Time to look at a couple more minifigures from The Lego
Batman Movie Series 2! Today we take a squiz at Black Vulcan and Hugo Strange.
Black Vulcan
Truthfully, I don’t know much about Black Vulcan. Initially I assumed he
was a member of the Flash family, given that he has the same “helmet” as the
other Flash characters, and comes with these power bolt thingies as
accessories. But it turns out he’s a character that was originally created for
the Hanna-Barbera Super Friends
series, and rather than super-speed he has electricity powers. Kind of like another
African-American DC character with electricity powers, you say? You would be
correct. Turns out that originally the
plan was to have Super Friends feature Black Lightning, but there was a rights dispute, so an ersatz workaround was created.
I’m fairly ambivalent about Hanna-Barbera cartoons in
general, but I know that they’re a big part of plenty of people’s childhoods. It’s
nice that Lego is getting the Hanna-Barbera Super
Friends characters out there, but this is the figure I’m least excited
about in this series. The leotard look doesn’t work for me.
Hugo Strange
Possessed of the most famous neckbeard in comics, Hugo
Strange has a much longer history with Batman than most might realise. He was
originally introduced all the way back in 1940 as a mad scientist, yet I would
argue that it wasn’t until the Arkham
series of video games that he really entered any kind of mainstream
consciousness in association with Batman. As a result of his appearance in the
games, he’s become much more prominent in Batman media, most notably showing up
in the Gotham TV Series, portrayed by
B.D. Wong.
It’s nice to see a “new” addition to Batman’s Rogues
Gallery, I’m still fairly cold on Hugo Strange. He’s a genius, but he’s not as
megalomaniacal as Lex Luthor, and he’s creepy, yet lacks the disturbing edge of
someone like Professor Pyg. I’ve just never felt like I could care that much
about why he does what he does. Nonetheless, it’s a solid rendition of the
character and the shelf wouldn’t be quite complete without him.
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