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Will Reid - Custom Barbies
By Will Reid
Sep 8, 2006 - 10:02:00 AM

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Ms. Marvel

I originally made this for a young woman that I met on the internet as a commission.  Although though I never sell my figures - mostly for my great fear of Comicbook company's blue hair lawyers - I was going to send it to her for the cost of the materials.  But sadly the young woman, who I found out later had been battling a life threatening disease, had died before she sent me the payment.  So I decided to send it to Marvel Comics Writer Brian Reed.  But according to Andy Schmidt (Editor of Marvel) the figure never made it to his desk.  So I am figuring some flunky Intern in Marvel's Mailroom thought it was neat and snagged it.

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Batwoman from Batman - The Mystery Of The Batwoman

Catgirl - From a Internet Fan Fic of a alternate ending of the "Batman: The Animated Series" episode - BATGIRL RETURNS in which Batgirl joins forces with Catwoman.  But in this alternate ending, Batgirl decides to take Catwoman's offer at the end to become her partner becoming CATGIRL.  I tried to combine elements of both the animated Batgirl's costume and Catwoman's costume in the design.  Plus I already had a Grey Suit Catwoman in my collection and thought Catgirl would make a neat addition to it.

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Catwoman

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NGC Black Widow

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You can check out more of Will Reid's custom barbies over at the CultTVman website.




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