From 1984: It looks like - judging from the illustrations in the new issue of the Diamond PREVIEWS door-stopper - that a certain BARON IRONBLOOD is about to be introduced to the new IDW/ Hasbro shared universe. Which - if I'm reading the runes correctly - would make me want to snap up a copy in a round three months time. They've given him a makeover so he looks a little less like Ned Kelly. I can't imagine why...
In the meantime, here is a bit of vintage Baron Booby Buckethead in an IPC House Ad for another buy-it-for-the-next-month retention ruse: a Baron Ironblood poster hogging one of the colour pages of BATTLE ACTION FORCE.
Good luck making the four parts line-up!
did we ever get a look at his face ?
ReplyDelete" blood for the baron ! " as his Nazis in all but name troops used to shout.
Ed, the action figure's helmet was removable so, yes, we definitely got to see his face! A quick google image search should bring up the figure, but this link hopefully will work:
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thanks Krusty. No wonder he kept his face covered !
DeleteIt seems to be a pre-requisite for villains to have a goatee beard.
ACTION FORCE knew exactly what Baron Ironblood looked like under his bucket: The very first episode of 'Operation Bloodhound', in the first issue of BATTLE ACTION FORCE, shows that they have a file photo of the 'South American warlord'. Maybe they misplaced the file later....
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