Moon Knight (Marvel Legends Series)

Mercenary Marc Spector is Moon Knight! Or is he millionaire Steven Grant? Or taxi driver Jake Lockley? Or does he even know anymore?

Apparently I lost the insides of the box before I took pictures.

The hook for Moon Knight is that he struggles maintaining his various identities and in more modern stories he's developed full-on multiple personality disorder and has become an exploration of mental health to varying degrees of sensitivity and success. There are Moon Knight series I love, there are Moon Knight series I hate, but generally I have a fondness for this character and feel he is more than just a Batman ripoff.

This costume is from the (excellent) 2014 Moon Knight series by Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey.

Morbius (Doctor Who Figurine Collection)

Eaglemoss makes some very detailed, non-articulated figurines and vehicle models. I first bought the Ice Warrior because it was a good deal and I love me some Ice Warriors. Being impressed with the quality and finding a good price I got Morbius who appeared in the Fourth Doctor serial "The Brain of Morbius" appropriately enough.

This was a fun story with Tom Baker as the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith on the planet Karn where a mad scientist has built a monstrous body for the Time Lord criminal Morbius. It's a quirky outer space Frankenstein and I dig it.

Devilman Dynamic Classics (S.H. Figuarts)

Devilman is the eponymous hero of an anime series created by Go Nagai. Also known for creating Mazinger Z, Getter Robo, and many other classic anime and manga series Go Nagai took Devilman to darker places.

Devilman is a demon who has taken possession of a human teenager but fights against his brethren. In the anime since it was aimed at kids they basically treat Devilman like any other henshin hero except that his human identity is a big jerk and the monsters he fights are hella grotesque.

The manga series from the same time was WAY darker and much more disturbing. And from what I gather all the later incarnations of Devilman are more akin to the manga than the anime. So I'll stick to the zany ridiculousness of making a kids show about demons fighting each other where the horror is reasonably tame. 

She-Ra (Masters of the Universe Classics Club Grayskull)

For the honour of Grayskull! Adora uses the Sword of Protection to transform into She-Ra, Princess of Power! A former Force Captain in Hordak's Evil Horde Adora learns she is the twin sister of He-Man and can wield the mystic powers of She-Ra in service of the Great Rebellion.

This figure comes from Super7's continuation of Masters of the Universe Classics which is more focussed on the designs from the Filmation cartoon series and since that's my main connection to this world I'm all for it. I got on the train to Etheria a bit late so the earlier Mattel releases of She-Ra were much harder to come by so I'm extra happy to be able to add this version to my collection.

Fancy slipcover over the box.

Freddy Freeman (DC Universe Classics Signature Series)

The only superhero who can't say his own name...

"Lame Newsboy Freddy Freeman says the name of his idol and is transformed into Captain Marvel Jr." *Sigh* One would think that by the early eighties they would have rephrased that...

Ok, so I was quoting (from memory) the opening narration of the 1981-1982 Filmation Shazam! cartoon. Freddy Freeman himself first appeared in 1941 where Captain Marvel rescues him from Captain Nazi who had just murdered the young newsboy's grandfather and only living relative. Freddy needed a crutch to walk in a very "Tiny Tim from A Christmas Carol" kind of vibe and was dying of his injuries sustained in the Nazi attack prompting Billy Batson to share some of his magic lightning and when Freddy Freeman says "Captain Marvel" instead of "Shazam!" he becomes the blue suited Captain Marvel Jr.