Bring On The Bad Guys: Joker, Predator, & Venom

Egads! Another molotov cocktail that's served as a kids drink. Say it isn't so! Say we don't have to suffer the bad guys again! Yes, sad for all of those within hearing range... you will submit!  Your lethal injection of mean is back with this month’s rendition of “Bring on the Bad Guys,” and once again we show that we don’t discriminate because of race, sex, color, or creed. If you’re rotten, you qualify. And there are many ways to qualify. It might be that you enjoy kicking cats. It might be that you eat people. Or...maybe it’s because you’re one of Satan’s soldiers. In any event, we flip through the PREVIEWS catalog each month to see who needs to be called out as a deviant, and then we explain why these people … or things … or whatever they are … shouldn’t be helped if you see them bleeding in the middle of the street.

Let us begin.

Venomverse #1

Noise-a-go-go is about to start for all you spider-fiends that secretly want to squash the blue-and-red arachnid on the carpet. Writer Cullen Bunn teams up with artist Iban Coello to give us the long-awaited Venomverse #1 (JUL171048) from Marvel Comics, and this one is going to be a monster. The cover alone shows you that anyone dumb enough to stand in front of this freight train is going to get caught up in the wheels, and dragged screaming down the tracks for at least a mile before the blood stains are noticed. This series lays out a scenario in which Venom finds himself transported to a far-off world where a deadly new species called the Poisons are hunting Venoms! So what's Eddie Brock's idea to solve his problem? Venomize heroes to turn the odds in his favor! Look for Venomverse #1 in the Premier Comics section of the July PREVIEWS!

DC TV The Flash Reverse Flash Artfx+ Statue

Choose from a variety of nasty nouns to describe this road runner. Dirtbag. Scumbag. Murderer. They all work. But for our purposes he goes by a different name. We refer to him as the DC TV The Flash Reverse Flash Artfx+ Statue (APR178794), and we urge you to appreciate his wickedness from afar. He has this bad habit of vibrating his hand and then putting it through someone's chest Not many people can stop him from doing this either, so keep your distance. Just trust us when we tell you that the deadly Reverse-Flash a.k.a. Professor Harrison Wells, a.k.a. Eobard Thawne shown here is one bad dude, and the frozen maniacal grin he sports here is the real thing. The guy is without morals. Worse, this 1/10 scale figure features light up eyes for an extra sinister appearance! Fans of The CW's TV series The Flash are bound to get a kick out of this collectible, so check it out in the Kotobukiya section of the July PREVIEWS catalog!

The Dark Knight: The Joker S.H.Figuarts Action Figure

Every once in a blue moon an actor comes along and nails a performance that is worthy of a character's image for the rest of eternity. There are not many names that just roll off people's tongues freely when comic book actors are the subject of game trivia night, but those that would come up would of course include Lynda Carter for Wonder Woman, Christopher Reeve for Superman, Michael Keaton for Batman...and so long as we're poking around in the DC Universe, we've got to point out that the latest addition to that DC Universe Hall of Fame includes the guy that gave a once-in-a-lifetime performance that won him a posthumous Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2009. His name was Heath Ledger, and he's immortalized here as The Dark Knight: The Joker S.H.Figuarts Action Figure (MAR178564) that has three interchangeable faces, plus 5 extra hands, a knife, a machine gun, a rocket launcher and a card to hold. Look for it in the Import Toys/Statues/Models section!

Predator: City Hunter 1/18-Scale Figure

When you're king of the jungle because you've been able to kill everything in it, you get bored easily, and the next conquest pretty much has to extend past the boundaries of the rain forest. So what's a Predator to do? Well, the natural answer to that question was one that presented itself in the action-packed sequel to the original Predator movie. In the follow-up film, titled Predator 2, our favorite big ugly hunter arrives on the streets of the civilized world's biggest jungle: Los Angeles. Big names were attached to this movie, like Danny Glover, Gary Busey, and Bill Paxton. But it was the savage slice-and-dice action from the dude in dreadlocks that stole the show, and with the Predator: City Hunter 1/18-Scale Figure (APR178022) in your collection, you've got a 4 1/2" tall PREVIEWS Exclusive collectible that features full articulation, and stands with staff acessories and a stand for easy posing and display. Look for it in the Import Toys/Statues/Models section!

Alien: Full Overhead Deluxe Latex Mask

You didn't think we could call out the Predator in this article and not mention his greatest nemesis did you? Although neither the Predator or Alien can be considered "guys," we'll let the gender thing slide because a) we're inclusive, and b) hey, it's our web site, we can do what we want! And we say that, for our purposes, both of these extratrestrial enemies can be labeled as "bad dudes" when we want them to be for the purpose of PREVIEWS. Not to mention, who else but a bad dude wouldn't want to wear this Alien: Full Overhead Deluxe Latex Mask (JUL111745) for this year's trick-or-treat festivities? Talk about hittting a home-run for Halloween! This deluxe latex mask based on the Grid Alien from Alien Vs. Predator extends all the way down to your shoulders. A snug fit, and a scary scowl is something you can wear all night to terrorize tots into giving you all of their candy. Just watch out for the other bad guy parading around in the Predator: Full Overhead Deluxe Latex Mask (JUL173180). It might be a big brother. You might have to fight for that candy. Look for this head gear in the Collectibles & Novelties section of the June PREVIEWS catalog!

And once again we've done our job for the month, showing you our list of irredeemables! Go out and pick up a copy of the July PREVIEWS, and let us know your favorite villains, and who YOU want to pit against each other in a fight to the death. Hit us up on Facebook or Twitter, and let us know about your favorite bad guys.

See you next time, fiends!