KING OF ZING

Real Name: Clarence Skidd

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: President of Zing Oil, criminal

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Capitol City, 1940s era

First Appearance: Plastic Man #9 (Quality) (Autumn, 1947)

Powers: The King carried around an oilcan of Zing, the world’s slipperiest oil. He could make opponents skid out of control, or coat himself and make himself frictionless and impossible to hold onto. He had friction dust that counteracted the effect of Zing.

History: (Plastic Man #9) - Skidd invented Zing, the worlds slipperiest oil, and tested it out on holdup artist Rocky Twitch, who tried to mug him. He took Twitch’s money, and found crime so enjoyable that he dubbed himself the King of Zing and dared Plastic Man to try and stop him from robbing the 13th National Bank. Plas found that soapless detergent counteracted his slippery oil, so he shook some on the King’s chin and knocked him out with a punch.

Comments: Created by Jack Cole

In the pre-Crisis DC Universe the King lived on Earth-2. King, like most characters from the golden age Plastic Man stories, may or may not be a part of post-Crisis DC continuity.

King was originally a Quality Comics character, which DC obtained the rights to in 1956.

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