Welcome to the official Fwoosh DC Universe Classics Release Guide. In this topic you will find complete and accurate (to the best of our abilities) information on every character in every series of DCUC. We will feature release dates, figure information (including variant information, accessories, points of articulation and sculptors), and pictures. We hope that this will be a good resource to current fans of the line, potential converts and anyone wanting some background information on DC’s World’s Greatest Superheroes and Villains.
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SERIES 4 (3rd Quarter 2008)
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FIGURE 1: WONDER WOMAN
Biography: Wonder Woman began life as a child sculpted from clay by the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. She was known as Princess Diana and raised by the warrior sisterhood. In a contest to choose an ambassador to the World of Man ("Patriarch’s World") she bested all of her sisters and was awarded the mantle of Wonder Woman. Now she carries the Amazon’s message of peace, armed with a magical golden lasso and bulletproof bracelets.
Statistics:
-First Appearance: All-Star Comics #8 (Winter 1941)
-Real Name: Princess Diana of Themyscira
-Occupation: Ambassador of peace
-Base of Operations: New York City, Themyscira
-Special Abilities: Powers of the Olympian Gods, including great strength, speed, flight and agility; bracelets deflect bullets; unbreakable golden lasso compels anyone bound by it to speak the truth.
-Points of Articulation: 25 POA
-Accessories: Axe, shield, "Right Leg" of Despero
-Sculptor: The Four Horsemen
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FIGURE 1: ARTEMIS
Biography: Artemis once belonged to the Bana-Mighdall, a splinter tribe of Amazon women who mastered the arts of war. Artemis helped lead her sisters ina civil war against the Amazons when the sorceress Circe transported the Bana-Mighdall to Themyscira. She now serves as Minister of Defense of New Temyscira, the Amazon’s island nation rebuilt after its destruction in the battle to save Earth from the alien being known as Imperiex.
Statistics:
-First Appearance: Wonder Woman (2nd series) #90 (September 1994)
-Real Name: Artemis.
-Occupation: Minister of Defense, adventurer.
-Base of Operations: Themyscira.
-Special Abilities: Immortal; expert combatant, particularly good sword and bow and arrow.
-Points of Articulation: 25 POA
-Accessories: "Right Leg" of Despero
-Sculptor: The Four Horsemen
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FIGURE 2: CYBORG
Biography: Victor Stone’s dreams of Olympic fame were crushed when his scientist father inadvertently released a creature from another dimension. Victor’s mother was killed by the creature and Victor suffered crippling injuries. To save his son’s life, Silas Stone grafted cybernetic limbs to Victor, turning his son into more machine than man. Known as Cyborg, he is advisor and trainer to the Teen Titans.
Statistics:
-First Appearance: DC Comics Presents #26 (October 1980)
-Real Name: Victor Stone
-Occupation: Teen Titan
-Base of Operations: San Francisco
-Special Abilities: Cybernetic limbs and organs enable enhanced strength, speed, agility, super sight and hearing; able to interface with computer systems.
-Points of Articulation: 25 POA
-Accessories: Cannon arm attachment, claw arm attachment, "Right Arm" of Despero
-Sculptor: The Four Horsemen
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FIGURE 3: CAPTAIN ATOM
Biography: Rather than face a life in prison for a crime he did not commit, Air Force Captain Nathaniel Adam volunteered to take part in the top secret "Captain Atom Project". But an atomic explosion accidentally bonded a living alien metal to Adam and sent him hurtling in time to the modern day. The transformed convict was given a new lease on life as the nuclear-powered DC Super Hero, Captain Atom.
Statistics:
-First Appearance: Space Adventures #33 (March 1960)
-Real Name: Nathaniel Adam
-Occupation: U.S. Air Force Officer
-Base of Operations: San Francisco
-Special Abilities: Super strength, flight, emit atomic energy blasts, absorb nuclear energy, and leap into the future one whole week.
-Points of Articulation: 25 POA
-Accessories: "Head and Torso" of Despero
-Sculptor: The Four Horsemen
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FIGURE 3: CAPTAIN ATOM (variant)
Biography: Rather than face a life in prison for a crime he did not commit, Air Force Captain Nathaniel Adam volunteered to take part in the top secret "Captain Atom Project". But an atomic explosion accidentally bonded a living alien metal to Adam and sent him hurtling in time to the modern day. The transformed convict was given a new lease on life as the nuclear-powered DC Super Hero, Captain Atom.
Statistics:
-First Appearance: Space Adventures #33 (March 1960)
-Real Name: Nathaniel Adam
-Occupation: U.S. Air Force Officer
-Base of Operations: San Francisco
-Special Abilities: Super strength, flight, emit atomic energy blasts, absorb nuclear energy, and leap into the future one whole week.
-Points of Articulation: 25 POA
-Accessories: "Head and Torso" of Despero
-Sculptor: The Four Horsemen
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FIGURE 4: BATMAN BEYOND
Biography: Thirty years after Bruce Wayne’s self-imposed retirement, Gotham City has been overrun by crime and corruption. The former Batman remains in seclusion until high school student Terry McGuiness, fleeing members of a street gang, winds up at his door. Together, the fight off the gang members. Seeing a need for a new hero to watch over his city, Bruce Wayne assumes responsibility for training Terry to become the new Batman.
Statistics:
-First Appearance: Superman/Batman #22 (June 2005)
-Real Name: Terry McGuiness
-Occupation: Student
-Base of Operations: Gotham City (in the year 2040)
-Special Abilities: Trained in gymnastics and martial arts; high-tech Bat-suit augments strength and agility, fires Batarangs, allows flight, electronic surveillance via fingertip microphone, and a camouflage mode that simulates invisibility.
-Points of Articulation: 25 POA
-Accessories: Batarang, "Left Arm" of Despero
-Sculptor: The Four Horsemen
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FIGURE 5: ARES
Biography: A virtual outcast among the Greek Gods on Mount Olympus, Ares has plotted to destroy both the Olympians and the humans who worship them. In modern times, Ares plotted Earth’s destruction with nuclear warheads, a plot foiled by Wonder Woman. He seeks only to sow dissent and destruction, and will not be content until mankind eradicates itself through war.
Statistics:
-First Appearance: Wonder Woman (2nd series) #1 (February 1987)
-Real Name: Ares
-Occupation: God of War
-Base of Operations: The Areopagus
-Special Abilities: Immortal; god-like strength and fortitude; cunning strategist; wears indestructible armor.
-Points of Articulation: 25 POA
-Accessories: Sword, axe, "Left Leg" of Despero
-Sculptor: The Four Horsemen
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COLLECT & CONNECT FIGURE: DESPERO
Biography: A mutant on his home planet of Kalanor, Despero’s third eye made him undeniably different from the rest of his people. It was this hypnotic eye though that gave him the mental powers he used to subjugate Kalanor under his rule. His mental powers weren’t enough though, and he bathed in the radioactive Flame of Py’tar on Kalanor to gain unimaginable strength, durability and stamina. One of the first and most constant enemies of the Justice League of America, he is hellbent on seeing to the League’s brutal and bloody deaths after numerous defeats at their hands.
Statistics:
-First Appearance: Justice League of America #1 (October 1960)
-Real Name: Despero
-Occupation: Psychic despot
-Base of Operations: Originally Kalanor
-Special Abilities: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina and flight. Vast psionic powers including telepathy, telekinesis, hypnotism and teleportation.
-Points of Articulation: 25 POA
-Accessories: Pistol and large plasma cannon.
-Sculptor: The Four Horsemen
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