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Lilith haunts the dark side of the Marvel Universe. A supernatural, malevolent entity of uncertain origin, she consorts with demons and at times has imperiled the entire human race. Her ferocious powers and wild, glam-rock appearance make Lilith a perfect choice for a custom Eaglemoss figurine. No one, even other godlike beings like Thor, knows exactly where Lilith came from. Possibly she pre-dates humanity. One legend says she was the first wife of the very first man Adam, but that she chafed under his authority over her, and God murdered her children as punishment for her rebellion. Exiled and bitter, Lilith resolved thenceforth to bear no more children but only demons, and unleash them upon humanity. What is known for sure is that Lilith was imprisoned thousands of years ago by Atlantean sorcerers inside the massive biblical Leviathan, only to be freed in modern times when two unsuspecting scientists stumbled upon its ancient corpse in icy Greenland. Immediately upon awakening...

Phantom Rider has a long history in the Marvel universe, with several members of the same family donning the ghostly white cape and cowl over the decades. Some have fought for good, some for evil—but whoever is behind the mask, the Phantom Rider is always a force to be reckoned with. One of Marvel’s original cowboy superheroes, he was first introduced by Roy Thomas and Dick Ayers as “Ghost Rider” in 1967 (the character was actually based on a Golden Age prototype from another company, also drawn by Ayers). Though his costume has never changed, his name was shifted to Night Rider after the more famous flame-headed Ghost Rider debuted in 1972, and then changed again in the 1980s to Phantom Rider. He Who Rides the Night Winds! The first Rider was Carter Slade, a mild-mannered schoolteacher who was nearly killed by bandits but nursed back to health by a local Indian tribe (these were originally called Sioux, but later identified as Comanche). When their chief gave him a cl...

Sometimes you have to wait a few decades before you really get a chance to shine. This is what happened to the character I chose for my 7 th custom figurine—the indestructible clown Madcap. Madcap premiered in 1985 in the pages of Captain America #307, written by Mark Gruenwald and drawn by Paul Neary. He came out of nowhere, boisterous and flamboyant, dancing in the streets in a particolored costume and wielding a toy bubble gun. And wherever he went, people who saw him would immediately began acting just as crazy as he did, leading to mass riots in the streets. Madcap's first foray into public insanity, from 1985. Cap’s protégé Nomad quickly tracked down the mysterious newcomer and learned his origin: he had been an ordinary, religious man until a truck carrying an experimental A.I.M. chemical crashed into his church van, killing everyone aboard except him. In despair at the loss of his family, he tried to kill himself too, but soon found that nothing could kill him...

As one of the most powerful demons in the Marvel Universe, Satannish rules over an other-dimensional netherworld where he draws energy from damned souls. Though not as well-known as his rival Mephisto, Satannish deserves a spot among the great supernatural villains in the Classic Marvel Figurine Collection. First appearing in the pages of Dr. Strange #174 in 1968 (written by Roy Thomas and drawn by the Gene Colan) Satannish originally looked nothing at all like the version we see today. Basically he was a generic “devil” figure, with his features perpetually shrouded by flames (somewhat like Dormammu, who was later revealed to have played a role in his creation). Sometimes he appeared solely as a gigantic red hand scooping up unsuspecting souls. Satannish's original form: flaming head and big red hand. Over the next two decades Satannish appeared infrequently, mainly to torment Dr. Strange, but on one occasion he schemed with Marvel’s other manifestations of evil—at the ...