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8. Clayface III

No, not that Clayface.

Look, along with everyone else, I love Clayface. Clayface is great! But when people talk about Clayface, it's almost always either Basil Karlo or Matt Hagan, the first two Clayfaces. But no one ever gives any love to my main man Preston!

Preston Payne was a STAR Labs scientist suffering from a thyroid disorder and looking for a cure. He injected himself with a vial of Matt Hagan's blood, and instead of getting cool shapeshifting powers, he just melted. Like, his body started melting. Horrifically. The only way to stop this was to spread his melting curse on to others, which he could do via physical contact.

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He would later star in the best Batman story Alan Moore ever wrote, Batman Annual #11's Mortal Clay. Seriously, if you've never read that one, holy heck, please do give it a long hard look. It's near perfection.

He fell in love with Clayface IV, aka Sondra Fuller. The duo had a child, Cassius Clay, aka Clayface V, the one with the terrible pun for a name. So there you go, Preston, the love you deserve.

Also the least terrible person named Preston I can think of, so points for that.