Christine Spar is actually the second incarnation of Matt Wagner's seminal Assassin turned Mob Boss turned Vigilante (after Hunter Rose). Christine took up the mantle of Grendel in the first twelve issues of Comico's 1986 Ongoing Grendel series. There have been numerous people under the mask over the years, but I think Christine Spar had a certain flair which set her apart from the rest. Her original 12-issue run in the 80's was reprinted several times; First as collected edition in 1989, then as a newly-recolored miniseries (from Dark Horse) in 2001, then as a second Collected edition of the updated work. I tried my hardest to find the release date of this action figure. The closest I could find was an article announcing its future release dated December 1999. The Big Blast action figures were a great line of 8" collector toys featuring such indie great as Madman, Mage, Hellboy, The Spirit, and Grendel (both Hunter Rose and Christine Spar).
