DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Forever Evil - Action Figure (2015)

By Walt Grogan

DC Comics Icons - Black Adam - Logo
by Walt Grogan

In 2015, DC Collectibles launched a new line of action figures in a 6" scale with multiple points of articulation. This smaller scale of action figures also included additional accessories often not included with other figures such as additional hands in various poses. The line ultimately produced 25 single figure packaged action figures as well as an Atom 3-pack, a Darkseid/Grail 2-pack, a Superboy/Robin 2-pack, a Superman/Doomsday 2-pack and a New 52 Justice League 7-pack. The Batman and Superman figures (#27 & #28) and the Justice League multi-pack were released in the 6.75" scale. There was also an accessory pack.

The first (and only) Marvel Family member to be produced for the line was The New 52 Black Adam. based on the Gary Frank design from the SHAZAM!: Rebirth storyline that was serialized in Justice League. DC intended to follow this release up with a Captain Marvel/"SHAZAM!" figure which was solicited but ultimately canceled.

Solicitation

DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Solicitation Image
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Solicitation Image

Now you can collect action figures of your favorite DC Comics characters from any era in an all-new 6” scale. This second assortment features The Flash, Blue Beetle, Black Adam and Lex Luthor. Each figure comes with multiple accessories!

EACH FIGURE SOLD SEPARATELY

THE FLASH: CHAIN LIGHTNING – 6”

BLUE BEETLE: INFINITE CRISIS – 6″

BLACK ADAM: FOREVER EVIL – 6″

LEX LUTHOR: FOREVER EVIL – 6″

$24.95 US • On Sale December 2015 * Allocations May Occur

Box

The DC Comics Icons line featured a beautiful four color window box with a standard design. Each box featured a specific character and indicated unlike other releases included a release number. Black Adam was the seventh release in the line. 
DC Comics Icons - Black Adam - Figure and Box
Width: 6"
Height: 8.75"
Depth: 2.75"
Weight: 8.3 oz.

Front of Box

The front of the box features a clear view of the Black Adam action figure as well as its accessories. The box features a gold/darker yellow color scheme on a white background. The box also features the DC Comics Icons logo and the DC Collectibles. The right side of the box has a beveled corner which identifies the figure as Black Adam.

DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Front
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Front

Front of Box Text

DC COLLECTIBLES
DC COMICS ICONS
BLACK ADAM

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD — Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. FOR AGES 15 AND UP.

AVERTISSEMENT: RISQUE D'ETOUFFEMENT — Petites pieces. Ne convient pas aux enfants de moins de 3 ans. POUR 15 ANS ET PLUS.

Back of Box

The back of the box features the characters in this second wave of release: The Flash (05), Blue Beetle (06), Black Adam (07), Lex Luthor (08) both in close-up and full figure photographs. The DC Comics Icons logo is prominently displayed as well as the DC Comics peel logo.

The back of the box also reveals the designer, Ivan Reis, and the sculptor, Dan Cortes.
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Back
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Back

Back of Box Text

DC COMICS
DC COMICS ICONS

Designed by/Conçue par IVAN REIS.
Sculpted by/Sculptée par DAVE CORTES.

Left Side of Box

The left side of the box maintains the color scheme and prominently displays seven as the number of the release. The DC Comics Icons logo is featured and Black Adam is identified as being part of the Forever Evil storyline. The DC Collectibles tagline is also featured.
 
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Left Side
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Left Side

Left Side of Box Text

DC COMICS ICONS
BLACK ADAM
FOREVER EVIL
TOUJOURS MAL

DC COLLECTIBLES

Right Side of Box

The right side of the box is partially beveled and windowed. It features the name Black Adam to identify the action figure. It also identifies the figure as the seventh release.

DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Right Side
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Right Side

Right Side of Box Text

07
BLACK ADAM

Top of Box

The top of the box is sparse and simply displays the SHAZAM! lightning bolt indicating that the figure is part of the Marvel Family line of figures. 

DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Bottom
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Top

Top of Box Artwork

Black Adam Lightning Bolt

Bottom of Box

The bottom of of the box displays information about the publisher, the manufacturer, safety information, as well as trademark and copyright information.
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Bottom
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Box Bottom

Bottom of Box Text

UPC: 7 61941 33347 2

PLEASE RETAIN THIS ADDRESS FOR YOUR RECORDS/VEUILLEZ CONSERVER CETTE ADRESSE EN DOSSIER:
DIAMOND COMIC DISTRIBUTORS RUNCORN WAREHOUSE
CANALSIDE. WARRINGTON ROAD
MANOR PARK, RUNCORN
WA7 1SN
UNITED KINGDOM

CE logo
Green arrows logo
Not for Children 0-3 logo

CONFORMS TO THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF ASTM F963-11
SATISFAIT LES EXIGENCES DE SECURITE DE ASTM F963-11

ALL CHARACTERS. THEIR DISTINCTIVE LIKENESSES AND RELATED ELEMENTS ARE TRADEMARKS OF © DC COMICS (s15)

DC ENTERTAINMENT
4000 WARNER BLVD.,
BURBANK, CA 91522
www.dccomics.com
comicshoplocator.com

MANUFACTURED IN GUANDONG CHINA.
FABRIQUE EN GUANDONG CHINE.

PRODUCTS MAY VARY FROM IMAGES SHOWN.
LES PRODUITS PEUVENT DIFFERER DE CEUX ILLUSTRES.

The Figure

Height: 6.2"
Weight: 3.5 oz.
Points of articulation: 23 (head, shoulders, biceps, elbow pivots, wrists, chest, stomach, hips, knee pivots, calves, ankles)

Body

The body is nicely sculpted. One of the interesting aspects of the figure is that the lighting bolt insignia is a separate piece attached to the body rather than being painted on. This allows for the chest to bend without part of the lightning bolt disappearing. 

 

DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Body Front
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Body Front

DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Body Rear
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Body Rear
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Body Right
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Body Right

DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Body Left
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Body Left

Face/Head

The face and head features the typical Black Adam scowl. The eyes are whited-out perhaps indicating that he is lightning-charged. The head sculpt also features his pointed ears as defined in his first appearance in Marvel Family Comics #1 (1945).
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Face/Head
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Face/Head

Accessories

The figure also contains two additional sets of hands and an instruction booklet..

Hands

The Black Adam figure came with two additional sets of hands: left closed fist, right opened hand, and left and right hands with out-stretched fingers with blue lighting bolts.

DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Hands Back

DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Hands Front
DC Comics Icons: Black Adam - Hands Front


Accessories Instruction Sheet

The figure also comes with a black and white fold-over sheet showing the four figures in the wave, two on each side.

Size: 3.5" x 5" (folded), 7" x 5" (unfolded)

Front  

DC Comics Icons - Black Adam - Accessories Instruction Sheet - Front
DC Comics Icons - Black Adam - Accessories Instruction Sheet - Front


DC Comics Icons - Black Adam - Accessories Instruction Sheet - Front Opened
DC Comics Icons - Black Adam - Accessories Instruction Sheet - Front Opened

DC Comics Icons - Black Adam - Accessories Instruction Sheet - Back Opened
DC Comics Icons - Black Adam - Accessories Instruction Sheet - Back Opened

Walt says...

This figure is well done although I wish it wasn't in a larger scale. I like the Kirby Krackle in the lightning bolt although I do hate the hood and that the lightning bolt is hard to discern due to the design. My only other complaint is that it is top heavy which makes it difficult to stand without a base or holder.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

DC Direct Deluxe Action Figures - SHAZAM! - Deluxe Action Figure Set (2000)

By Walt Grogan
Image
DC Direct, a subsidiary of DC Comics, started releasing action figures of DC characters and super heroes in 1998. It wasn't until 2000, that the first DC action figure of Captain Marvel was released along with his alter ego, Billy Batson. Packaged in a large, four-color window box and containing multiple accessories including a diorama stand complete with a thunderous sound effect, this was a set worth waiting for. Both the sculping of Captain Marvel and Billy Batson were based on their very first adventures in Whiz Comics and the Captain Marvel figure seemed to be sculped directly from the splash panel in Whiz Comics #2 ! WHIZ COMICS #2 - Splash Panel While the sculptor sculped a larger face, flipped the cape (presumably so that Captain Marvel's left arm could move freely), designed a larger lighting bolt, and added the sash, he/she kept the tipped head and the orientation of the boots as well as the button flap. Comparing the figure to the splash panel of Whiz Comics #2 revea...
Read more

Is Mister Mentor, the wizard Shazam?

By Walt Grogan
Image
Fall 1974 was an exciting time for fans of the original Captain Marvel as a live action Saturday morning TV show premiered on September 7. The show starred 31-year-old, relative newcomer Jackson Bostwick as The Big Red Cheese himself, Captain Marvel, 23-year-old Michael Gray as Cap’s alter ego, Billy Batson, and 61-year-old veteran actor, Les Tremayne as Mister Mentor or simply “Mentor” as he was often called. Taking a “vacation” from his job at radio station W.H.I.Z ( the call letters never explicitly stated in the series), Billy is joined by Mentor, who drives an Open Road motor home around various suburbs, ranches, horse farms, construction sites, grocery stores, mining facilities and national parks of Los Angeles in search of various children and young adults who need help. Early on in each episode, Billy is contacted by the six Elders (Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury -- the grantors of Captain Marvel’s powers), who give the boy vague predictions about who and...
Read more

Man of Miracles - Action Figure - McFarlane Toys (2006)

By Walt Grogan
Image
By Walt Grogan The Marvel Family, and particularly, Captain Marvel, produced some offshoots (sometimes unwittingly) -- one of which was Marvelman , who begot Miracleman, and who begot Man of Miracles. Man of Miracles is a character in Todd McFarlane's Spawn Universe. Man of Miracles is loosely based on the Miracleman character created by Alan Moore and Garry Leach (and shares the secret identity name of Mike Moran). Man of Miracles debuted in Spawn #150. Although it was marketed as an action figure, the Man of Miracles is best described as a painted statue with a few points of articulation. The is limited neck movement, his wrists move and there is movement at the waist and that's it. Man of Miracles - McFarlane Toys  - (2006) Solicitation Man of Miracles - McFarlane Toys  - Solicitation Image (2006) Man of Miracles - McFarlane Toys  - Solicitation Image (2006) Man of Miracles - McFarlane Toys  - Solicitation Image (2006) The following solicitation is from the Man ...
Read more