WEASEL

Real Name: Irving Waisel

Class: Human

Occupation: Professional criminal

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile, Earth-12

First Appearance: Plastic Man I #8 (January-February, 1968)

Powers: Weasel was a cunning and opportunistic criminal.

History: (Plastic Man I #8) - The Weasel considered himself a top-notch criminal mastermind, but his entire gang ended up walking out on him because he hadn’t pulled off a successful job in six years. Weasel was determined to show the world what a mastermind he was, and an opportunity presented itself when he ran into the crimefighter Plastic Man, who was suffering from amnesia. Weasel convinced Plas that he was his dutiful sidekick in his war on crime. Weasel pointed out a patrolman, saying that anyone wearing a police uniform was actually a member of the criminal Blue-Coat Gang. Plas confronted the officer, who realized Plastic Man was not in his right mind, but still tried to pull his gun, but pulled out his pencil by accident. Plas concluded the pencil was a super weapon, and walked away from the confrontation lest the officer turn it on the crowd. Weasel came up with a number of implausible situations to get Plas to unknowingly commit crimes, like saying the bank president needed the bank safe opened up because it was stuck. Weasel’s gang was so impressed that they agreed to work with him again. The mayor knew Plas wasn’t right, but had no choice but to call for a manhunt to stop Plas’ crime wave. Plas’ girlfriend Mike De Lute became much more enamored of Plastic Man now that he was a criminal, and her mother Madam De Lute boarded her door shut to keep Mike away form Plas, but Mike slipped out a window. Mike arrived just as Plas, with Weasel and his men hit an armored car, and told Plas she loved his dangerous criminal ways, and even though she’d turned down marriage proposals from him many times she now wanted to get hitched. Plas was confused as to why she thought he was a criminal, and Weasel called her a liar. Mike realized Plas was being tricked, and was so disappointed she threw a bag of money at Plas, conking him on the head and jarring his memory. Weasel and his men tried to make a getaway, but Plas disguised himself as a train station and trapped the crooks inside.

Comments: Created by Arnold Drake & Jack Sparling.