Offspring (comics)

Offspring
Cover to Offspring #1 (February 1999). Art by Frank Quitely.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	The Kingdom: Offspring #1 (1999) As Luke O'Brian: JLA #65 (June 2002)
Created by	Mark Waid Frank Quitely
In-story information
Alter ego	Luke Ernie "Loogie" McDunnagh O'Brian
Team affiliations	Teen Titans
Abilities	Can stretch, change color, and shape his highly resilient body into any shape he can imagine. Immune to telepathy.

Offspring is a fictional comic book superhero in the DC universe. He is the son of Plastic Man, and has the same stretching powers as his father.

Offspring's first appearance was in a one-shot issue of the same name, a spin-off of the miniseries The Kingdom. His outfit was a predominantly white all-in-one, with black areas laid out in a similar hexagon/pentagon design to a classic 32-panel soccer ball; his hair also had a hexagonal edge to its cut.

Offspring later appeared in the final issue of the The Kingdom miniseries, teamed with Kid Flash, Nightstar, and Ibn al Xu'ffasch to attempt to save the timestream from Gog. In this version he is named Ernie O'Brian. He is treated as a joke professionally and personally by his friends, family, and even foes. However he learns to accept his place on the team as the funny member. His relationship with his dad is close and happy; however, his girlfriend, Micheline, is unhappy with the lack of respect his goofy behavior is causing.

Although Offspring did not exist in the then-current DC continuity, it was revealed in the pages of JLA that Plastic Man does have a son named Luke "Loogie" McDunnagh - his illegitimate child by "Angel" McDunnagh - who has powers greater than his own, with the ability to easily change his color and mass as well as his shape. He initially appeared when Plastic Man asked Batman for his help in scaring the kid straight after he fell in with a gang, Plastic Man admitting in the process that he ran away from Luke's mother after getting over the irony of a rubber man accidentally getting someone pregnant because he was afraid of turning out like his own father. Although Batman subsequently intimidated Luke into leaving the gang and going back to his mother, he noted during a conversation with Plastic Man that he was disappointed in the other man because he had always thought that he would be the best father of the League as he believed Plastic Man would show his children that he loved them rather than just telling them, and advised him to consider getting back in touch with his son later.