“characters like Swamp Thing are essential to the identity of Vertigo right now \u2013 that\u2019s one of the things that Vertigo was built on”<\/A>. Let’s dissect this statement. One, Vertigo was built on the back of Swamp Thing. It was also built on the back of Animal Man and Robot Man, but those have DC Classics already. Two, Swamp Thing is essential to Vertigo “right now”? In 2000, Swamp Thing’s daughter had a 20-issue run. In 2004, Swamp Thing returned and pulled 29 issues. It ended three years ago and he’s gone unused since. That’s not very “right now”. <\/p>\nLook, boiling it down, we get it. Swamp Thing is Vertigo and the line is called DC Classics, but the truth is, Swamp Thing is essential to DC Comics too. Swamp Thing is one of those rare characters that made the jump from comics into public consciousness, at least for awhile. He’s been featured in two movies, a cartoon, and his own television series. He even had his own, Super Powers compatible, toyline. He’s not just a Vertigo character – perhaps more than any other crossover character, he’s important to both imprints.<\/P><\/p>\n
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It is my feeling that DC Classics is the penultimate DC toyline. There are some folks waiting for the “next generation” of DC toys and maybe something will come along and be better, but I’m not banking on it right now. I’m positive I just bought the best Joker I’ll ever buy. I’ve got a Robotman and a friggin’ Killer Moth. The Metal Men are on the way to fight Chemo. This line is everything I ever wanted and it is flat-out wrong that Swamp Thing can’t be a part of it because of legal or imprint issues.<\/P><\/p>\n
There needs to be a way to get this done. Maybe Mattel can get a Vertigo extension. Maybe Didio and Berger can agree that Swamp Thing is a DC character for 2010 so Swamp Thing can get his DC Classic on. I don’t care, but something needs to happen on this front. Swamp Thing is just as pivotal to the fabric of the DCU as he is Vertigo and he needs his day in plastic (again).<\/P><\/p>\n
Is Swamp Thing a must in your DC Classics collection? Please take a moment to post in our comments section and let us know how you feel…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[6,18,10],"tags":[2559,309,2557,310,20,2563,143,2560],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-tF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=60","url_meta":{"origin":1839,"position":0},"title":"Most Requested Figures: DCUC Martian Manhunter","date":"July 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "DCClassics.Com"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3089,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=3089","url_meta":{"origin":1839,"position":1},"title":"Most Requested Year-End Poll: The Finals","date":"December 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week, we featured our eighteen Most Requested articles and let you decide which three would be featured in this final round for the IAT Most Requested Figure of 2009. Before we get to the finalists, we want to thank the hundreds of people that voted in our poll. It\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "DCClassics.Com"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3172,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=3172","url_meta":{"origin":1839,"position":2},"title":"Most Requested Year-End Poll: The Winner","date":"January 4, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Last year, we featured eighteen Most Requested articles asking for figures from all over the toy kingdom. The requests ranged from cancelled lines to current lines, from 2\" Minimates to 8\" Hellboy figures, and we even threw in a juice drink for good measure. At the end of the year,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "DCClassics.Com"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3271,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=3271","url_meta":{"origin":1839,"position":3},"title":"Most Requested Figures: DC’s Crimson Avenger","date":"January 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "DCClassics.Com"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2890,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=2890","url_meta":{"origin":1839,"position":4},"title":"Most Requested Year-End Poll: Choose Your Own","date":"December 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This year, we've featured eighteen Most Requested articles. And although we really wanted each and everything we asked for, we also want to know which of the Most Requested Figures really is the most requested. And the best part is, you get to decide. Before we get into the nominess,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Requests"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":746,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=746","url_meta":{"origin":1839,"position":5},"title":"Most Requested Figures: DC Universe Classics Zebra Batman","date":"August 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "Requests"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1839"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1847,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions\/1847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Sometimes as toy collectors, we can look across our displays and, no matter how many toys we have, only see the ones that aren’t there. They are the missing figures. The characters toy companies never got around to, never thought were important enough, or worse – the figures companies felt the need to show us at comicon in the “We’re Never Gonna Make These” case…<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/requests\/swampthing.jpg?w=640\")
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