Sunday, February 7, 2016

Marvel Legends - BEETLE!

Spider-Man Legends - Absorbing Man Series - Edge of Spider-Verse - Hasbro 2016

This figure was quite a surprise. When there was a leaked list of Spider-Man Legends figures last year including a female Beetle I immediately had to resort to google to find who she was. I was really excited about the prospect of this character, but I had honestly never heard of her. The list was apparently from a Walmart computer and was met with initial suspicion. That is of course until the first half of that roster was shown at SDCC. I still haven't read any comics with this particular Beetle in it (her name is Janice Lincoln), but I love a good insect-themed character. When we got the Wasp figure last year I was in love with her wings and was desperately trying to think of another character that they could be re-used on. The only idea I had at the time was Pixie from the X-Men, but that's before I was aware of this female version of the Beetle.  She's a pretty awesome looking figure and she makes a great addition to my Marvel Legends collection. Let's check out this purple winged beauty in detail below!





































This bulky character is a previous female Beetle named Leila Davis. 
There was a Legends-Style figure of her in the Spider-Man line in 2005.




























Time for some Comparison Pics!


Here she is with the Wasp figure from last year.






Cheers!




2 comments:

  1. That wasn't Leila Davis. It was Abner Jenkins.

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    1. Pretty sure you're mistaken. Abner built the costume but never wore it. Leila wore it for a couple years until she was killed. Then the next person to wear it was Gary Quinn, but that wasn't until a year after the figure came out. That whole time Abner was wearing those silver "mach" outfits.

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