THE PHANTOM is a repainted Total Justice Flash.

THE BLACK TERROR is a GI Joe Extreme head atop a Night Man body.

From Alan Moore's comic book masterpiece, "WATCHMEN" - RORSCHACH is a Spider-Man head on a Gambit body, while DR. MANHATTAN is an X-Force Gideon head with a Spider-Man body.

KINGDOM COME GREEN LANTERN is a GI Joe Extreme head on a Samurai Iron Man body. He's painted with Testors "Colors by Boyd" pearlescent paints.

DEADMAN is a repainted X-Force Gideon with Spider-Man's arms and a cardstock collar and belt.

THE SPECTRE features the ever-popular X-Force Gideon head on the always-useful Spider-Man body plus a Total Justice Superman cape and various details made with Super Sculpey.

My superhero alter-ego MATTYMAN is a re-painted X-Force Gideon with a Super Sculpey cape. He defends my toyshelves from the forces of evil while I'm at work.

DOCTOR MID-NITE is an altered Val Kilmer Batman.

Will Eisner's classic pulp detective THE SPIRIT is a Jurassic Park "Hat-Wearing Guy" head on a Men In Black Tommy Lee Jones body - sort of a feature film theme going on with this custom action figure.

Ruler of the Cartoon Planet, SPACE GHOST is made from an Animated Series Batman.

HAWKMAN is simply a repaint.

My cartoony version of THE CREEPER was put together from an animated Joker head and an animated Superman body, with lots of Milliputt putty added .

HOURMAN is another DC comics character I've done in the animated style. He's an animated Batman with a Total Justice Superman cape, plus various bits of plastic and cardstock and such for the details.

Do you remember CAPTAIN ACTION? My version of this classic Sixties action figure is made from a Total Justice Superman, with an M. Bison hat and a bit of epoxy putty here and there.

DOC SAVAGE - The Man Of Bronze is a shaved down Colossus head on an M. Bison body.

The mysterious super-being known only as EL MASCARA VERDE is a collection of spare parts - Samurai Iron Man's head, Blacklash's cape, and a GI Joe Extreme body.

NIGHTWING is made from a Chris O'Donnell Robin.


My character THE TERROR was made from some Voltron figure.

Oliver Queen's former "youthful ward" SPEEDY was made from a Total Justice Green Arrow.

Captain America's sidekick BUCKY was made from an animated Robin.

NICK FURY - Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is a repainted GI Joe Extreme figure. His cigar is actually the end of a toothpick. The high-tech set he's photographed in is put together from a multitude of useless action figure accessories, acquired over years of collecting and customizing.

My BATGIRL action figure wears the costume made famous by Yvonne Craig in the original Batman television series. The base figure was a Lady Demon figure from Moore Action Collectables. The base figure was Dremeled like crazy and then Super Sculpey was added to create the boots and gloves. All the small added parts like the ears, belt buckle and such are bits of wood and plastic.

You can see the work of other action figure customizers at The Custom Corner.