There have been a lot of great characters to spin out of Mike Allred's Madman universe, but I think the most iconic is It Girl. The team of superpowered humans now known as the Atomics started out as foes of our misunderstood hero, Madman, but eventually became his closest allies. The token female of that group was It Girl, who had been infected with alien spores that gave her the ability to absorb the powers and characteristics of any person, animal, or material she touched. Think of her as a combination of Metamorpho, Rogue, and Beast Boy delivered in Allred's signature mod/campy style. It Girl had her own solo one-shot in 2002, and in 2012 she led the 12-issue It Girl and the Atomics series. This figure was part of a 2023 Kickstarter collaboration between Ace Toys and Fresh Monkey Fiction (that also gave us a Madman and Madwoman figure). I hope the campaign's success inspires more figures because these are great, but they barely scratch the surface of the AAA Pop roster. Let's check out It Girl below!
This figure makes use of the newly-introduced female Amazing Heroes buck to great effect.
These figures feature five points of articulation: head, shoulders, and legs.
This It Girl figure comes with a collector card behind her display window (the Madwoman figure did not).
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Too bad they couldn't switch up the head sculpt. Works for Jo, not so much for It Girl.
ReplyDeleteI think at the time there was only one hair sculpt. Now they have a Bettie Page bangs head that could look interesting in It Girl.
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