DC Icons - Blue Beetle

Just like many characters in the comic book universe, there have been a few different Blue Beetles. This one is the latest, first appearing in comics in February of 2006. Previously, the Blue Beetle scarab has a magical artifact discovered by the first Blue Beetle, an archaeologist by the name of Dan Garrett. They have retconned all this and now the Beetle scarab is alien tech from the Reach, a group of marauders who themselves have gone through a few changes over the timeline. Oh wait, they retconned that in the DC Rebirth and Ted Kord, formerly a Blue Beetle in other timelines, has investigated the Scarab and determines that it is once again magical in nature. Oh, comics. 

Jaime Reyes is a young teenager who quickly bonds with the Scarab and over the course of the first year learns to control its powers. From this, the Scarab acts a lot like Cyborg's tech in that it can create a lot of different items to help Jaimie fight villains: energy weapons, a sword, wings, communication satellite etc. 

This figure is a super well-styled and looks a ton like the comics. He's got the standard first-generation wave of DC Icons articulation but comes with a few really nice accessories. Overall, I really like this figure and got him for a steal on Amazon. 

DC Icons - Mister Miracle

First created by Jack Kirby in the 1970s, Mister Miracle is an escape artist by the name of Thaddeus Brown who actually trains Bruce Wayne in the same skill. Upon being killed by Darkseid's earthly Intergang force, Scott Free (ha...ha!) takes up the mantle and Thaddeus' old costume. 

That said, Mister Miracle's typical incarnation is that of the son of the ruler of New Genesis. He is exchanged as a child with Darkseid's second-born, Orion, in order to force a peace treaty between Apokolips and New Genesis. In this case, he is a fully-realized New God individual with immortality, super-strength, reflexes, speed, and all that. He also has the power to use energy to generate Aero discs to fly with and is a genius-level inventor. He later becomes free (eh, eh?) of Darkseid's oppressive regime and joins the Justice League International. In all incarnations, he is also husband to one of Darkseid's former warriors, Big Barda, who also joints the League at times. 

This figure is part of the very first wave of DC Icons that included Batman (previously reviewed here), Green Arrow, and Deadman. The figure looks great, despite being the lesser-known name of the wave. He's got great shiny metallic paint, some neat accessories, and good poseabilitiy (minus some of the neck and diaphragm features, but that has been true for the entire line till the end). I also like how his cape is very soft and isn't so heavy that it hinders posing.