How Evil Is Darkseid?
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Answer: So evil he made himself the Build-a-figure in Wave 12 of Mattel’s DC Universe action figure series. Seriously, Mattel? You’ll make Copperhead and Eclipso and Iron (?) regular figures, but you’ll force people to buy all 8 different figures if they want to own one of the biggest and best known villains in the DC Universe? That’s fucking twisted, guys.
Look, I’m sure Mary Marvel and the Spectre and maybe Dessad will be popular (I don’t know who Desaad is, but he appears to be an evil monk with a jetpack, which is fine by me) but not a single person in this line would be more popular than Darkseid. That would be like making Wonder Woman the Build-a-Figure — or Lex Luthor. That’s just not cool. Not cool to the fans or kids, because out these eight figures, Darkseid is very possibly the only DC character they might have heard of. But I guess little Timmy will have to hunt down and buy all seven figures — including Iron (?) — if he wants to play with Darkseid.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.