not to share a name with the character he was inspired by. He first appeared in ''"The Flash''" #112 (April, 1960). His wife and partner Susan "Sue" Dearborn was introduced in #119 (March, 1961). Notably, he was the first [[Superhero]] to drop his [[Secret Identity]] and marry his [[Love Interest]] (in her first appearance, too!).
A close friend of the (second) [[The Flash|Flash]] in whose series he appeared often. He got his own series in the backpages of ''Detective Comics'', lasting from issue #327 to #383 (May, 1964-January, 1969) with several new stories appearing in the same magazine during the [[The Seventies|1970s]], though at irregular intervals. The series formula was to have Ralph and Sue traveling the globe, investigating crimes along the way. Don Markstein, a comic book historian, described them as a superhero version of [[The Thin Man (
Ralph also joined the [[Justice League]] in [[The Seventies|1970s]]. Along with Sue he was an important part of the [[Justice League International
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* [[Captain Obvious]]
* [[Foreshadowing]]
* [[Fun Personified]]: At first he was just another hero, but as time passed he became a jokester (Plastic Man went through the same process at the same time), specially during the late 80s.
* [[Green Lantern Ring]]: Ralph's shapeshifting can be surprisingly versatile.
* [[Non
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: He's actually a very efficient [[Justice League of America|JLAer]] and it's second best detective after [[Batman]].
* [[Personality Powers]]
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** Retconned into the Gingold (which, by the way, he discovered in ''soda'') activating his metagene (somehow). Pure gingold extract turned out to be quite harmful to anyone but him.
* [[They Fight Crime]]
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: According to Sue, he's a 7. Note that she was a [[Deadpan Snarker]].
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With the third [[The Flash|Flash]], Wally West. While the two were definitely friends, Ralph loved to poke fun at Wally by comparing him to Barry Allen (the second [[The Flash|Flash]]).
* [[Widower Hero]]
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