Welcome back to My Hero, where the motley assortment of weirdo characters in the My Hero Collection get their moment in the sun! This week’s star is the Human Flying Fish, a (mostly) one-off Aquaman foe from 1960’s Adventure Comics #372. Our custom Human Flying Fish. I think his body comes from a Marvel Super…
Welcome back to My Hero, where one-off super heroes are more worthy of notice than ones with 300 issues under their belt! Today’s selection from our Custom Action Figure Collection is Joshua, a costumed vigilante who originated in 1969’s Teen Titans #20. Joshua, as he appears in our Custom Action Figure Collection. A One-Off Titan…
Welcome back to My Hero, where the obscure characters that make up our Custom Action Figure Collection take center stage! Today, we’re looking at a Marvel hero: a doctor who traveled to Himalayas and learned the ways of the mystic arts, later joining the ranks of The Avengers…but not the one you’re thinking of. Our…
Welcome back to My Hero, where I show my work in identifying the characters in our vast collection of customized action figures! This week’s subject is a foursome of figures (our customizer loved army building) comprising the full membership of the Batman Revenge Squad from World’s Finest #175. The foursome of the Batman Revenge Squad…
Welcome back to My Hero, where we admire custom action figures of the comic characters who escaped the notice of Kenner & Toy Biz back in the day! Today, we’re looking at a work-for-hire villain who got his start battling a demonic Spirit of Vengeance – the aquakinetic Water Wizard. Our hand-painted Water Wizard. At…
Welcome back to My Hero, where the obscure characters given the spotlight in our Custom Action Figure Collection get a chance to take center stage. Today’s entry is perhaps not the best likeness in the collection, but one where the choice of base figure is the decider: Paul “Two-Face” Sloane! Two-Face as he appears in…
Welcome back to My Hero, where I tell you the story behind the weird and wonderful characters in our Custom Action Figure Collection. Today, we’re looking at a Marvel villain who only exists thanks to retcons, a version of the Red Skull whose main enemies are an outright fascist in a Captain America suit and…
Welcome back to My Hero, where I dig through the boxes in our Custom Action Figure Collection and pull out treasures…before explaining to you why they’re treasures. This week’s hero is Daredevil – no, not the one played by Ben Affleck, the original! Daredevil, from our Custom Figure Collection. A Golden Age 1940’s Silver Streak…
Marvel’s universe was born during the Cold War era, and the tensions that permeated that era gave rise to a lot of Marvel characters – most of them antagonist to the company’s predominantly American heroes. For today’s installment of My Hero, we’re looking to the very end of the Cold War to discuss one such…
Debuting in 1964, Simon “Wonder Man” Williams is a longtime member of The Avengers and a fan-favorite Marvel hero. As such, he’s entirely too well known to appear in the pages of My Hero, as he’s been turned into an action figure numerous times over the years. However, his most immediate predecessor to the name,…