Mattel DC Figures

I’ve been thinking a lot about this recently but once Mattel gets their feet wet with the collectible division of DC figures, I would love an entire wing of that lineup to be strictly devoted to the Golden Age and Silver ages of DC comics. They could call it “DC All Stars Collections: The Early Years” and it should encapsulate everything from 1939-1970 featuring Superman Characters, Batman Characters, The JSA, Wonder Woman, Sgt Rock and Easy Company, The BlackHawks, early Fawcett Comics all of the various villains from this era…the Formation of the JLA and the launch of the Brave and the Bold. Man that would be fun.


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Stoopid_Sandwich said:
I’ve been thinking a lot about this recently but once Mattel gets their feet wet with the collectible division of DC figures, I would love an entire wing of that lineup to be strictly devoted to the Golden Age and Silver ages of DC comics. They could call it “DC All Stars Collections: The Early Years” and it should encapsulate everything from 1939-1970 featuring Superman Characters, Batman Characters, The JSA, Wonder Woman, Sgt Rock and Easy Company, The BlackHawks, early Fawcett Comics all of the various villains from this era…the Formation of the JLA and the launch of the Brave and the Bold. Man that would be fun.
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I agree. For as much as I tend to rail against “classics”, they are an absolutely essential part of any comprehensive DC figure lineup. Especially if Mattel is going to hold onto the license in perpetuity. Which I now fully expect them to. My caveat however, is to extend your dates outward on both ends. 1935 to include the first appearance of Dr. Occult, because why not? And 1985 to encompass the Crisis era. CoIE is the place where we saw some classic DC characters for the last time. At least in their classic looks.

1986 forward is a jumble of creative anarchy and questionable decision making and leadership. But it’s also where many/most of us came of age as DC comic fans. This is where the main focus of any comic accurate figure line should come from. Starting with Man of Steel going all the way up to the Absolute and Next Level titles. Earth 0 or whatever they’re calling it now. The combined Earth.

I’m hoping that Mattel will keep the comic and media lineups separate. Separate waves, distinctively different packaging, etc.
 
Atomic Knight said:
I agree. For as much as I tend to rail against “classics”, they are an absolutely essential part of any comprehensive DC figure lineup. Especially if Mattel is going to hold onto the license in perpetuity. Which I now fully expect them to. My caveat however, is to extend your dates outward on both ends. 1935 to include the first appearance of Dr. Occult, because why not? And 1985 to encompass the Crisis era. CoIE is the place where we saw some classic DC characters for the last time. At least in their classic looks.

1986 forward is a jumble of creative anarchy and questionable decision making and leadership. But it’s also where many/most of us came of age as DC comic fans. This is where the main focus of any comic accurate figure line should come from. Starting with Man of Steel going all the way up to the Absolute and Next Level titles. Earth 0 or whatever they’re calling it now. The combined Earth.

I’m hoping that Mattel will keep the comic and media lineups separate. Separate waves, distinctively different packaging, etc.
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I mean the only reason why I didn’t include everything up to CoIE is because we typically get plenty of characters from the Bronze Age of comics anyway. That was Mattel’s bread and butter before. There’s no reason to suspect that won’t be the case now. So it allows for some degree of preclusion when I factored in my list. We just need more solid representation of the early years of DC. Ironically thanks in part to McFarlane toys and Mezco, that era of comics has never been more popular when compared to previous years. I think there a lot of collectors out there, even younger collectors who are fascinated with early DC comics and want to see more. And it’s a good olive branch for kids too since the more friendly , toyetic designs really add a fun factor when compared with most modern figures


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Stoopid_Sandwich said:
I mean the only reason why I didn’t include everything up to CoIE is because we typically get plenty of characters from the Bronze Age of comics anyway. That was Mattel’s bread and butter before. There’s no reason to suspect that won’t be the case now. So it allows for some degree of preclusion when I factored in my list. We just need more solid representation of the early years of DC. Ironically thanks in part to McFarlane toys and Mezco, that era of comics has never been more popular when compared to previous years. I think there a lot of collectors out there, even younger collectors who are fascinated with early DC comics and want to see more. And it’s a good olive branch for kids too since the more friendly , toyetic designs really add a fun factor when compared with most modern figures
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Tell ya what, I’ll split the difference with you and say 1980. That’s where everything began to change for DC. NTT was the beginning of DC becoming a bit more marvelous if you get my meaning. Marv Wolfman and George Perez were both poached from Marvel and essentially given Carte Blanche to do whatever they wanted. Several other guys followed shortly afterwards. Paul Levitz was given a free hand with the Legion and Alan Moore quietly showed up to make mainstream comics more adult. Making DC Comics Presents #26 a major flex point in DC history.
 
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Atomic Knight said:
I’d preorder them all. No downside to a guy, (or girl) with a sword. Lookin’ for that 1976 Star Hunters Starfire.
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Damn it’s too bad the G.I. Joe run by Larry Hama was under the marvel masthead and not DC because that would honestly be a perfect place for that. I know we have classifieds but still, imagine the fervor over a G.I.Joe license by DC and Mattel.


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