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Satannish

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 ...

Sersi

The beautiful and godlike Sersi was, in my opinion, one of the more surprising omissions from the original Classic Marvel Figurine Collection. As an Eternal and a former Avenger, she definitely deserves a place in any customized Eaglemoss collection. Sersi and the other Eternals were created by the legendary Jack Kirby in 1976 (she first appeared in Eternals #3, cover-dated September 1976). Loosely inspired by Erich von Däniken’s theories about the extraterrestrial origins of mankind, the Eternals are a race of idealized super-beings created millennia ago by a squad of enormous, intergalactic space gods called Celestials. Sersi and her fellow Eternals Sersi the Terrible earns her name All Eternals are superhumanly strong and fast, capable of flight and teleportation, able to shoot lasers from their eyes, and, as if all that wasn't enough, they are absolutely indestructible. Even if they are disintegrated down to a molecular level, their bodies will eventually regenerate. ...

Texas Twister

Texas Twister is a very minor hero in the Marvel Universe, who has the power to generate and control tornadoes. As a Western-themed character he is a personal favorite of mine, so I wanted to make him part of my customized Eaglemoss collection.  Created by Roy Thomas and George Perez in 1976, Texas Twister first appeared as a potential Fantastic Four villain, but over the years he shifted into more heroic territory alongside a team of western-themed heroes called the Rangers. The character has not changed much at all in over 40 years of continuity. Drew Daniels was a Texas cowboy who had the misfortune of running into a typical Marvel-style catastrophe: when a sudden tornado violently collided with a nearby power plant, Daniels was bathed by radioactive particles. He soon discovered that this accident gave him the power to generate and control powerful cyclones, which he can use to propel himself through the air or launch concussive blasts of wind. But Da...

Stryfe

Stryfe, the Chaos Bringer, is the evil clone of the popular character known as Cable, and one of his deadliest enemies. I knew that creating Stryfe would be a challenge, but he is such an important villain, and so visually striking, that I thought I would give it a try, and make him my third Eaglemoss custom figurine. As a  baby, Cable was sent into the far future by his parents (Cyclops and a clone of Jean Grey--it's a long  story) in the hopes of halting the techno-organic virus ravaging his body (another long story). As a  precaution, baby Cable was cloned. This clone was kidnapped by the godlike, tyrannical mutant Apocalypse, who named him Stryfe and raised him as a successor until ultimately rejecting him as unworthy. Thus the adult Stryfe harbored a great many grudges, and traveled back in time to gain revenge not only against Cyclops and his fellow X-Men, but Cable and Apocalypse as well. Like many of Rob Liefeld's creations from the early 1990s, Stryfe ...