- HOSTESS - ACTION FIGURE THEATRE - |
Some of you may remember the Hostess Fruit Pie ads run in Daredevil and the
other Marvel comics in the 70s. Not too long ago on the RACMU newsgroup, one
of the fans out there, James Smith, came up with a parody of those ads
utilizing that milestone in DD comics, the Death of Elektra. DD superfan
Bill Koenig, from our own DD mailing list, replied in kind with his own
parody finishing the epic with the fateful confrontation between Bullseye
and Ol' Hornhead. My thanks to James and Bill for these creative gems.
James Smith
BULLSEYE: Now, we fight, Elektra! And only one of us may live!
Bill Koenig
(Daredevil, his legs wrapped around a wire, holds Bullseye above the
pavement.) |
While popularized most recently in Wizard magazine, folks have been playing make-believe with action figures since they were created and with dolls even before that. Below are some examples of daring new DD situations as created by the fertile minds of DD fandom! |
Adam Gilbert |
One of the neat things about the old Mego figures in the 60s/70s was the fact that you could
change their clothes around. The figures didn't just have "painted on" costumes. So, shortly after the Famous Covers
series of Mego-like figures came out, long time fan Adam Gilbert (fashion & cultural attaché to the Resource)
created the following two "What If..." pictures for your edification and enjoyment:
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Alice Lynch |