Alrighty, folks, it’s time to wrap up my look at DC Collectibles’ Suicide Squad figures with the queen of mayhem Harley Quinn. In case you’re just joining us, I’ve already looked at Captain Boomerang and Deadshot and Harley here is going to finish off the trio. It’s been a long week for me and I’ve still got two more days of drudgery before vacation kicks in, so let’s get right to it…

Harley comes in a window box with an extended back so it can hang on the pegs as well as sit on the shelf. The box is similar to what we’ve been getting all along since the days of DC Direct. It’s nothing special, there isn’t even a character blurb anywhere on it, but the dark deco and the bullet holes in the front at least make it more exciting than the utilitarian white boxes that my last bunch of Cover Girl statues came in. If nothing else the box does a nice job displaying the figure inside.

Out of the package and there she is in all her glory. It’s the “in” thing to hate all over Harley’s “New 52” look, but my thirty-some years of comic reading rarely ever included the Batman titles, and so the character never meant much to me until she appeared in Suicide Squad. Needless to say her current costume that strikes so many as blasphemy isn’t skewering any sacred cows for me. Either way it’s hard to deny that this is a great looking figure. The sculpt is exceptional and includes some wonderful little touches like the way her laced bodice is sculpted from a separate piece and laid over the figure. Her kneesocks are textured, the bullets are sculpted onto her belt, her throwing knives are sculpted onto her bodice, and I love the way the loose thigh straps for her holsters dangle down at her sides.

The portrait here is every bit as good as the rest of the figure. DCC went for a sweet and pretty look with sculpted hair falling over her face in all the right places. The clown collar really ties it all together. She’s so innocent looking that you wouldn’t expect her to tie you to a chair and make you wear her ex-boyfriend’s face like a mask while she makes out with you.

The paint here is nearly as good as the sculpt. There are a few minor blemishes of slop or bleeding, but they are indeed very minor. The fact that just about everything on the figure is sculpted as well as painted certainly helps it along. I really dig the red and blue used for her costume and it contrasts nicely with the soft pale plastic used for her skin. Some notable details include the individually painted bullets on her belt, her painted nail polish with a different color on each a hand, and the nearly immaculate paintwork on her face.

On the downside, articulation for Harley has taken a bit of a hit. It’s nothing to get too excited about, this is still an action figure, but the articulation below the waist is different from what we saw with the boys. Gone is the swivel in the waist and gone are the ball jointed hips. You get a regular T-crotch with swivels at the tops of the socks and hinged knees. That’s it. It’s rather disappointing, but not enough to ruin the figure for me. From the waist up what we get is more consistent with the rest of the line. The shoulders are ball jointed, the elbows are hinged, and there are swivels in the biceps and wrists. The neck appears to still be ball jointed, but there’s virtually no up and down movement available.

Of course, Harley needs her tools of mayhem and in this she doesn’t disappoint. First off, you get a pair of automatic pistols, which fit snugly into her functional holsters. The pistols look good and she can hold them fairly well, considering her hands were purposed for holding them as well as the hammer. The hammer is a simple piece, but the handle is firm and thankfully not very bendy.

I was mighty happy when DCC first revealed this trio of figures and even happier once I got them all in hand. Harley caps off this threesome quite nicely and is a truly fun and beautiful figure. Besides finally having some figures from what is currently my favorite DC comic, these releases also granted me a new appreciation for the kind of product DCC is going to be turning out this year and I’ve put in a lot of pre-orders because of it. The sculpting and paint on these have ranged from solid to pretty great and the new and improved articulation is especially welcome, even if Harley’s poseability wasn’t as good as the guys. Now, DCC, there’s no reason to stop here… there are at least a few more figures I’d really like to see produced from this comic, so get to it! And remember… Deluxe King Shark! Make it happen!!!

Last Monday, I checked out the first of DC Collectibles’ Suicide Squad figures. It’s Monday again, so let’s just keep this little tradition rolling along with a look at the next figure… Deadshot! Floyd Lawton is, of course, one of the common threads between my beloved Secret Six comic and Suicide Squad and he also happens to rank pretty high on my list of favorite DC villains. The pre-reboot Deadshot got a great figure in Mattel’s DCUC line and now it’s up to DC Collectibles to deliver unto us the “New 52” version.

The box is the same as we saw last week with Captain Boomerang. It’s a little more exciting than most of those bland white boxes we’ve been getting from DC Collectibles. For example… oh, look! Bullet holes! But in the end it really just serves to show off the figure at your local comic shop, whether it be sitting on the shelf or hanging on a peg. There’s no blurb about the character or the comic or anything. The back panel does, however, have images of the three figures released so far and if you do decide to hang on to the box, it is completely collector friendly. Let’s open him up and check him out.

The character design of pre-reboot Deadshot is pretty iconic to me, but I’m not adverse to Floyd’s new look. It’s worth noting that I’m also pretty fond of the Arkham City re-imagining of the character too, so apparently I’m not terribly picky. The Suicide Squad Deadshot is a far grittier and he sports a lot of strategically placed armor over his segmented body suit. Most of the armor plates and straps are part of the body sculpt, but executed so as to offer a lot of credibility and depth to Deadshot’s combat ensemble. The shoulder armor pieces are separate from the body and mounted on hinges so that they can work with the arm articulation and the four magazine pouches running across his chest are also additions to the body. Naturally, Deadshot features his wrist guns mounted on his gauntlets. They look good, but I’m not as keen on these as I am his old fashioned rotating bracers. Those were downright awesome!

The helmet on the other hand is pretty incredible. Deadshot retains his iconic monocle, complete with tampo’d crosshairs. The panel lining on the helmet is beautifully done and I love the way the neck of the segmented body suit disappears into the bottom of the helmet. A swappable head would have been really cool, but it’s omission is understandable at this price point. Still, if DCC were to produce an unmasked version featuring Floyd’s handsome mug, I would buy this figure again in a heartbeat.

The paintwork on the figure is high quality and really supports the excellent sculpt. All of the little straps for his armor plates are neatly painted brown. The dark maroon suit and dull gold and grey metallic paint conspire to make a far less colorful looking figure than the pre-reboot DCUC version. Like I said earlier, this is a grittier Deadshot and the darker colors work well with the realism of the design. I’m thoroughly convinced that WB could basically bring this costume straight to the big screen without any tweaking at all. If I were going to nitpick anything on the paint it would be that the artwork from the comic often suggests to me that Floyd’s armor be a bit shinier. Still, I’m not sure a high gloss metallic would have worked on the figure as well as what we got.

While old Deadshot was just fine going into battle with his wrist guns, this version comes with a big and beautifully detailed assault rifle. I love the sculpting on this piece. The scopes alone are ridiculously complex and every little panel line and screw are reproduced right down to the textured grips. Deadshot can hold the rifle perfectly in his left hand, and can even loop his finger around the trigger, but his right hand is sculpted in a fist. Here’s where a swap out right hand would have been great. I get why the fist was used, as it looks good when Deadshot is aiming his wrist gun, but it would have been nice to get him to hold the rifle in both hands.

As with Captain Boomerang, Deadshot’s articulation is a pleasant surprise. You get ball joints in the neck, shoulders, and hips. The elbows, knees, and ankles all have hinges. And lastly, there are swivels in the biceps, gloves, and at the tops of his boots. It’s not quite the same level of articulation we saw in Digger. There’s no waist swivel here and Boomerang had ball joints in the elbows, but what’s here is still pretty good and offers a lot better poseability than I got in most of my DC Direct figures.

While this new version of Deadshot will never replace the old one as my favorite, I still dig the design and this figure does it and the comic art justice. The sculpt is super detailed and pretty much flawless with a paintjob to match. He’s beautifully proportioned, well-articulated, and looks quite stunning on the shelf. What’s not to like? Well, he set me back $21.95, which still seems a little steep but the addition of his amazing rifle helps cushion the blow and I’m not going to quibble about a couple of dollars anyway. Truth be told, I DCC probably could have squeezed a few more bucks out of me because I wanted Suicide Squad figures so badly. Next week we’ll finish off this troublesome trio with a look at the Squad’s femme fatale herself… Harley Quinn.

The “New 52” comics have been hit and miss for me, but easily my favorite comic of the bunch has been Suicide Squad. The spiritual successor of the pre-reboot “Secret Six,” this comic has yet to soar to the glorious heights of its predecessor (and likely never will) but it’s still a damn fun read. Sadly, Mattel’s DCUC line only scratched the surface of the “Secret Six” roster (we got Bane, Deadshot, and Catman), but at least DC Collectibles is on the ball this year with three initial releases of Suicide Squad figures. Hopefully it’s only the start. Today we’re going to check out the first of Amanda Waller’s unholy trinity with a page from The Flash’s book of rogues. It’s Captain Boomerang!

The figure comes in a window box with a card-style back to allow it to hang on a peg as well as sit on a shelf. If you’ve collected other figures from DC Collectibles, or even from when they were DC Direct, you should find the style of package pretty familiar. The deco is black instead of white, which might be something DCC is doing for the Villains, I’m not sure. It’s a bit more snappy looking than their other packages and the bullet holes in the front are a cool little extra, but all in all this is still a pretty forgettable box that at least shows the figure off quite well.

The back of the box has shots of the other two figures in the series, Harley and Deadshot, but there’s no bio blurb or anything to tell you about George “Digger” Harkness and that’s a shame. Suffice it to say that even in a team made up solely of bastards, Captain Boomerang still manages to take the cake as a complete and total turncoat bastard supreme. God, I love this comic!

Out of the box and Digger is looking mighty good. It’s worth noting that while most of the DC Universe got heavy makeovers after the reboot, Boomerang’s costume hasn’t strayed very far from his pre-reboot stylings. As such, this figure feels more like a tweaked version of the figure we got in the waning days of the DC Universe Classics line than most “New 52” releases. The DCUC version of Digger is excellent and I think stands as a more realistic approach to the character, whereas this DCC figure strikes me as being more faithful to the stylings of a comic book character. Your mileage may vary based on your personal preferences.

Boomer’s coat is cast in a very soft and pliable plastic and bellows out nicely behind him. As is often the case, the coat is really a vest with the sleeves of the figure sculpted to look like sleeves of the coat and the illusion works quite well. The oversized scarf is also cast in soft plastic and is hung around the figure’s neck. Under the scarf you can see Digger’s bandolier strap of boomerang’s sculpted as part of his chest. One of the loops is empty and while you can technically tuck the tip of his loose boomerang in there, it’s really too big to properly fit and doesn’t look so good. The paintwork on this figure is a little uneven with the white striping on the coat and shirt leaning toward the sloppy side. It’s not bad enough to ruin the figure for me and the rest of the paint looks sharp.

The portrait on the figure is solid enough, but as mentioned above it looks very comic book-ish when compared to the realism of the DCUC sculpt. I really, REALLY love the portrait on the DCUC figure and think it’s among the best head sculpts of that entire line so this version has heavy competition. I don’t think it’s nearly as good, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad either. The smirk offers lots of personality and I love his big mutton chops. All I can say is this one is very faithful to the comic art and comparing the portraits on the two figures is like apples and oranges.

While I own several of DC Collectibles’ statues and their Deluxe Darkseid figure, Boomerang here is the first of their regular action figure’s that I own since they made the change from DC Direct. Articulation has always been a sticking point here as the line has been known to deliver slightly articulated statues. I’m so very happy to report that times have changed and there’s no doubt that Digger’s articulation makes him an honest to god action figure. You get ball joints in the neck, shoulders, elbows, and hips. The knees and ankles are hinged, and there are swivels in the waist, gloves, and the tops of his boots. It’s not quite the same level of poseability as the DCUC line, but it’s not bad either. Word is that we may see even more improvements as the year goes on so I’m pretty excited to see what transpires.

Overall, I’m really happy with the way Captain Boomerang turned out and I’m looking forward to picking up a lot more DC Collectibles figures in the year ahead. With DCUC line dead in all its many forms, it’s nice to know that I have an alternative to get me my DC figure fix. Unfortunately, moving from a retail line to a more niche comic shop collectible line does come as a price. Boomerang and the other two Suicide Squad figures set me back $21.95 each. It’s a lot to pay for a figure with only one accessory and no figure stand. I’m still happy to own the figure even at that price, but I’ll be mighty selective about which DCC figures I pick up. I will, however, promise to support the Suicide Squad, even if it means buying Yo-Yo, Voltaic, and Savant. Now… DCC, let’s talk Deluxe sized figures and King Shark. Make it happen!!!!