SDCC: Marvel Legends Expand the Word “Legend” Well Past the Breaking Point
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The Marvel Legends section of the Hasbro booth was far too crowded for me to get good pics, but the gents over at Marvelous News were happy to fight the crowd and take some pics. Looks like we have Winter Soldier coming up, along with the original Ms. Marvel, comic-style Whiplash, an excellent new Deadpool, an unneeded Phoenix in white, The Amazing Bag-Man (the time Spider-Man dressed up in a Fantastic Four costume and wore a paper grocery bag on his head) Valkyrie, X-Force Wolverine, and… uh… many, many characters I don’t know. I’m assuming the voting thing is still going on — fans vote for a figure, Hasbro picks a figure, and makes a few two-packs — but it’s going to be a damn shame if most of these don’t make it to stores. Definitely check out the full gallery over at Marvelous News and tell who I’m missing in the comments, pretty please.
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