{"id":13084,"date":"2011-06-28T01:51:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T06:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13084"},"modified":"2011-07-21T12:54:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T17:54:38","slug":"dcclassics-com-review-the-atom-indigo-lantern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13084","title":{"rendered":"DCClassics.Com Review:
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<\/a> Was there a character you’ve been wanting from DC Classics only to be disappointed by the figure? Old Fogey Alan Scott maybe? Uni-boob Starfire? It can be maddening when a figure you wanted doesn’t come out well. Indigo Atom isn’t one of those. No, he’s a figure you prolly don’t want – but he’s awesome. <\/p>\n

Doing all these DC Universe Classics Wave 17 reviews in one week is proving a bit difficult. Hal was the worst, having appeared in a sum total of three panels in either of his two costumes (and naturally, both Mattel & DC Direct fell all over themselves to make figures of both – props to Mattel for making new pieces though). The other figures appeared for a bit a longer, some receiving three issue mini-series depicting the seemingly unending supply of plot that could occur in the fifteen minutes they wore these costumes. Most of the stories weren’t very good. But the Atom’s story during Blackest Night was different. <\/p>\n

The Atom appeared as a supporting character through the end of the Blackest Night mini, but he also received a one-shot amid the eight “resurrected” issues, in his case The Atom & Hawkman<\/em> #46. Again, most of the resurrected titles weren’t very good, but this one was, despite being penned by Geoff Johns. It featured the Atom confronting many of his demons, the people he’d let down, the pain of still loving his villainous ex-wife, the loss of his friends. It was a good read and it featured him making a difference and coming to terms. I loved it. The only thing not to like about it looking back, was that it paved the way for the morons at DC to focus the modern Atom so they could return the Atom of their childhood to his “rightful” place. Sigh. It’s getting hard to talk about comics and be happy these days…<\/p>\n

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The Atom’s Indigo Tribe uniform was largely inspired by a brief stint in the eighties when he lived in the jungles of Central America. He was having a rough go of things – a divorce, retiring as the Atom, and getting stuck at 6″ tall. He ended up becoming a Warlord-esque hero for a race of 6″ aliens living in those jungles. I’m not really doing a good job of selling it here, but it was cool at the time. And even though his Indigo Tribe uniform is vastly different upon comparison, the callback is there and it makes that figure at least a little bit cooler.<\/p>\n

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The sculpt is one of the best in the entire wave and constitutes half the reason this is a great figure. Yes, he’s built on a basic buck, but he’s an example of how the buck system should always work. His boots, loincloth, ring hand, forearms, harness, and head are all new and accurate to this depiction. I really enjoy the head sculpt in particular because it looks like the previous Atom. It sounds silly, but that’s a simple thing often overlooked.<\/p>\n

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The other thing that really makes this figure sing is the paint. Now, you may get a bad one – you guys saw my White Lantern, but I got great paint on my Atom and he needs it. The costume is covered in all sorts of little details, not counting the tribal tattoos. These are all done excellently and really make the figure pop. The different textures are painted smartly too with nice mixture of metallics and flats where they’re called for. The Atom logo tampo on the built finishes off the figure in fine fashion. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Since he’s built with the standard buck and recession ankles, Atom’s articulation is what you’ve come to expect. One nice thing, and I think I forgot to mention it in my Hal review yesterday, is that both those figures and the Atom here have great neck articulation. All the figures can look up and be posed in some cool flying poses.<\/p>\n

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Unlike those pesky Hals yesterday, the Indigo Atom does include an accessory, his Indigo staff. I’m particularly happy to have it because the one I got with the DC Direct Indigo was completely wrong. The sculptor apparently only saw it from the front and so it looks wrong from the profile. DC Direct did correct it with their Indigo Atom, but I passed on that in favor of this figure. It’s cool to finally get a proper one.<\/p>\n

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Overall, this is a figure that tries really hard to make you love it. The costume is a great callback to an older era and the figure captures it well. Then you add in a great sculpt with solid paints apps and you get a figure that’s a lot cooler than it should’ve been. I can only hope that upcoming figures of characters I actually want are done this well. <\/p>\n

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For more DC reviews, check out our
\n DC Universe Classics Collector’s Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Was there a character you’ve been wanting from DC Classics only to be disappointed by the figure? Old Fogey Alan Scott maybe? Uni-boob Starfire? It can be maddening when a figure you wanted doesn’t come out well. Indigo Atom isn’t one of those. 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