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The Elongated Man

The Elongated Man (birth name: Ralph Dibny) is a comic book superhero in the DC universe. He is an off-and-on memeber of the Justice League, as well many of its spin-offs.

As his name suggests, the Elongated Man can stretch his limbs and body to super-human lengths and sizes. Coming years after such notable "stretching" heroes as Marvel's Mister Fantastic and (originally) Quality Comics' Plastic Man, the Elongated Man got his abilities from drinking the extract of a (fictional) fruit called "gingold".

According to his origin, a teenager, Ralph adored contortionists, or people who displayed feats of agility and suppleness. He learned that many of these body-benders drank gingold juice. Ralph set to work learning chemistry and developed a super-concentrated extract of the stuff, which gave him his stretching powers.

The Elongated Man is also said to be one of the DC Universe's premier detectives.

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