Talk:Elongated Man

Return of Sue

 * Later in the series, it has been announced that Sue will be resurrected.

Do we know this or is this spec? -- Ipstenu 13:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, only those brought back at the end of Blackest Night #8 are coming back to life. This is a mistake I keep finding in numerous articles for people who were Black Lanterns. -- EMFreyre 14:28, 2 May 2010 (EST)

The article states that only one other DCU character has been known to take Gingold. I believe (pre-crisis) Jimmy Olsen was able to take it and was an honorary member of the Legion Of Superheroes.

This needs to be fixed. Olsen first became Elastic Lad after being exposed to an unknown alien liquid that Superman brought back from space. Later, Professor Potter produced a synthetic liquid that produces the same effect. No Gingold in sight.
 * Just to be the devil's advocate- how do we know the liquid Superman brought back from space wasn't Gingold? :-p -Toptomcat 03:47, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Renaming of article
If the current de-powered, detective, civilian, non-superhero incarnation of the Elongated Man character 'sticks', it may be appropriate to rename this article 'Ralph Dibney'. Thoughts? -Toptomcat 16:05, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * How long before we consider it to "stick," though? I think redirecting from searches on "Ralph Dibny" should cover it for now, but if some else takes over being Elongated Man, a rename might be appropriate.VanPelt101 20:39, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Leave it here for now. CovenantD 23:36, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Batman Schizo
I won't buy The Dark Knight Strikes Again because its art is hideous. That said, apparently, according to this article, Ralph helps Batman fight against Batman. So who wants to replace the wrong 'Batman' with the right character?
 * The article is correct. Batman is defeated by Batman, because he was prepared. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.171.60.23 (talk) 05:59, 28 January 2007 (UTC).

DKR
I've been scowering The Dark Knight Returns to find this Ralph Dibny reference and can't find it, so someone tell me where it is or take off that he's in it. --002Kflash052

Ralph Dibney is mentioned on the last line of the text prologue of the first issue of DKR.

Helm of Fate
I don't think that's the actual object used by Dr. Fate. Rather, a duplicate created by Faust.

AlGorup 18:05, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You should read 52; they say that directly there. --Chris Griswold (  ☎  ☓  ) 03:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Kingdom Come
In Kingdom Come Ralph is all stretched out and cannot control his stretching.

I don't recall this anywhere in Kingdom Come. Lots42 04:29, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Nick
Fans say a lot of things. The Nick and Nora sentiment, though applicable, should go if not cited by someone noteable. Lots42 10:20, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

This article sucks
It jumps from his origins to Identity Crisis with no mention of: --20-dude (talk) 05:22, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * His Central City and Yucatan early adventures (at leas a line).
 * The time he spend traveling USA, solving mysteries with sue.
 * When he first joined the JLA
 * JLA Detroit.
 * JLE


 * Sounds like you are the perfect canidate to add the info in. Lots42 (talk) 09:52, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

The current pic
I like the current pic (it is clear, clean, concise) but we should have one showing him streching. Lots42 (talk) 09:52, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree. The main pick is excellent in that it shows the relevance of Ralph in the 00s. However, a second pic should show his powers.--20-dude (talk) 03:06, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Agree. Arussom (talk) 14:55, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

New 52
Should it be mentioned that he has not (yet?) appeared in the New 52 continuity? 107.221.229.121 (talk)

New 52
Should it be mentioned that he has not (yet?) appeared in the New 52 continuity? 107.221.229.121 (talk)

New 52
Should it be mentioned that he has not (yet?) appeared in the New 52 continuity? 107.221.229.121 (talk)

New 52
Should it be mentioned that he has not (yet?) appeared in the New 52 continuity? 107.221.229.121 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:11, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Dark Knight Strikes Again
The section on The Dark Knight Strikes Again says that Dibny "retains his rivalry with Plastic Man as well as his friendship with Barry Allen and Oliver Queen". However, the rivalry with Plastic Man is never touched on anywhere else in the article. In fact, the only mentions of Plastic Man at all are behind-the-scenes.

From what I remember of DKSA, the EM-PM fight has little to do with their friendly rivalry over the decades, and a lot more to do with the DKSA universe's version of PM being locked up for decades and driven insane.

More importantly, if the PM rivalry isn't notable enough to mention in the main article, surely it's not notable enough to mention that it's carried over into DKSA. And I don't think it is notable enough. The DC Wikia's more extensive pages on PM and EM don't mention each other at all in-universe, and neither of the EM fan pages linked from this article mention PM in-universe either.

I suspect that someone wanted to say that Frank Miller had EM and PM fight because of the out-of-universe history, the decades of fans arguing about which of the two stretchy guys is a useless Z-list hero, but didn't know how to get that across. If so, that's probably true, but you'd probably need a source to say it on Wikipedia. --157.131.170.189 (talk) 09:20, 31 January 2019 (UTC)