Eel went looking for a kid, but he found a Man-Bat instead, who brought him not only to the kid but also to the lair of the secret society that needs Plastic Man to stop asking inconvenient questions. Yes, it counts as comically good fortune if you squint your eyes and look around the corner (which he can totally do without even breaking a sweat. Or, you know, his neck).
Gail Simone is a comic book writer well-known for her work on Birds of Prey (DC), Wonder Woman (DC), and Deadpool (Marvel), among others, and has also written humorous and critical commentary on comics and the comics industry such as the original "Women in Refrigerators" website and a regular column called "You'll All Be Sorry".
Call it 3 1/2… I liked #3 better than #2, but I still feel mixed when I read this. At times it is fun and funny, and then at times it feels like a sanitized Deadpool knockoff. At times the story seems somewhat mundane, and then the peripheral events make it instantly interesting again. Some dialogue seems lame and the characterization is lacking, but enough redeemable qualities to keep me reading for now.