Dear Silver man

According to his Wikipedia entry, not only has Plastic Man survived having his heart torn out of his chest but he has lived 3000 years as no more than crumbs at the bottom of the sea so clearly his powers need to explored in greater depth- 3000 years, not even Superman is expected to live that long(comparisons to the likes of Marvel and DC deities such as Thor or Hercules miss the point- they are immortal the Man of Steel isn't !)

I'm curious- IS Plastic Man virtually immortal(or a the very least indestructible). If he can survive having his heart torn out of his chest by Vibe(can he grow a new one?) then it would seem so. Despite his wisecracking public persona it would be nice to see PM in a story which dealt with this issue, the pros and cons of being able to live forever(or at the very least not to age-he's been active since the 1940s and well into the 20th century and doesn't seem a day older than his early 30s/late 20s)!
 
Terry

Dear Silver manAccording to his Wikipedia entry, not only has Plastic Man survived having his heart torn out of his chest but he has lived 3000 years as no more than crumbs at the bottom of the sea so clearly his powers need to explored in greater depth- 3000 years, not even Superman is expected to live that long(comparisons to the likes of Marvel and DC deities such as Thor or Hercules miss the point- they are immortal the Man of Steel isn't !)

Dear Silver manAccording to his Wikipedia entry, not only has Plastic Man survived having his heart torn out of his chest but he has lived 3000 years as no more than crumbs at the bottom of the sea so clearly his powers need to explored in greater depth- 3000 years, not even Superman is expected to live that long(comparisons to the likes of Marvel and DC deities such as Thor or Hercules miss the point- they are immortal the Man of Steel isn't !)

More about Plastic Man- I've just seen a newly added section in his Gallery where he appears to be not just shot in the chest(presumably by a gun) and we see a whitish fluid which his sidekick says smells like "airplane glue"(presumably blood or the equivalent that is pumped by his heart around his veins). This raises three questions(a) how could a bullet from an ordinary(presumably) gun penetratre PM's elastic flesh-shouldn't it just stretch? (b) despite the possiblity that he might possibly bleed to death due to this chest wounds, PM seems oddly indifferent to this possiblity (c) given that he is demonstratably NOT a "normal" person, if PM is injured in combat, who takes care of him in such eventualities- does the JLA have special medical facilities(including samples of his "blood" in reserve?)
Terry