Custom Figure Corner
Occasionally superheroes will find themselves in situations where their current costume isn’t providing them the kind of protection that they need. Basically, armor in the superhero world is equivalent to a raincoat in our non-fun world. New armor also acts as a way of boosting lagging sales, which is much more harmful than any type of Kryptonite.
Up-armored superheroes were more common in the tough-as-nails comics (or just plain crappy comic era) of the 90s. As a whole the improved badass costumes thing usually came across as being pretty stupid looking. There is one exception that I’ve always dug and it was Daredevil’s:
Perhaps I just have bad taste, but damn I love that costume. There’s just something about the red and black combined with his shiny useless armor bits that I like. Aside from a 90s Toybiz figure, this version of Daredevil never has gotten much love’n, especially from comic book fandom. That’s why I was all giddy to see this custom armored Daredevil on OAFE.
How much cooler can you get with wrist mounted billy clubs, I ask? If the Marvel Legends line can keep churning out such a wide variety of characters from every pocket of the Marvel universe like rabbits making strange and wondrous babies, they need to make an armored Daredevil variant.
Toys, toy collecting, toy customs, Daredevil, comic books, superhero, Marvel, Toybiz
If you want to know more about this subject consult your local library or go to Daves Long Box for a hilarious and informative look at the phenomena of superheroes and armor.
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