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Alkhema

For my second custom figurine, I chose Alkhema, a relatively minor villain from the Avengers comics. Also known as War Toy, she was created in 1992 by writer Roy Thomas (creator of Ultron) and artist David Ross, for a two-part storyline in the Avengers West Coast series that featured Ultron’s latest diabolical scheme to wipe out humanity. As he had done before with Jocasta, Ultron decided to construct a female mate for himself, this time using the brain patterns of the captured Mockingbird. Alkhema was the result.  Ultron’s creations are destined to turn on him. But unlike Jocasta, who ended up helping the Avengers defeat him, Alkhema remained quite evil. She just disagreed with him about the best way to kill everyone. While Ultron always prefers mass destruction, Alkhema took pleasure in teasing and tormenting her victims one by one. This difference caused the two psychotic robots to quarrel and eventually go their separate ways. Alkhema's first appearance. Geo...