BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE: MARSHALL ROGERS

HE MOST RECENT ACQUISITION FOR THE BLACK AND WHITE SHELF IS THIS GUY SCULPTED BY RAY VILLAFANE AND INSPIRED BY THE ART OF THE LATE, GREAT MARSHALL ROGERS.  DC DIRECT DOES NOT DISAPPOINT WITH THIS ONE.  YOURS TRULY WROTE THE IN-DEPTH REVIEW AT CAPTAIN TOY THIS TIME.  SO CLICK ON THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT TO READ ALL ABOUT IT!

 

 BATMAN BLACK & WHITE - ED McGUINNESS

UBLIC ENEMIES CONTINUES TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE ARENAS OF  MERCHANDISE AND DVD's.  NOW DC DIRECT HAS ADDED A McGUINNESS-INSPIRED STATUE TO ITS BATMAN  BLACK AND WHITE SERIES. SCULPTOR JAMES SHOOP HAS CAPTURED THE McGUINNESS LOOK IN THIS 7.5 INCH COLDCAST PORCELAIN PIECE. DIG THE ACTION POSE AS THIS BATMAN SEEMS TO WANT TO LEAP RIGHT OFF THE SHELF!


 

 BATMAN BLACK & WHITE - DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI

ATMAN: YEAR ONE WAS A SEMINAL BOOK TO MANY AND HAD A PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON CHRIS NOLAN's FIRST BAT-FLICK "BATMAN BEGINS."  DC DIRECT's LINE OF BLACK AND WHITE STATUES BASED ON ARTIST SPECIFIC VERSIONS OF THE BATMAN HAS HAD MORE HITS THAN MISSES.  THIS ONE IS A HIT,  AS MY FRIEND CAPTAIN TOY WILL ATEST.  MIMICKING THE ICONIC PROMOTIONAL IMAGE FOR THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, LOCAL L.A. ARTIST GREG McPHERSON HAS CAPTURED THE MAZZUCCHELLI STYLE WITH ULTRA-CLEAN LINES - STANDING 7.75 INCHES TALL AND LOOKING MENACING AS HELL.


 

UNI-FORMZ: BATMAN VINYL FIGURES BY MONSTER 5 

HAT IS IT ABOUT THESE SUPER-DEFORMED LOOKING BATMEN THAT MAKE THEM SO AWESOME?  IS IT BECAUSE THEIR FISTS ARE BIGGER THAN THEIR HEADS?  APPARENTLY MONSTER 5 IS A SUPER HOT TOY DESIGNER AND DC DIRECT OFFERS  THESE 8 INCH TALL VINYL FIGURES IN VARIANT VERSIONS (LIKE THE CLASSIC AND MODERN SEEN HERE) AS WELL AS  OTHER DC SUPER-HEROES SUCH AS SUPERMAN, FLASH, AND GREEN LANTERN.   

 

EROES OF THE UNIVERSE: BATMAN BUST

O WAY COULD I PASS UP THIS 6 INCH TALL COLD-CAST PORCELAIN BUST FROM DC DIRECT, DESIGNED BY CARLOS PACHEO AND SCULPTED BY JEAN ST. JEAN.  WHENEVER BATMAN IS COMBINED WITH A GARGOYLE IN A PIECE I'M THERE.  THIS IS THE SECOND BUST OFFERED IN THIS SERIES THAT FEATURES SOME VILLAINS DESPITE THE SERIES TITLE.


 

 BATMAN BLACK & WHITE - BRUCE TIMM

ET'S FACE IT - BRUCE TIMM IS THE MAN.  WHEN HE CREATED THE BATMAN ANIMATED SERIES, HE INTRODUCED A WHOLE NEW GENERATION TO A DEFINITIVE VERSION THE CAPED CRUSADER.  SO WHY SHOULDN'T  DC DIRECT HONOR HIM WITH A STATUE IN THEIR LONG RUNNING BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE SERIES? CAPTAIN T0Y WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS RESIN STATUE IS THE MOST DYNAMIC WITH HIS MID-AIR, MID-PUNCH STANCE.  DESIGNED BY TIMM, SCULPTED BY JAMES SHOOP, AND STANDING 7.5 INCHES HIGH, I PICKED HIM UP AT THE SAME COMIC BOOK STORE BRUCE FREQUENTS.


 

THE DARK KNIGHT: 1:4 SCALE BATMAN BUST 

HIS GUY WAS MY HOLY GRAIL AT THIS YEAR's SAN DIEGO COMIC CON.  DESCRIBED AS A "LIMITED EDITION" (YEAH RIGHT- LIKE WHAT ISN'T?), HOT TOYS AND DC DIRECT OFFER THIS 10 INCH BUST OF CHRISTIAN BALE IN HIS ORIGINAL "BEGINS" ARMOUR.  NOW I'M ABLE TO DISPLAY HIM ALONGSIDE MY OTHER BATMAN BEGINS STATUES.   

 

 MATTEL BRAVE AND THE BOLD ACTION LEAGUE MINI-FIGURES

HESE TINY BAT-DUDES ARE ONLY TWO OF A HUGE LINE OF MINI-FIGURES BASED ON THE BATMAN: BRAVE AND THE BOLD ANIMATED SERIES. SOME COME IN VEHICLES SETS WHILE MOST ARE AVAILABLE AS SINGLES. THESE SEEM TO BE DC's ANSWER TO MARVEL's SUCCESSFUL SUPER HERO SQUAD LINE.


 

 BATMAN BLACK & WHITE - GOTHAM KNIGHT

F YOU ENJOYED THE 6 SEGMENT DVD BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT, THEN YOU RECALL THE "DEADSHOT" SEGMENT OF THAT VID.  THIS STATUE IS BASED ON THAT ANIMATED STORY.  DC DIRECT OFFERS THIS AS A LIMITED EDITION OF ITS BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE STATUE SERIES. SCULPTED BY DEREK MILLER, HE STANDS 7 INCHES TALL.  MY FAVORITE TOY REVIEWER, CAPTAIN TOY HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAY REGARDING THIS STATUE.


 

 HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE SERIES 1: BATMAN

ASED ON THE ART OF GEORGE PEREZ, THIS FIGURE IS ONE OF THE FIRST OF A NEW SERIES BY DC DIRECT.  IT FEATURES MORE ARTICULATION POINTS THAN YOU NORMALLY GET IN DC DIRECT FIGURE. BUT DOES THAT GET YOU MORE POSEABILITY? YOU CAN FIND THE ANSWER TO THIS AND MORE FROM CAPTAIN TOY's REVIEW.  IT'S A GREAT LOOKING 6.75 INCH TALL BAT-FIG EVEN THOUGH THE PLASTIC CAPE TENDS TO MAKE HIM A LITTLE BACK-HEAVY.


 

 BATMAN COSBABY PVC MINI-FIGURES BY HOT TOYS

HEY'RE SO CUTE!!  STANDING AT A MERE 3 INCHES TALL, THESE TINY JAPANESE IMPORTS ARE HIGHLY ARTICULATED AND DETAILED.  PICTURED HERE ARE THE HEROES OF THE LINE. VILLAINS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.


 

 BATMAN BLACK & WHITE - JIM APARO

EPICTED AS HE APPEARED ON THE COVER OF DETECTIVE COMICS #443, LONGTIME BAT-ARTIST JIM APARO IS REPRESENTED HERE IN  DC DIRECT'S EVER GROWING LINE OF BLACK AND WHITE STATUES.  THIS 6.5 INCH RESIN DUDE IS SO BADASS HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO PUT BOTH HIS FEET ON THE STAND.  A DETAILED REVIEW OF THIS STATUE CAN BE VIEWED OVER AT CAPTAIN TOY's WEBSITE.


 

 MATTEL MOVIE MASTERS DARK KNIGHT "UNMASKED" VARIANT

VER A YEAR SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE MOVIE, THE MERCH KEEPS ON COMING.  I MANAGED TO FIND THIS GUY ONLINE FOR A LOT LESS THAN WHAT MY LOCAL COMIC BOOK STORE WANTED FOR HIM.  A MUST-HAVE FOR BATFANS, THIS FIGURE FEATURES A KEEN LIKENESS OF CHRISTIAN BALE.  STANDING 6 INCHES TALL, THIS "CHASE" FIGURE FEATURES THE SAME DETAILED BODY AND MOLDED CAPE AS THE MASKED VERSION.


 

 SUPERMAN/BATMAN SERIES 6 & 7

OU MAY THINK YOU'RE SEEING DOUBLE BUT YOU'RE NOT.  DC DIRECT RELEASED VERY SIMILAR VERSIONS OF A MODERN BATMAN WITHIN MONTHS OF EACH OTHER.  THE SUPERMAN/BATMAN  SERIES 6 FIGURE (RIGHT) IS BASED ON THE ART OF ETHAN VAN SCIVER WHILE THE SERIES 7 FIGURE (LEFT) WAS DESIGNED BY SHANE DAVIS.  BOTH STAND AT 6.75 INCHES AND FEATURE MULTIPLE POINTS OF ARTICULATION.


 

 ATMAN BLACK & WHITE - GEORGE PEREZ

ES, I KNOW IT'S THE UMPTEENTH STATUE IN DC DIRECT's  BLACK AND WHITE SERIES THAT I'VE FEATURED HERE ON THIS PAGE - BUT THIS ONE GETS PROPS FOR BEING AWESOME IN ITS CLASSIC DESIGN AND THE FAVORITE SO FAR OF MRS. CRUSHINAGUY. STANDING AT 7 INCHES TALL AND SCULPTED BY KAREN PALINKO, THIS GUY DESERVES A PLACE OF HONOR ON THE BATSHELF. AT THIS POINT THE QUESTION IS: WHICH ONE?


 

DARK KNIGHT MOVIE MASTERS BATPOD FROM MATTEL 

 ATTEL HAS SURPRISED MANY WITH THEIR MOVIE MASTERS LINE OF FIGURES, AND NOW THIS VEHICLE - WHICH IS MADE TO SCALE WITH THE MOVIE MASTERS FIGURES.  SOLD EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH TARGET, THIS BATPOD FEATURES A GRIMY DRYBRUSH OVER METAL PAINTJOB THAT MAKES FOR A VERY REALISTIC LOOKING TOY.  MY BUDDY, CAPTAIN TOY HAS AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW.

 

   IRECT 10th ANNIVERSARY CON EXCLUSIVE 

ATMAN

 FIGURE

HEN  DC DIRECT  OFFERED THE BATMAN AND SON FIGURE BASED ON THE ART OF ANDY KUBERT, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST BAT-FIGS EVER.  THAT'S WHY I WENT GA-GA WHEN MY WIFE SHEILA, (AKA MRS. CRUSHINAGUY) SURPRISED ME WITH THIS CON EXCLUSIVE REPAINT CELEBRATING THEIR 10th YEAR OF PRODUCTION.  THIS VERSION FEATURES A BLACK AND GREY COLOR SCHEME AND AN OVAL BAT CREST.  SWEEET! THANKS, HONEY!

 

  ECRET  ILES RIAN  OLLAND ATMAN

HIS FIGURE IS ACTUALLY CALLED "SECRET FILES: SERIES 3: BATMAN ROGUES GALLERY 2: HUGO STRANGE ACTION FIGURE - INSPIRED BY THE ART OF BRIAN BOLLAND." OFFERED BY DC DIRECT , HE COMES WITH A SWITCH OUT HUGO STRANGE HEAD.   HOWEVER, I SAY DITCH THE HUGO HEAD - I JUST LIKE TO SHOW HIM AS A BRIAN BOLLAND BATMAN.  THIS IS THE SAME FIGURE THAT CAME WITH THE "KILLING JOKE" TWO-PACK BUT WITHOUT THE ARM WOUND. 

 

  LL TAR

 ATMAN

 ACTION FIGURE

ASED ON JIM LEE's ART FROM THE TITLE ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER,  DC DIRECT  GIVES US THIS ARTIST SPECIFIC FIGURE WITH AN INNOVATIVE CAPE SCULPT.  HE STANDS 6.75 INCHES TALL BUT MAKE ROOM FOR THAT CAPE!


 

 ATMAN BLACK & WHITE - NEAL ADAMS

T'S GETTING HARDER TO SAY NO TO THESE BLACK AND WHITE STATUES.  ESPECIALLY WHEN DC DIRECT KEEPS FEATURING THE MOST CELEBRATED BAT ARTISTS.  THIS TIME IT IS NONE OTHER THAN NEAL ADAMS.   THIS 6.75 INCH TALL RESIN STATUE CAPTURES THE CAPED CRUSADER IN HIS RUNNING STANCE. IN A NOVEL DESIGN, THE CAPE HELPS SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE FIGURE.  SCULPTED BY JASON "SPYDA" ADAMS, THE SON OF NEAL ADAMS.


 

  HE ARK NIGHT

 ATMAN

 UST

ECHNICALLY, I WOULD CALL THIS GUY A MINI-BUST.  BUT EVEN AT 4.75 INCHES TALL, THIS COLD-CAST PORCELAIN PIECE FROM DC DIRECT AND SCULPTED BY KOLBY JUKES (YEAH, 100 BUCKS SAYS HE MADE THAT NAME UP.) IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE IN ITS DETAIL.  I REALLY DIDN'T GO ALL OUT SNATCHING UP EVERYTHING DARK KNIGHT RELATED.  MAINLY BECAUSE I WASN'T REALLY CRAZY FOR THE SUIT. BUT THIS PIECE I LIKE JUST FOR ITS OWN DYNAMICS.

 

  HE ARK NIGHT 12 INCH 

ATMAN FIGURE BY MATTEL

S FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THIS FIGURE GIVES YOU THE MOST BAT FOR YOUR BUCK.  THIS IS THE TWICE UP VERSION OF THEIR 6 INCH FIGURE - A PRACTICE MATTEL STARTED DOING FOR THEIR DC SUPER HERO LINE - BUT SOMETHING THEY DID NOT DO FOR THE BATMAN BEGINS LINE.  FOR A MASS PRODUCED TOY YOU CAN PICK UP AT TOYS R US FOR $25, HE LOOKS PRETTY GREAT ON THE SHELF. ALL THE DETAIL IS THERE AND HE IS POSEABLE TOO.


 

 ATMAN BLACK & WHITE - BOB KANE

TOP IT, DC DIRECT!! I AM  RUNNING OUT OF SHELF SPACE FOR THESE GUYS.  AND THERE ARE MORE ON THE WAY.  MRS. CRUSHINAGUY HAS A COUPLE MORE STOCKPILED FOR CHRISTMAS SO WHERE I AM SUPPOSED TO PUT THESE?  THIS ONE I AM EXCITED ABOUT THOUGH.  IN A WORD IT IS ICONIC.  THIS WAS HOW THE BAT WAS PORTRAYED IN HIS ORIGIN STORY PRINTED IN 194O.  I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THE POSE AND SCULPTOR JACK MATTHEWS HAS CAPTURED IT PERFECTLY IN THIS 8 INCH TALL RESIN STATUE.


 

 ATMAN DARK CRUSADER STATUE

RS. CRUSHINAGUY REALLY OUTDID HERSELF THIS TIME.  FOR VALENTINE's DAY THIS YEAR , I RECEIVED THIS AWESOME FOOT-TALL COLD-CAST PORCELAIN STATUE INSPIRED BY THE POSTER ART OF THE MASTER, ALEX ROSS.  THIS IS A LIMITED EDITION, HAND PAINTED PIECE FROM DC DIRECT.  IT TRULY  CAPTURES THE LOOK OF ALEX ROSS' DARK KNIGHT.  THANKS AGAIN, SWEETHEART!

 

 


 

 ATMAN BLACK & WHITE - FRANK MILLER

ND THEYJUST KEEP COMING, DON'T THEY?  YET ANOTHER IN THE BLACK AND WHITE SERIES OF BATMAN STATUES FROM DC DIRECT.  INSPIRED BY MILESTONE BATMAN ARTIST FRANK MILLER AND SCULPTED BY ALTERTON BIZARRE (COME ON DUDE, THAT CAN'T BE YOUR REAL NAME.) THIS GUY FEATURES A ROPE THAT IS ACTUALLY A COATED CHAIN FOR DURABILITY, I SUPPOSE.  AT 7 1/2 INCHES TALL,  NOT ONLY IS THIS GUY ABOUT AN INCH TALLER THAN THE OTHERS IN THE LINE, HE'S A LITTLE PRICIER AS WELL - ABOUT $75.

 

  ATMAN EGINS TAKARA

UCKY FOR BAT-FANS, TAKARA HAS RE-RELEASED THEIR MOST EXCELLENT FOOT TALL ARTICULATED DOLL.  THIS ONE GOT THE HIGHEST RANKING OF ALL THE FOOT TALL BATMAN BEGINS  DOLLS FROM CAPTAIN TOY.  HE COMES WITH A BUTTLOAD OF EXTRAS INCLUDING A SWITCHABLE CHRISTIAN BALE HEAD, ALTERNATE HANDS, GRAPPLING GUN, AND MANY BATARANGS. THERE WILL SURELY BE SOME DARK KNIGHT VERSIONS COME THIS JULY SO START SAVING THOSE BAT-BUCKS!!

 

 

ATTEL JUSTICE LEAGUE FIGURES FROM "THE BATMAN"

T WOULD SEEM THAT THE PANTHEON OF DC SUPER-HEROES HAS RESURFACED IN THE WB's "THE BATMAN" SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON SERIES.  EACH HERO SEEN HERE HAS BEEN FEATURED IN HIS OWN INDIVIDUAL EPISODE.  IN ADDITION, THE GREEN ARROW HAS MADE AN APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW BUT AS YET NOT IN PLASTIC.  MATTEL OFFERS THESE NEW FIGURES OF THE LEAGUE.  CAN WONDER WOMAN BE FAR BEHIND?


 

 USTICE EAGUE OF MERICA SERIES TWO ATMAN

ASED ON THE CURRENT TITLE BY WRITER BRAD MELTZER AND ARTIST ED BENES, COMES THE SECOND SERIES OF FIGURES FROM DC DIRECT.  THIS SERIES INCLUDES AN IMPRESSIVE LOOKING CAPED CRUSADER.  STANDING AT 6 3/4 INCHES TALL, WITH MULTIPLE POINTS OF ARTICULATION, THIS BATS LOOKS BETTER THAN THE ADVANCE PROTOTYPE.

 
NEW FRONTIER SERIES TWO BATMAN FROM DIRECT 

HILE WE ALL EAGERLY AWAIT THE DVD RELEASE OF DARWYN COOKE's NEW FRONTIER,  DC DIRECT HAS RELEASED THEIR SECOND SERIES OF ACTION FIGURES BASED ON COOKE'S ART.  THESE ARE VERY STYLIZED FIGURES THAT CAPTURE COOKE'S RETRO STYLE WITH GREAT EXPERTISE.  IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE NEW FRONTIER YET, I SUGGEST YOU GIVE IT A READ.  INCLUDED IN THE SERIES, THIS BATMAN FIGURE STANDS MORE THAT 6 1/2 INCHES TALL AND COMES WITH A BASE ONLY.  IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF THIS GUY HAD AN ACCESSORY OR TWO.  A BATARANG PERHAPS.  I'M DIGGIN' HIM NONETHELESS. 

 

 ATMAN BLACK & WHITE - ANDY KUBERT

HIS PAGE IS RAPIDLY BECOMING THE BATMAN BLACK & WHITE PAGE.  SERIOUSLY, IT'S  GETTING A LITTLE RIDICULOUS HOW DC DIRECT KEEPS PUPMPING THESE GUYS OUT AT A RATE OF ABOUT ONE EVERY MONTH.  AND THERE ARE MORE ON THE WAY!!  BASED ON THE ART OF ANDY KUBERT AND SCULPTED BY  JON MATTHEWS, STANDING 6 1/4 INCHES TALL, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH......

 
BATMAN AND SON FIGURES FROM DIRECT 

ANY, MANY TIMES I HAVE COME HOME FROM THE COMICBOOK STORE HOLDING WHAT I BELIEVED TO BE THE COOLEST BATMAN ACTION FIGURE EVER. THE LAST TIME I FELT THAT WAY WAS WITH THE INFINTE CRISIS BATMAN.  BEFORE THAT WAS THE ALEX ROSS INSPIRED JUSTICE BATMAN FIGURE.  AND PRIOR TO THAT WAS THE BATMAN HUSH FIGURE.  AND NOW DC DIRECT HAS PRODUCED THIS FIGURE BASED ON THE ART OF ANDY KUBERT FROM THE BATMAN AND SON STORYLINE WRITTEN BY GRANT MORRISON. YOU GOTTA LOVE THE STANCE ON THIS GUY.  YOU GOTTA ALSO LOVE THE WAY HIS CAPE FLOWS ONTO TO THE GROUND WAY PAST HIS FEET.  NO SHORT CAPE HERE.  IF ONLY HIS EARS WERE JUST A TAD LONGER....HE COULD BE THE ONE.


 

 ELUXE ATMAN FROM DIRECT

 BIT OF NOSTALGIA IS BOUND TO HIT YOU WHEN YOU SEE THIS LATEST 13 INCH FIGURE (LIKE HIS PREDECESSOR, SEE LISTING ON THIS PAGE) FROM DC DIRECT.  THIS BATMAN IS CLOTHED IN HIS CLASSIC BRIGHT BLUE AND GREY COLORS AND REMINDS ONE OF THE CARMINE INFANTINO OR NEAL ADAMS ERA OF THE SIXITES.  THE LOW CUT OF HIS TRUNKS IS ANOTHER INFUENCE OF A MORE MODEST AGE.  WITH THIS FIGURE YOU ALSO GET A STAND, SWITCHABLE HANDS, AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF GADGETS INCLUDING BATARANGS AND BAT-CUFFS.  CAPTAIN TOY's REVIEW IS A MUST READ FOR ANYONE THINKING OF BUYING THIS FIGURE.


 

 ATTEL  UPER EROES CULPT 3 SERIES

HE FOUR HORSEMEN KEEP CRANKING OUT EXCELLENTLY SCULPTED FIGURES FOR MATTEL's DC SUPER HEROES LINE.  THESE FIGURES COMBINE THE QUALITY SCULPT OF A  SPECIALTY LINE  WITH THE MULTIPLE POINTS OF ARTICULATION YOU USUALLY GET WITH A MASS MARKET TOY LINE.  THIS SCULPT 3 SERIES GIVES YOU SOME REPAINTED VARIATIONS OF PREVIOUSLY RELEASED FIGURES BUT MOSTLY NEW CHARACTERS SUCH AS CLAYFACE, TWO-FACE, CASANDRA CAIN BATGIRL, AND CATWOMAN. 


 

 ATMAN BLACK & WHITE - ALEX ROSS

HAT ELSE CAN I SAY ABOUT THE BLACK AND WHITE SERIES OF BATMAN STATUES BY DC DIRECT ?  (YOU CAN READ ABOUT THE PREVIOUS OFFERINGS ON THIS PAGE.)  THE LATEST IN THE SERIES, AND THE ONE I'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING MOST INTENSELY, IS BASED ON THE ARTWORK OF ALEX ROSS.  SCUPLTED BY KAREN PALINKO, THIS PIECE CAPTURES MR. ROSS's DARK KNIGHT IN 3D MOST EXPERTLY.  THE POSE ITSELF IS PURE BATMAN AND THIS STATUE IS THE FIRST IN THE SERIES TO FEATURE EYES.  THESE CAN EITHER MAKE OR BREAK A STATUE BUT THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS HERE.  THE EDITION IS LIMITED TO 6,000 AND STANDING NEARLY 7 1/2 INCHES TALL, THIS IS ONE STATUE THAT GETS PRIME REAL ESTATE ON THE BAT-SHELF.


 

 12 INCH  ATMAN FROM ATTEL BLACK VARIANT 

 WHILE BACK MATTEL OFFERED A SIMILAR ITEM - A TWICE-UP VERSION OF THEIR 6 INCH FIGURE. THIS IS A 12 INCH VERSION OF THEIR 4 HOSREMEN DC SUPER HEROES BATMAN WITH SCULPTED CAPE AND DISPLAY STAND.  HE LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT WITH THE BLACK CAPE AND COWL.  HE COSTS AROUND $30 AT TOYS R US STORES AND IS WELL WORTH IT.

 

NFINITE RISIS ATMAN AND

UPERMAN

OME GET A LITTLE TIRED OF  DC DIRECT ALWAYS FEATURING THEIR MOST POPULAR HEROES IN DIFFERENT LINES OF ACTION FIGURES.  HOW MANY FIGURES OF THE BIG THREE DOES ONE NEED?  WELL, I FOR ONE DON'T MIND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE SCULPTED LIKE THESE FINE FIGURES.  THIS IS PROBABLY MY MOST FAVORITE SUPERMAN FIGURE EVER.  AND ALTHOUGH THE ADVANCE PHOTOS OF THE BATTLE DAMAGED BATMAN FEATURED SOME BLOOD SPATTER MISSING FROM THE FINAL PRODUCT - THAT'S AN EASY FIX FOR A CUSTOMIZER.  

 

 SGARD ODDESS  TORM

ANS OF THIS WEBSITE ARE AWARE THAT MRS. CRUSHINAGUY IS A HUGE STORM-FAN.  AS OBSESSED AS I AM WITH THE BATMAN, SHE IS LIKEWISE WITH STORM.  THIS BUST IS A SDCC EXCLUSIVE AND WAS SCULPTED BY SAM GREENWELL.   LIMITED TO 600 PIECES AND STANDING 8 INCHES TALL, THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE ADDITION TO MY WIFE'S COLLECTION.

 

 ATMAN THROUGH THE AGES

IKE ITS PREDECESSOR THE SUPERMAN THROUGH THE AGES 4-PACK,  THIS BATMAN THEMED ASSORTMENT FROM DC DIRECT FEATURES SCULPT VARIATIONS AND REPAINTS OF PREVIOUSLY RELEASED FIGURES.  EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ORIGINAL FIGURES, THIS IS STILL A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE  PACKAGE - ESPECIALLY WHEN LINED UP TOGETHER ON THE SHELF.  

 

 ATMAN BLACK & WHITE - MATT WAGNER

HE LATEST ADDITION TO THE BLACK AND WHITE SERIES OF BATMAN STATUES OFFERED BY DC DIRECT IS BASED ON THE ARTWORK OF MATT (GRENDEL)WAGNER AND SCULPTED BY PAUL HARDING.   AGAIN THE LIMITED EDITION STATUE MAKES USE OF GREY TONES AND GLOSS VARNISH FOR AN IMPRESSIVE LOOKING PIECE THAT CAPTURES THE LOOK OF THE ARTIST's TAKE ON THE DARK KNIGHT FROM THE BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE TITLE THEY'RE INSPIRED BY.  MY FRIEND MICHAEL CRAWFORD GIVES HIS EXPERT REVIEW OF THIS PIECE AS WELL.

 

 ATMAN AND OBIN TV  STATUE SET

HE BOXART THAT COMES WITH THESE 7 INCH RESIN STATUES STATES THEY ARE "FROM THE OPENING CREDITS OF THE 1960's LIVE ACTION TV SERIES!"  FOR MANY OF US IT WAS OUR FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE EXPLOITS OF THE DYNAMIC DUO. NOW  DC DIRECT  HAS PRODUCED THIS NOSTALGIC LOOK AT THE DARK KNIGHT AND BOY WONDER IN A LIMITED EDITION STATUE SET.  A LITTLE PRICEY BUT WHO COULD REFUSE?


 

 ATMAN DELUXE FIGURE       FROM   DIRECT

OU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH DC DIRECT's DELUXE 13 INCH FIGURES. WHY 13 INCHES TALL AND NOT THE STANDARD 12 INCHES?  ACCORDING TO DC, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPER-HEROES AND THUS THE EXTRA INCH.  THIS IS TRULY AN AWESOME BATMAN FIGURE IN REAL CLOTH UNIFORM, PLEATHER CAPE, AND DISPLAY STAND.   MY WIFE WON'T LET ME TAKE THIS GUY OUT OF THE BOX UNTIL CHRISTMAS, BUT MICHAEL CRAWFORD HAS SOME EXCELLENT OUT-OF-THE-BOX PHOTOS OVER AT CAPTAIN TOY.


 

 ATMAN BLACK & WHITE - STEVE RUDE

OU GOTTA ADMIT - THE BLACK AND WHITE LIMITED EDITION STATUE SERIES OFFERED BY DC DIRECT IS AN INSPIRED IDEA.   THE NEWEST BATMAN IN GREY SCALE IS INSPIRED BY "NEXUS" ARTIST STEVE RUDE AND SCULPTED AGAIN BY JONATHAN MATTHEWS.  STANDING  AT 6.75 INCHES TALL,  HE'S GONNA LOOK GREAT NEXT TO HIS MONOCHROMATIC BROTHERS.


JUSTICE LEAGUE SERIES 3  

 LEX OSS INSPIRED  FIGURES

HE THIRD SERIES OF DC DIRECT's  ALEX ROSS INSPIRED FIGURES HIT STORES A FEW WEEKS BACK.  THE ONLY REASON THAT THEY'RE JUST NOW BEING FEATURED IS BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS SAVING THEM FOR AN ANNIVERSARY PRESENT. (OUR 4th - YEA!)  THE SERIES FEATURES POISON IVY, PLASTIC MAN,  WONDER WOMAN,  A VERY CLEAN HAL JORDAN GREEN LANTERN, AND MY FAVORITE OF THE BUNCH - THIS VERY SINISTER LOOKING JOKER. "EVER DANCE WITH THE DEVIL IN THE PALE MOONLIGHT? "  ALL THE SCULPTS ON THESE FIGURES ARE AWESOME.   THAT's BECAUSE TIM BRUCKNER RULES! (WW AND JOKER ONLY.)

MORE McGUINNESS-NESS....  

  CLASSIFIED

ORE FIGURES HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE FROM DC DIRECT IN THE SAME ED McGUINNESS STYLE AS THE  PUBLIC ENEMIES LINE.  INITIALLY, MANY WERE TURNED OFF BY THE UNIFORM, SUPER STEROID-LOOKING SCULPT OF THESE FIGURES.  BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THEY MAKE A DRAMATIC LOOKING GROUP.  MARTIAN MANHUNTER , AQUAMAN, WONDER WOMAN, GL JOHN STEWART, AND THE FLASH MAKE UP THE LIST.  STICK THEM ON A SHELF WITH P. E. SUPES AND BATS AND YOU'VE GOT A 7 MEMBER JLA SET!!


STATUESQUE!!  

 ARMINE NFANTINO CAPTURED IN PORCELAIN

  DIRECT HAS ISSUED THIS LIMITED EDITION STATUE DEPICTING AN ICONIC SILVER-AGE  IMAGE OF BATMAN AND ROBIN FIRST DRAWN BY LEGENDARY ARTIST CARMINE INFANTINO AND SCULPTED HERE BY WILLIAM PAQUET.  THIS PIECE IS CAST IN COLD-CAST PORCELAIN AND HAND PAINTED.  A VERY NOSTALGIC IMAGE FOR ME PERSONALLY.  

IDENTITY CRISIS...  

 ICHAEL URNER INSPIRED ATMAN

HE SECOND SERIES OF FIGURES INSPIRED BY THE IDENTITY CRISIS COMIC BOOK FEATURES A BATMAN FIGURE.   THIS IS ANOTHER ARTIST-SPECIFIC FIGURE OFFERED BY DC DIRECT.  THIS TIME THE ARTIST IS MICHAEL TURNER (SEE CUSTOMS SECTION FOR AN  M. TURNER BATMAN AS WELL).  MIXED REACTIONS TO THIS FIGURE VARY FROM "UGLY & TINY HEADED" TO "MOST AWESOME BAT-FIGURE EVER."  PERSONALLY, I THINK HE'S AN ELEGANT VERSION OF THE DARK KNIGHT AND LOOKS EXCELLENT ON THE BAT-SHELF.

WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND THE DARK KNIGHT?  

 ATMAN BLACK & WHITE

RIAN BOLLAND OF "THE LAUGHING JOKE" FAME INSPIRED THE SCULPTURE IN THE LATEST OF THE BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE SERIES FROM DC DIRECT.  RELEASED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF 6,500 AND CAST IN COLD-CAST PORCELAIN, HE STANDS 7 3/4 INCHES TALL.  WHILE NOT A FAN OF ALL THE STATUES IN THIS SERIES, I FIND THIS ONE TO BE VERY CLEAN AND COOL!!!

 

LEX OSS  ATMAN FIGURE ...COOLEST EVER!

HAT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE COOLEST STORE-BOUGHT BATMAN FIGURE EVER HAS HIT THE STORES THIS WEEK.  THIS GUY STANDS OVER 7 I/2 INCHES TALL (IF YOU COUNT THE EARS) AND COMES WITH A STAND AND FOLDING BATARANG.  I THOUGHT DC DIRECT HAD PULLED OFF THE ULTIMATE BAT-FIGURE WITH THEIR HUSH BATMAN - AND NOW THIS!!  THE CAPE/COWL JOIN ON THIS GUY IS AWESOME TOO!  AND OF COURSE THE ALEX ROSS LOOK IS RIGHT ON.  (CHECK OUT A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON WITH MY ALEX ROSS CUSTOM BATMAN ON THE CUSTOMS PAGE.)

1/6 SCALE PVC STATUE  

ATMAN PVC STATUE BY KOTOBUKIYA

HIS IS SUCH A SWEET PIECE! AT FIRST GLANCE YOU'D THINK IT WAS A RESIN OR COLD-CAST PORCELAIN PIECE.  THIS GUY IS SOLID VINYL, COMES PREPAINTED, AND STANDS 13 INCHES TALL.  AVAILABLE ONLY AS A JAPANESE IMPORT AS FAR AS I KNOW.   IT'S A DYNAMIC LOOKING PIECE WITH A DEFINITE JIM LEE STYLE TO IT. 

 

30 INCH TALL BATMAN BEGINS FIGURE 

 HIS BIG BOY SELLS FOR A DOLLAR AN INCH AT YOUR LOCAL WALMART STORE. HE'S A LOT OF FUN TO HAVE AROUND - EITHER GUARDING YOUR CAR (YES, THAT'S MY RIDE.) OR STICKING HIM IN BED WITH SOMEONE WHILE THEY'RE ASLEEP! ('DONE THAT.) HE'S ARTICULATED AND COMES WITH A COOL CLOTH CAPE.  BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE'S NOT THE LARGEST BATMAN FIGURE IN MY COLLECTION.