Last year, Joe Quesada announced that Marvel had bought the rights to the Marvelman character from Mick Anglo. Last month we discovered Marvel were publishing a number of classic Marvelman strips from the fifties and sixties. And now it seems Hasbro are getting in on the act with a Marvelman toy. And making it a San Diego 2010 Exclusive.
Negotiations over the rights to the Alan Moore/Garry Leach/Alan Davis/Chuck Austen/Rick Vietch/Jon Totleben/Neil Gaiman/Mark Buckingham run on the book from the nineteen eighties have still not been fully nailed down, so the odds are that the character will be based on the original Mick Anglo designs rather than the Garry Leach look.
And odds are it should look a little better than the Todd McFarlane versions….
To be completely honest, I wasn’t even going to bring my camera to WonderCon at first. My wife and I were only going to be able to go for a few hours one afternoon, and although WonderCon is organized by the same folks who handle San Diego Comic-Con, it doesn’t attract the the toy manufacturers like SDCC does. As we were getting ready to walk out the door, I thought, why not?
We’re back with the first Marvel Q&A of 2010 from the team at Hasbro. Thanks guys!
1) We’ve seen Marvel Universe card art for the Iron Patriot that shows Norman Osborn unmasked, holding the Iron Patriot helmet. Will the upcoming figure include an Iron Patriot head, a Norman Osborn head, or (we hope) both?
You just never know what Norman is thinking or how he’ll show up – just be on the look out!
Just over a week ago, Marvel announced a Fan’s Choice Vote to select the exclusive Marvel Universe figure that would be offered to Digital Comics subscribers this year. Today, the results are in! I’m not surprised at the fan pick, but had hoped we would get a figure that wouldn’t be a straight up repaint of an upcoming figure.
X-FORCE #5 cover by Clayton Crain
The Votes Are In! The Winning Toy Is…
Find out the next Hasbro Marvel Universe action figure to be offered exclusively to Digital Comics subscribers!
Last year, fans far and wide went bananas for the Nick Fury Marvel Universe action figure offered exclusively to Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited subscribers. For 2010, we invited YOU to choose which figure new subscribers will receive!
And the winner is:
Archangel in his current X-Force costume!
Archangel beat out Norman Osborn in his H.A.M.M.E.R. outfit and Ms. Marvel–the MM from Dark Avengers, aka Karla Sofen, aka Moonstone!
Thanks to everyone who cast a vote!
YOU can get your very own exclusive Archangel Marvel Universe action figure when it premieres at New York Comic Con 2010! Just order a monthly or annual subscription at New York Comic Con and we'll hand you a nifty new Archangel exclusive toy!
