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List Of DC Collectibles Action Figures
The following is a list of the various action figures that have been released by DC Direct (formerly known as DC Collectibles between 2012 and 2020). DC Direct action figure production history 1998 * Alfred E. Neuman * Black Spy * White Spy 1999 ;Series 1 Released March 17, 1999 *Golden Age Sandman (Wesley Dodds) *Wonder Woman *Swamp Thing ;Series 2 Released September 1, 1999 *Death of the Endless *Jesse Custer *Plastic Man ;Series 3 Released December 1, 1999 * Sandman (Morpheus) *Starman (Jack Knight) *Spider Jerusalem 2000 ;Hard Traveling Heroes Released February 9, 2000 *Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) *Black Canary *Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) ;Preacher Released May 10, 2000 * Cassidy * Tulip O'Hare *Saint of Killers ;Mystics, Mages and Magicians Released August 16, 2000 *Doctor Fate *Spectre *Zatanna *John Constantine ;The New Teen Titans Released October 11, 2000 * Starfire * Kid Flash (Wally West) * Impulse * Max Mercury ;Amazing Androids Released November 1, 2000 *Amazo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Direct
DC Direct is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery that sells collectibles based on DC Comics characters (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc.). Prior to 1998, merchandise sold by DC Comics was branded with the DC Comics logo rather than with the DC Direct or DC Collectibles logos. The company was called DC Direct from 1998 to 2012. From 2012 to 2020, DC Direct was known as DC Collectibles. On January 23, 2019, DC Comics told its employees that DC Collectibles would be moved to the Warner Bros. Consumer Products division as part of a company-wide re-organization. On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, the company changed its name back to DC Direct on its Facebook page. On Thursday, February 20, 2020, the company officially announced the name change. DC Direct produces statues, busts, action figures, props replicas, and art prints for the direct market, a distribution and retail network primarily serving comic book specialty stores. On August 10, 2020, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' repor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Of Killers
The Saint of Killers is a fictional Character (arts), character who appears in the comic book series ''Preacher (comics), Preacher'', published by Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo Comics in 1995. Writer Garth Ennis created the Saint of Killers with artist Steve Dillon. The Saint is described as "a grim, taciturn, implacable killing machine" with supernatural abilities involving divinity, immortality, and influence over Heaven and Hell. His goals typically centre on bringing down individuals through destruction and death by the laws of Heaven, Paradise. The Saint of Killers first appeared as a heartless murderer, who is transformed into the Destroying angel (Bible), Angel of Death under the condition that he takes up the role of collecting the souls of those who die by violence. Following his reanimation, Heaven arranged for him to be put into a deep slumber, until he was needed to kill people. The Saint was a primary antagonist in the ''Preacher'' series, who is tasked by Heaven to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starman (Ted Knight)
Starman (Theodore Henry "Ted" Knight) is a fictional superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Justice Society of America. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley, he first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #61 (April 1941). Publication history Invited by editor Whitney Ellsworth to create a new superhero character, Burnley drew the Starman costume as a variation of Superman's famous outfit, topped with a Buck Rogers-style helmet. Gardner Fox developed the character, and science-fiction writer Alfred Bester also contributed Starman scripts. Later in the run, Emil Gershwin wrote the stories, with art by Mort Meskin and George Roussos. His first story in ''Adventure Comics'' #61 (April 1941) pitted Starman against the sinister Dr. Doog, who threatened the world with his invention, the Ultra-Dynamo. He continued to appear in ''Adventure Comics'' through #102 (Feb 1946), and ''All-Star Comics'' #8 (Dec 1941) to #23 (Winter 1944 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Society Of America
The Justice Society of America (JSA) is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. It was conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox during the Golden Age of Comic Books. It first appeared in '' All Star Comics'' #3 (Winter 1940–1941), making it the first team of superheroes in comic books. Its original members were Doctor Fate, Hourman, the Spectre, Sandman, Atom, the Flash, Green Lantern and Hawkman. The team was initially popular, but after superhero comics waned in the late 1940s, the JSA's adventures ceased with issue #57 of the title (March 1951). During the Silver Age of Comic Books, DC Comics reinvented several Justice Society members and brought many of them together in a new team, the Justice League of America. Other JSA members remained absent from comics for ten years until Jay Garrick appeared alongside Barry Allen, his Silver Age counterpart, in '' The Flash'' #123 (September 1961). The Justice Society w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorrow Woman
Tomorrow Woman is a fictional character, an android in stories published in DC Comics. She debuted in '' JLA'' #5 (May 1997), and was created by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter. Within the DC Comics canon, she is created by the mad scientist super-villains Professor Ivo and T.O. Morrow. Given human-like physical characteristics and false memories of a human life, Tomorrow Woman believes herself to be a new superhero born with psionic abilities due to a "four-lobed brain". Her true purpose is to infiltrate and then kill the Justice League. In her first appearance, she says she exclusively has telekinetic abilities, but a later flashback issue of ''JLA: Tomorrow Woman'' (1998) reveals that she also has telepathic abilities. In the weekly comic book series ''Trinity'', a different version of Tomorrow Woman appeared, a woman named Clara Kendall from a parallel Earth. Fictional character biography Tomorrow Woman is a psychic android who is created by Professor Ivo and T. O. Morrow to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hourman (android)
Hourman (Matthew Tyler) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Based upon the Golden Age character Rex Tyler, he first appeared in '' JLA'' #12 (November 1997) and was created by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter. Fictional character biography Hourman is an android from the 853rd century created by Tyler Chemorobotics (formerly TylerCo). Shortly after his construction, Metron appoints Hourman as his heir and entrusts him with the Worlogog, an artifact containing a map of space and time. Solaris uses Hourman's body as a vessel to transport a virus to the past. After restoring the planet Krypton and its inhabitants, Hourman travels to the 20th century to join the Justice League, where Snapper Carr mentors him. Furthermore, he limits his power to be more like his namesake. Hourman later joins the Justice Society of America The Justice Society of America (JSA) is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazo
Amazo is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky and first appeared in '' The Brave and the Bold'' #30 (June 1960) as an adversary of the Justice League of America. Since debuting during the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character has appeared in comic books and other DC Comics-related products, including animated television series, trading cards and video games. Traditionally, Amazo is an android created by the villain scientist Professor Ivo and gifted with technology that allows him to mimic the abilities and powers of superheroes he fights (usually the Justice League), as well as make copies of their weapons (though these copies are less powerful than the originals). His default powers are often those of Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern (the Justice League founding members that he first fought). He is similar and often compared with the later create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Mercury
Max Mercury (Maxwell Crandall), also known as Windrunner, Whip Whirlwind, and Lightning, is a DC Comics superhero similar to Quality Comics' Quicksilver. Initially an obscure speedster, the character was rebooted by Mark Waid in 1993 in the pages of ''The Flash'' and turned into a mentor for Wally West and Bart Allen. Max Mercury appears in the television series ''The Flash'', portrayed by Trevor Carroll. Publication history ''Quality Comics'' He first appeared in Quality's ''National Comics'' #5, cover dated November 1940, as Quicksilver. Comics historian Don Markstein calls Quicksilver "probably the first imitator of the Flash's super-speed schtick". Almost nothing was revealed about the character except that he possessed super-speed and had previously worked as a circus acrobat. In fact, after about a third of his feature's run, his superhuman speed was downplayed, or phased out altogether. He appeared in ''National Comics'' until issue #73 (Aug 1949). He also made an appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Allen
Bartholomew Henry "Bart" Allen II is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. A speedster (fiction), speedster, he first appeared under the alias Impulse and later became the second Kid Flash and the fourth Flash (comics), Flash. Created by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo, Bart first made a cameo in ''The Flash (comic book), The Flash'' (vol. 2) #91 in 1994 before his full debut in issue #92. He has since been featured as the lead character in ''Impulse'' (1995–2002) and ''The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive'' (2006–2007). Bart also appears in the series ''Young Justice'' and ''Teen Titans'' as a member of both superhero teams. As first conceived by writers, Bart was born in the 30th century to Meloni Thawne and Don Allen, and is part of a complex family tree of superheroes and supervillains. His father, Don, is one of the Tornado Twins and his paternal grandfather is Barry Allen, the second Flash. His paternal grandmother, Iris West, is also the adopti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
