DC Icons - Flash (Chain Lightning)

The Scarlet speedster. The Crimson comet, The fastest man alive. Those are only some in the long list of names for The Flash. There are many speedster superheroes that take up the name The Flash depending on what age of comics you are reading or which Earth/reality is being read.

This particular Flash is Barry Allen from the comic series Chain Lightning, (though I'm told it could be from anyone really as his costume stayed mostly the same) a seven-issue story published in 1999. In this series, Wally West and Barry Allen must defeat Cobalt Blue, a villain who possesses a blue gemstone able to siphon the powers of a speedster.

This figure is a solid Flash with well-chosen bright reds, and cleanly painted yellows. The flash symbol on his chest is raised. He comes with another pair of hands and his cosmic treadmill.
As many have said before, the wingtips on his head are very delicate! I was careful when unpacking him, but 4 months later...he dropped and one of the tips snapped off. SIGH!

Overall very nice figure though, and an excellent compliment to the other DC icons. I'm pretty sure his boots are comically large for someone who is the Fastest man (or one of the men) alive though. Intentional?

DC Icons - Wonder Woman (Amazo Virus)

She's a demigod, nigh invincible and the top female superhero in DC!
First appearing in comics in 1941, her original concept was that she was sculpted from clay and infused with life by Aphrodite. The newer story is that she is the daughter of Zeus.
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This figure takes its likeness from the Justice League: Amazo Virus story line of 5 comics. In it, Lex Luthor has created a virus that has the ability to copy the meta-human abilities of those it encounters.
She is somewhat different from other versions of the Amazon warrior in that she has silver rather than gold metal adornments. Also her sword is MASSIVE. We'll get into that.

I was really excited to find this figure at a local video game retailer. I was just a little bit disappointed in two features however:
1) The face is not the same as the promos. It's not awful, but the promo pictures are definitely better. See them here.
2) They painted..red polished nails on all the hands. I don't have a problem with beautification, but nowhere in the comics does Wonder woman have painted nails. I also feel that generally speaking Amazon warriors wouldn't paint their nails. Maybe that's just me.

Aside the paint applications on the face, this is an otherwise great figure. She's got tons of posability, a lot of good accessories, and is well sculpted.

DC Icons - Superman (Man of Steel)

Originally conceived in 1933 and first published in 1938, Superman has been an iconic character in both comics, movies and pop culture in general. He has undergone quite a few changes since his original concept, such as the addition of "heat vision" since 1949 and other powers. Writers ran into issues as they increased the scope of his powers, making it much more challenging to create a real obstacle for Kal-El. His origin story was given a six issue reboot in 1986 titled "Man of Steel". This became the modern reboot until the early 2000's.

All in all, this figure encapsulates the 1986 Man of Steel pretty well. He's got the basic facial features: the hair curly, high cheekbones and chin dimple. The costume is pretty spot on and he comes with Kelex, a robot who acts as caretaker for the Fortress of Solitude. There are some issues with the articulation compared to other figures released previously and after Superman's release.

I'm not usually a big superman fan but I think they did a fair job of this one. Not perfect, but decent. Too bad this one doesn't come with a smile! Issues of Man of Steel show him as a bit more...contented?