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Quality of sculpts 5
Character selection 4
Playability 4
Overall 4
A fun set. A mild tie-in with the
Avengers Infinity War film, but more associated with the
comics, which I'm very happy with. Only let down
by a few poor figures, but the Colossal figures are
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Adam Warlock
First appearance: (as "Him") Fantastic Four #66-#67
(Sept.- Oct 1967)
(as "Adam Warlock") Marvel Premiere #1 (April 1972)
Scientists on Earth calling themselves the Enclave
created an artificial, perfect human, who initially
calls himself "Him". After rebelling against his
creators, Him decides to leave Earth and travels into
space.
Adam Warlock is in possession of the Soul Gem, one of
the Infinity Gems. Adam Warlock is significant in the
Infinity War where he becomes the almost supreme being
by wielding the Infinity Gauntlet.
Wiki - Adam Warlock |
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Cosmo
the spacedog
First appearance: Nova vol 4 #8 (2008)
Cosmo was a former test animal of the Soviet space
program. He was launched into Earth's orbit as part of
an experiment but he drifted off into space.
At some point he gets
mutated by cosmic rays and ends up at Knowhere, the city
built inside a Celestials head. He came to serve as the
station's security chief where he meets a distraught
Nova.
Wiki - Cosmo_the_Spacedog |
Cosmo in Guardians of the
Galaxy
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Jack Of Hearts
First appearance: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #22 (March
1976)
His father was scientist who created an energy source
called "zero fluid", his mother an alien humanoid woman.
After being exposed to a vat of zero fluid, Jack
underwent a mutagenic change and gained the ability to
project concussive energy from his body. After gaining
these powers, Jack began his mission of vengeance
against the Corporation that killed his father.
Jack Of Hearts has been a member of the Avengers and
Defenders.
Wiki - Jack of Hearts |
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Gamora
First appearance: Strange Tales #180 (June 1975)
Gamora is the last of her species, the Zen-Whoberis, who
were exterminated by the Badoon (in her original
timeline, her species was exterminated by the Universal
Church of Truth). Thanos found her as a child and
decided to use her as a weapon. Gamora was raised and
trained by Thanos to assassinate the Magus, an evil
alternate version of Adam Warlock.
Gamora was part of the
Infinity Watch, a team led by Adam Warlock to look after
the Infinity Gems. Most famously Gamora is a team
member of the Guardian of the Galaxy.
Wiki - Gamora |
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Zoe Saldana as Gamora in
Guardians of the Galaxy & Avengers Infinity War
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Ego-Prime
First appearance: The Mighty Thor #132/133 (September
1966)
Within the Black Galaxy, one mass developed differently
from the others. Evolving over millions of years, it
grew to the size of a planet and developed intelligence
and consciousness along with the ability to move its
planet-sized mass by its own will. This planet became
known as "Ego, the Living Planet".
Marvel Wiki - Ego |
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Her
First appearance: (as Paragon) The Incredible Hulk
Annual #6 (1977)
First appearance: (as Her/Kismet) Marvel Two-in-One #61
(Mar 1980)
Originally known as Paragon, Kismet was the second
attempt by the Enclave to artificially create a
super-powerful being in their Citadel of Science "the
Beehive" (their first attempt was Him, later known as
Adam Warlock). As a female replicant of Warlock,
she took the name of Her (a reference to Warlock's
original name, Him) and sought Warlock to mate with him.
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Red Hulk
First appearance: U.S.Avengers Vol. 1 #1 (January 2017)
General Robert L. Maverick is the second Red Hulk,
Thunderbolt Ross being the first. He joins the
U.S.Avengers where it's revealed that he is the new
version of Red Hulk upon being provided with an improved
version of the Hulk Plug-In. Unlike Thunderbolt Ross's
Red Hulk form, Maverick maintains his moustache and
wears sunglasses.
Wiki - Red Hulk |
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Giganto
First Appearance: Fantastic Four #4 (May, 1962)
The first such creature was seen in the 19th Century
when the creature attacked the sailing ship known as the
Pequod. It's captain Ulysses Bloodstone battled the
creature. The resulting clash was fictionalized into the
literary classic, Moby Dick.
Another Giganto was was used by the Atlanteans as the
biological equivalent of a doomsday weapon. It normally
stayed in hibernation in a cave somewhere on the ocean
floor until awakened when summoned by the Horn of
Proteus. Once summoned, Giganto could be directed to
attack and destroy any region.
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Spider-Mobile
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man # 130 (1974)
In need of cash to pay his rent Spider-Man took money
from some advertising executives to advertise their new
car. It turned out he had to build it himself,
which he did with help from the Human Torch. The car was
fitted with numerous gadgets such as webbing cannons,
ejector seats and gas bombs.
Marvel Wiki - Spider-Mobile |
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Eternity
First appearance: Strange Tales #138 (Nov. 1965)
Eternity is a Nigh-Omniscience cosmic being.
Before Eternity, there
was a single universe, he primal cosmic being that would
later call itself The First Firmament. Eternity is
a tremendously powerful abstract entity and the
embodiment of the multiverse that has no real physical
body.
Wiki - Eternity |
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Lord Chaos & Master Order
First appearance: Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2 (1977)
Abstract cosmic entities. Lord chaos embodies disarray
and confusion whereas Master Order embodies order and
balance in the universe.
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