You need to be 60 to remember these two. Crusader Rabbit was the first cartoon made for TV (as opposed to theatrical cartoons like Bugs Bunny), in short segments, black and white, then color. Rags...[See More]

Since we're doing heroes, here's mine. Real-life Susan L. Therriault, MD, my sweetie. Made as a Christmas present. Susan at the tender age of 30 gave up a comfy life as a teacher to become a...[See More]

Lana Lang as Insect Queen from DC's glorious Silver Age. Lana saved a bug-alien's life, and he gave her a "bio-ring" that let her assume insect forms and powers. (See it sparkling on her hand in...[See More]

She-Hulk's low-tech fist meets The Wizard's high-tech vehicle. The Wizard is a simple Toy Biz freeze-the-joints and repaint. The only cutting was to angle his head downward. He has a single rod...[See More]

Tweety Bird after ingesting the Doctor Jeckyl / Mister Hyde potion from the cartoon Hyde and Go Tweet. See it on YouTube. Heavy mod of an action figure from Looney Tunes: Back in Action, an...[See More]

The Fantastic Four's Thing in all his rocky orange Jack Kirby glory. Any time you think, "This will be an easy one," put it back in the box. I reposed him, cutting all the joints, even separating...[See More]

She-Hulk, much improved over the flat-footed, hair in her face version. I liked her casual clothes over her bathing suit uniform in a recent special. Her original hands were too big, so she has a...[See More]

Brainiac 5, Querl Dox, of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Made from a GI Joe Dreadnock figure. I liked that the genius Legionnaire is smirking as he presses his belt buckle to activate his force field....[See More]

Colonel John "Renny" Renwick, one of Doc Savage's aids. He's a civil engineer by trade, so I gave him dungarees, a leather jacket, beat-up fedora, and muddy boots. Renny loves to prove his prowess...[See More]

Retief, the CDT's toughest diplomat from Keith Laumer's comedy SF series. Throttling, as he often must, a member of the Groaci, the "sticky-fingered five-eyed trouble-makers" of the galaxy. If you...[See More]

Frankenstein's Monster roaring defiance at the world from atop a castle wall. My interpretation - there's a lot of room for improv - is he just keeps layering things on. So he wears the original...[See More]

Work in Progress. Jonny Quest and the Lost Temple. The base is a stripped down, modded, and repainted Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skull playset on a sheet of acrylic with fake greenery...[See More]

Karate Kid of the Legion of Super-Heroes trying his best to decapitate Tharok of the Fatal Five. KK is some Jedi Knight. I gave him the later wrist braces and boots with straps. His belt ends are...[See More]

Fly Girl, sidekick to The Fly, a 1960's Archie superhero. Don't know why I customed her, except I like the colors - pine green and butter yellow - and she looks like my mom as a superhero. Made...[See More]

Superboy from the Smallville PVC set. More fix than you'd think. He was launching straight up from a star-shaped base. I cut off his toe (Ouch!) and patched it, then reset his neck and steamed his...[See More]

Perennial lovers, Popeye the Sailor and Olive Oyl. I was trying for a half-real, half-cartoon look like the famous movie / bomb. Popeye is converted from the hunter Clayton in Disney's Tarzan, cut...[See More]

My only 12" custom so far. Prince Valiant, made from Marx Viking Eric. I glued the joints, then primed with Krylon to bond to the slick white plastic. Still, you have to be gentle or the paint...[See More]

Conrad, who goes by Black Cross, a wild indy comic from Chris Warner, like a Mad Max. The kooky cowboy boots are part of the story. He's modded from an Extreme GI Joe. He stands on some Heavy...[See More]

The Silver Age Teen Titans. They stand on an old Aurora Mummy set. Nails in their boots hold them in place so they can be removed. Speedy could be paired up with Green Arrow, for instance....[See More]

Scud the Disposable Assassin, a creation of Rob Schrab. Terrific independent comic that actually completed with 24 issues. Check out the website scud dot com. Scud is made mostly out of Evergreen...[See More]

Captain Canuck, Defender of the North. From a cartoony X-Men Cyclops. In the George Freeman style with the polar boots and gloves....[See More]

"Encounter on Ranagar, 1962." Hawkman and Adam Strange teamed up early on, but eventually Rann and Thanagar went to war. I plan to add Alanna and Hawkgirl to the mix, swooping and shooting at each...[See More]

Bugs Bunny, everyone's favorite smartaleck rabbit. Not a lot of custom, but he started as a pencil topper, so had no legs. I had another Bugs whose face I didn't like, so stole his legs. I added...[See More]

Early Iron Man from the KB Toys Avengers set. Just a repose, freeze, and fill. I shortened the helmet and adjusted Tony Stark's neck so his eyes show through the eyeslits. I replaced the bending...[See More]

Infectious Lass of the 31st Century Legion of Substitute Heroes. The only superheroine to proudly wear ropes of snot as a badge. From a fast food Batgirl. Her antennas are florist wire. The snot...[See More]

The Spirit meets his match in Ellen Dolan, who's always out to marry him. The Spirit is often tied up by femmes fatale, so I thought it fitting Ellen take a turn. The Spirit is a Mask body and some...[See More]

Mole Man, nemesis of the Fantastic Four. Cut one leg for a bend, reset the head mounted on a short neck so the cape could fit snug. I coated the body with toilet paper and white glue. I lengthened...[See More]

Shark-Man is a marvelous comic lavishly painted by the talented Steve Pugh. I'm glad somebody finally created a guts 'n gore sharky hero. My version can't compare, so I call it a Silver Age...[See More]

"Next issue: Stig doesn't get to use the phone..." Ty Templeton's Stig's Inferno is another very funny comic, also never finished. Read it here. Stig never does recover his pants. The original...[See More]

Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1960's TV show. Customized versions of the original Aurora models, which were unexciting. Napoleon was coming over a wall and Illya was...[See More]