I didn’t run a statistical analysis, or anything, but it feels like the Avengers almost always come out on top in a fight in the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe. That’s not surprising, but after a certain point, it’s probably not all that exciting, either. When I was planning out this portion of the story, I thought there was a good opportunity to push back against that trend, even just a little bit. S.H.I.E.L.D. wouldn’t go after any Avenger, unless they had a good shot at taking that Avenger down!
It’s not just the G.I.-JOEs-as-S.H.I.E.L.D.-agents who’re making appearances from other action figure lines, today! What Spider-Woman referred to as the “Basic Assault Transport” – the S.H.I.E.L.D. monster truck – in the last installment is the “Batmobeast*” from the McFarlane Toys’ DC Multiverse series. There aren’t that many affordably-priced vehicles that scale, more or less, with 6″ action figures, so I’ll take ones where I can get them! See, also, the speedboat from the Fortnite toy line that carried the Leader partway back to NYC from a few weeks ago.
*I have to admit that I am not anywhere close to current with the last 10 or so years of Marvel or DC comic event crossovers, so when I read up on the Batmobeast, I was.. kind of blown away.
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