FIVE PECULIAR THINGS THAT DC COMICS FANS DON'T THINK ABOUT!

As a fan of comics and movies based on the superhero genre, I've realized over the years that you have to turn your mind off and enjoy the surreal escapism provided by the visual or live action entertainment, in order to fully enjoy the media presentation.

That means that you won't think: "Damn, this is weird" or "This is stupid", when you see something fantastic on the movie screen, or on your smartphone / tablet. Instead you'll just accept and enjoy it as entertainment, and rightfully so. 

But as I've grown older [I'm in my 40s now], there are some things that I have realized when watching the superhero animated / movie presentations, which cause me to pause and think about what I'm seeing.

I'll just list about 5 things, and they're all tied to the DC Comics / DC Movie Universe, and the powers of some of the Justice League members, namely: The Flash, Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman and Green Lantern.

1. The Flash should be one of the most powerful heroes on the roster. With real super speed, you can punch Doomsday in his throat and pull out his esophagus. Actually, that's an instant kill, for any powerful opponent. If the throat is armored, then just aim for the eyes and stab deep enough to hit the brain matter. No supervillain will survive that.

2. Wonder Woman is Bulletproof, as a Top Tier Female Amazonian and a female counterpart to Superman. So she doesn't need those bracelets for deflecting bullets. It's a waste of time... hell, she's actually showing off. Plus you don't need a "lasso of truth", to get criminals to confess. Just grab them by the balls and crush their nuts. Trust me, they'll talk.

3. Honestly, The Joker is needed as Batman's main villain, but he's way overrated. Why, you ask? Because he has not had a single day of martial arts training. And he has no military background, and no Special-ops or weapons training. He doesn't lift weights or go hard in the gym, to build up stamina, strength or endurance. Yet he can go blow-for-blow against Batman, in many comics, before laughing and escaping. But Batman has got elite training with the League Of Assassins. So ain't no way in hell that the Joker can step up to him and win, ever. But unfortunately, they need each other like a balanced "yin and yang".

4. If Superman can shoot up into the sky while holding any powerful opponent like Doomsday, and travel beyond the Mesosphere and Thermosphere [50 to 90 km upwards], get to space [300 km upwards], and just release his opponent, then that villain will freeze and die in space. And there will be world peace... imagine that. Last time I checked, Doomsday still breathes oxygen, as does Darkseid. So ain't no way in hell that they can survive, if you zoom them up there, and just leave them there to die.

5. Green Lantern should be able to conjure a nuclear bomb, with a controlled fusion reaction. Honestly, he should. And that would be the end of Brainiac and his mothership, or any other alien invader. Heck, generating a variant of green kryptonite should also be possible... 'cause it's green damn it! :)

The Honorary mentions: I think Aquaman should have gills, and Cyborg should have the greatest portable Lithium-ion battery known to mankind.

All right, that's all for now. 

Relax, this was all written with fun, humor and good will!

You may say I'm thinking too much. But I can't help it. I write sci fi books that are over 500 pages long. Hence I have to think, so that my books will actually make sense to me and to those that read them!

You can check out some other archived articles below!

THE MAN OF STEEL 2 MOVIE HAS PRACTICALLY BEEN CANCELLED, AS JAMES GUNN REMOVES HENRY CAVIL FROM THE SUPERMAN ROLE

 Recently I heard that there won't be a Man of Steel 2 movie, per the removal of Henry Cavil as Superman, by the new Studio Director / Project Overseer, James Gunn - who is rumored to be working on a reboot of Supes, as an "indirect origin story", per the first meetings with characters like Lex Luthor and Lois Lane. 

And Gunn seems to want to commence a 10-year DC movie universe plan... Truth be told, firing Cavil is already a very bad sign. Most fans liked / respected him, and with all the "Multiverse BS" that can be spinned into the Superman storyline, there was a way to still use him. Honestly, anyone stepping in to direct the DC Movie Universe should take it as "one movie at a time", and not focus on a 10-year plan with multiple movies, like 1 or 2 per year I think.... just too many uncertain factors with that long-term strategy, since 1 or 2 bad / political movies can tank everything and make the fans walk away. That sort of ill favor has been befalling the Disney Plus Series [for the Star Wars and Marvel shows] in recent times...

Anyway, via social media, Henry Cavil said he's moving on to produce and star in a Warhammer 40K series for Amazon. So I wish him the best of luck.

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The new fans can check out this archived blog article, with classic art of Superman and Batman by me, and also art by Jim Lee: OVER HERE

And the archived blog article with Batman's many girlfriends is over HERE

CUSTOM BULLHORN BIKE WITH SGT SLAUGHTER VALAVERSE / GI JOE CLASSIFIED SCALE!

Had this one done some time ago, just been too busy to post it. The base model for the bike was a WWE Motorcycle. And I had to do a ton of sculpt work to upgrade it, while adding custom blasters to the front and custom exhaust pipes, a custom seat, and three nitro capsules, attached on the frame-panel behind the front wheel. After adding the weapons, I painted it with Tamiya and Americana paints. 

Most toy fans will know that the Sgt Slaughter was not custom made, since he's from the Valaverse Action Force line. The first Skull Bike I made from the same base model was posted Here! Thanks for looking, remember to Like and share the Link!

  

  

CUSTOM RIPPER AND ROAD PIG COBRA DREADNOKS GIJOE CLASSIFIED [MARVEL LEGENDS SCALE]

New customs on deck! Here is my version of Ripper and Road Pig, from the Cobra Dreadnoks!

The Road Pig was made a few years ago, while the Ripper toy is new. Plus the Skullbike is new as well. The toys were created in the 6-inch scale, although these big guys are closer to 7 inches. Road Pig was made using  Marvel Legends Nuke [the process was shown over Here].

And Ripper was made using WWE Elite Roman Reigns. I had to recolor the torso and face, before sculpting his body armor, the straps, the gauntlets and all of his gear. The removable red glasses were also custom made. The guns came from fodder and ebay. 

The Skullbike was made from a WWE motorcycle. There was lots of sculpting and adding of different elements, both plastic, putty and scratch-build. 

The blog article showing the customs for Zartan, Zarana and Zandar is over Here. Thanks for looking! Enjoy and Share!

  

  

CUSTOM SILVER FOXX [ SCARLETT ] ACTION FIGURE TOY BY DSNG! [GIJOE CLASSIFIED VALAVERSE SCALE]

 Another new custom toy in the 6-inch scale! This is Silver Foxx. She is a seductive bad-ass mercenary, so she may be a bad guy... anyway, she is a former SWAT officer and ex-Army Ranger. I made her as a cunning counterpart to the likes of Scarlett, from the GI Joe Classified line.

The base body was Marvel Legends Lady Thor, while the lower legs came from Mocking Bird. Her arms came from Emma Frost. And her head came from Retro-carded Black Widow, and I had to sculpt her hair [I posted some teasers on Instagram and Facebook when I was doing that].

Her body and her extra leg armor were sculpted, and her guns came from ebay, while her dagger is from Snake Eyes. And her jacket and belts were from the fodder box. Thanks for looking! Enjoy and Share! 

   

   

WALLPAPER OF KIMBERLY FROM STREETFIGHTER 6! [SF6 / SFVI] PLUS A RANT ON BAD CHARACTER DESIGNS!

Street Fighter 6 [SF6] is coming out next year 2023. And they've got a new character called Kimberly... the trailer was dropped yesterday on Youtube. I just had to comment on this and give the artists & 3D modelers at Capcom a shout-out, for creating a beautiful African American / black young lady. As a young kunoichi / ninja gal, Kimberly seems to be a role replacement for Ibuki [who may still get released in a DLC package. We'll see how that goes]. 

Kimberly has high cheek bones, a compact egg-shaped face, and long black hair... yet she is beautiful to gaze upon, while yielding a warm energetic vibe. And I applaud that design choice.

And you can never compare her aesthetics as a black gal to the female character called Sarah Sharpe, who was a new leading character shown in the Netflix movie called The Sea Beast, released this year [June 2022]... And... Lord have mercy... Sarah also had high cheek bones, but she was one of the Ugliest black female characters I've ever seen in a big budget 3D cartoon, who was presented as a leading character. Her overall appearance as a tough one-legged pirate was just a very poor design choice by the character designers, and the animators had no choice but to roll with it. 

That's Sarah's face shown below, with her equivocally stamped expression for happy, sad, unimpressed, and nonchalant, all rolled into one.

I'm in my 40s. and I've noticed that some young fans have called Sarah Sharpe "the Best Character" in the movie, despite the fact that she's shown in total for less than 20 minutes, out of the 119 minutes running time. I will not debate or endorse that claim... I'm just stating that the design of that one-legged black pirate chick who just too ugly AF. The character designers Could Have done better. There was no law that said she has to be ugly, since she is a tough and battle-tested pirate / monster huntress. Honestly, the director should never have green-lit this design, which is shown below on the right. 

Over the past 18 years, I've drawn and designed over 800 characters for the DSNG Sci Fi Series, while presenting my works as 26 Mature ebooks available online, HERE. And I've made over 100 custom toys, in the 6-inch scale. But I don't post every single work online, because I'm too busy. 

And from a toy creator's perspective, I can tell you that the toys of a character like Sarah Sharpe will have a huge problem standing up on its own... with one wooden leg, especially when you try to set it in some dynamic poses. And per her appearance, SHE WILL NOT SELL WELL AS AN ARTICULATED TOY.

The thing is, these characters in leading roles, most of the time, are supposed to be role models that the viewing kids can aspire to, especially in a flick that is tagged as a family movie. Little girls look up to the leading heroic ladies that they see on the screen, whether it's a Wonder Woman, or even a Sarah Sharpe. So it's wise to makes sure that the character looks good... and she can even be designed to look good with a wooden leg - which was clearly designed to be the frontal spike of a swordfish, so that she can have killer karate kicks, and kick the sea monsters in their eyeballs, I presume.  Look, if I have time, in the future, I'll do a redesign of Sarah, in my style. But not today or tomorrow....  just Google "dsng blog art" to see a small sample of my artwork & custom toys, mostly fished out of this DSNG blog, which has been around since like 2010.

And as as parent, can you imagine the struggles of your young daughter having to dress up as a character with one leg, while other kids will criticize her if she shows up with "two boots" on her legs? You know that kids talk a lot and they say tons of random shit like that! They are brutally honest and they don't care if they hurt someone else's feelings!

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VALAVERSE MEME FEATURING THICK / THICC HARLEY QUINN - IT'S A SNACK!!

I often create memes that amuse me, before they amuse you guys... just basic psychology, for humor ;)

The two soldiers are from the Valaverse Action Force Toy line, which is an Alternative to the GIJoe Classified Toy line. Just Google them. And from left to right, their names are: Rollout and Condor. 

 And that Thicc / Thick Custom Toy [Harley Quinn] is a throwback to 2017. The full gallery of Harley is over here: https://dsngsfm.blogspot.com/2017/12/custom-harley-quinn-toy-marvel-legends.html

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CUSTOM KAYA FULLCLIP [ SCARLETT ] ACTION FIGURE TOY BY DSNG! [GIJOE CLASSIFIED VALAVERSE SCALE]

Another new custom toy! This is an original character named Kaya Fullclip from the DSNG Sci Fi Megaverse. She's supposed to be a Nova Trooper, like a police state patrol officer. She was based on the GIJoe Classified SnakeEyes Origins Scarlett body.

I sculpted her armor, and her boors. And I added straps and pouches to her. The guns came from ebay, while the crossbow was from another toy, and it was upgraded. And I sculpted her hair with green stuff putty. She was hand-painted with Tamiya paints. Thanks for looking! Enjoy and share!

  

  

CUSTOM KAYE TAGSHOT ACTION FIGURE TOY BY DSNG! [GIJOE CLASSIFIED VALAVERSE SCALE]

 Another new custom toy for my DSNG universe. Her name is Kaye Tagshot and shes is a mercenary from planet Taran. I teased this toy project last month, and finally got around to finishing her. 

The base toy was Marvel Legends Black Widow, and I mixed her with the lower legs of Lady Thor, and also the upper arms of the Retro Dazzler. I sculpted her body, her armor and her boots, and I created the belt from fodder. Her guns were from ebay and they are held by magnets on her. The magnum revolver in her right hand is from the Sergeant Slaughter Valaverse toy. Thanks for looking, enjoy and share!

 

 

CUSTOM ROGUE HEADSCULPT, MARVEL LEGENDS TOY FROM THE X-MEN BY DSNG

Just something basic today. I created a new headsculpt and new hair for one of the Rogue toys from the Marvel Legends toyline. Took a few pics of her...