Saturday 24 March 2007

Wave 2 - Overview

Wave 2 of the amazing DC Minimates have arrived, and here's an overview. In this series, we are treated to the Robin-Penguin two-pack, Booster Gold-Blue Beetle, Power Girl-Dr Fate, and Brainiac 13-Battle Damaged Superman.

Robin is Batman's teenage sidekick, a.k.a Dick Grayson. He left Batman to become a lone hero, and adopted the name Nightwing. This version of the minimate is a depiction of some of his earlier adventures. Penguin is an old adversary of Batman and Robin, who has an arsenal of trick umbrellas at his disposal.

Booster Gold is an ex-football player from the future, who goes back in time to become a superhero. Blue Beetle is his best friend, who excels in hand-to-hand combat, and a genius.

Power Girl is Superman's Earth-2 cousin, who is well endowed. She has essentially the same powers as Superman. Dr Fate can manipulate the magic of Chaos and Order.

Finally, Brainiac 13 is Brainiac's upgraded future self from the 64th century. He arrived in present-day Metropolis, and almost turned it into its future self. However, he gave it back to Luthor in exchange for Brainiac 2.5

That's the overview. I hope to have a proper review sometime next week with pictures from wave 1 and wave 2.

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