THE DEMON

OTHER WORLDS (DC DIRECT)

If you look closely, dear readers, you may detect, a preference on Tuesdays for DC Direct.  In particular, characters on the supernatural side, who’s offerings in the company’s early days were indeed quite wide.  Etrigan the Demon was introduced in 1972, by Jack Kirby, who wrote him, as well as drew.  Others have since followed on Kirby’s work, and crafted a character full of quirk.  One particular quirk he keeps almost all of the time, is a propensity to speak his words in rhyme.  I’ll be doing the same for this review, because I suppose I’m rather quirky, too.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

The Demon, who here’s not called Etrigan, completes the Other Worlds set that Hal Spectre began.  He’s the last in the series, following the last two, and this is where he made his figure debut.  The figure possesses just over 5 inches in height, because his sculpted hunch brings his total down a might.  He moves in 11 different places, but that movement’s restricted in most of those cases.  His sculpt’s quite pre-posed, but don’t be a grouch, it’s so he can have his signature crouch.  It’s true indeed, I have to be fair, that it gives the character a dynamic flair.  The joints are unfortunately quite prone to breaking, something that sucks, there’s no mistaking.  On mine, in particular, I’ve to to make do, with loosing both knees and an elbow too.  They do at least hold in place tight, so that the figure can still look alright.  The sculpt is unique, and quite impressive, it’s remarkable how they’ve made it so expressive.  It’s quite fun and to the character true, so it seems they really knew what to do.  The cloth cape is something I really enjoy, as that’s something that can be iffy on a toy.  Thankfully the material is quite thick, making its choice a solid pick.  Speaking of thick, it also describes the paint, and these days, I suppose it’s a little quaint.  The colors work well, at the very least, making him a quite bold little beast.  The application is also fairly clean, so at this time I don’t have to be mean.  The Demon doesn’t get to accessorize, which owes to his bulkier build, I’d theorize.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

To my collection, the Demon I did add, with the assistance of my supportive dad.  He wasn’t in any way the only one, as I got him with Hal back in 2001 (I should specify I mean the one that was Spectre, not the one from the movie with Kubrick as director).  Demon had just appeared on the Batman show, which had made him a character of whom I’d know.  The timing was good for him getting this toy, and it was certainly one that a young me did enjoy.  Other Etrigans have been released since, ranging best to worst, but none have displaced this one that’s the first.