![]() It’s not like these are chase figures or anything. Other than movie or TV properties like Batman ’66, the company isn’t producing 3.75-inch DC Comics action figures for retail. Like last year’s First Appearance Superman ( click here), these action figures were a total surprise. (Then again, perhaps he’s a tiny bit too short.) Dick Grayson is one of my all-time favorite characters and his relationship with Starfire was one of the main draws of the classic NTT series.īest part? Dick’s actually shorter than Kory, so whoever designed these knew what they were doing.Įach figure has nine points of articulation. On a personal level, I like these two even better than the first two - especially Nightwing in his original, so-called Disco outfit and Perez-styled haircut. My box came with the latter two - but now I’ve gotten my hands on Dick Grayson and Princess Koriand’r: The highlight was the 3.75-inch-scale action figures that come in the box: You get two of these four at random - Nightwing, Starfire, Cyborg or Raven. ![]() Additionally, Conner making the bomb would have been a twisted betrayal of his peers.REVIEW: More on the company’s surprise New Teen Titans release…Ī couple weeks ago, I happily showed off Funko’s latest DC Comics subscription mystery box, with its Teen Titans theme - which was really a sneak tribute to Marv Wolfman and George Perez’s The New Teen Titans. With this type of storyline, Conner might have embraced the darkness after liking Lex's style, while Lex could have been left wondering if he should change his ways. This would have also potentially made up for how his own father mistreated him. It's more relatable and sympathetic, linking both characters in a human story where Lex may have even been a genuinely good father. Without Superman in the show, this too would have created a nuanced tale with Lex showing he's a good father. The series should have had Lex surviving Mayhem's attack, then luring Conner to the dark side once Brother Blood rose up.A scared, desperate Superboy realizing the Titans are ill-equipped to handle a threat like Brother Blood would have naturally gravitated towards him. It didn't add up because they spent no real time together. After just one episode, Lex's violent death poisoned Conner's mind. The Lex Luthor trait that's been strongly missing from the show is not his ego, but his ability to corrupt someone like Conner. Had he stuck around, his plotting would have mirrored his work in the comics, and painted a knowledgeable messiah not even the Zack Snyder movies or Smallville had. This renders Lex's plotting against demons a massive waste of potential. All he does is leave clues, coming off like a deus ex machina. ![]() Instead, having Lex as a shadow hanging overhead doesn't work. Having Lex even tease Conner about being the better engineer would have added to his legacy. Instead, the show wants to make Lex a godlike messiah, but with everyone fawning over his work, it falls flat that he's not there to gloat or offer cheeky one-liners - the kind of thing Lex lives for. It would have also propped up Titans' Conner as a better version of Lex. A better approach would have been Conner making the weapon, as he spent so much time with Kory. The problem with this is Lex isn't around to offer directions on how to operate or really own his work. The bomb, in theory, could kill gods or aliens, suggesting Lex did have an eye on ending the Man of Steel before he died. There, they learn the evil genius was working on a bomb meant to harness Starfire's energy. ![]() He teams back up with Nightwing and Starfire at a secret lab Lex had. In Season 4's penultimate episode, "Project Starfire," Conner regrets trying to manipulate Brother Blood.
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