DC

Four DC continuities, and why you should pick one

DC is the deepest character catalogue in the hobby, and depth is the difficulty. Batman alone accounts for roughly a quarter of what we hold, and the range is not drawn from one visual world. The studios sculpt from four broadly separate continuities:

• The comics — the largest share by far. Within it, the modern Absolute line, Hush, Rebirth and the Dark Nights: Metal and Death Metal books each have their own palette and armour. Pieces credited as concept designs by a named artist — Lee Bermejo, Clay Mann, Jorge Jimenez, Gabriele Dell'Otto — are comics-continuity by definition, and the credit is your quickest way to place one.
• The Snyder-era films — Justice League pieces sculpted to actor likeness and screen-used costume, in the desaturated palette those films used. They do not sit quietly next to a comics piece in primary colours.
• The Burton and Schumacher films — the 1989 Gotham and the mid-nineties sequels. A distinct silhouette, and one of the few strands here rendered at very large scale.
• The current slate — the 2025 Superman and its associated designs, a fourth look again.

Any one of these makes a coherent shelf. All four together make a pile. A Snyder Superman beside a comics Superman beside a 1989 Batman reads as three different people who happen to share a logo, and no amount of good lighting fixes it. Decide which continuity your cabinet is about before the second reservation, because the first one rarely feels like a commitment and the fourth one always does.

A catalogue weighted towards the large end

Worth knowing before you plan: DC here leans heavily on Prime 1, who account for the majority of the range, and their DC work concentrates in the 1/4 and 1/3 tiers. Iron Studios supply the 1/10 Art Scale end and some 1/4 Legacy Replica pieces; Sideshow contribute busts and fine art prints rather than a deep statue line. In practice that means the DC shelf is easier to fill with centrepieces than with roster pieces — the opposite problem to Marvel — and the housing question arrives sooner than most people expect.

Reserving a piece at this end of the range

Large Prime 1 DC editions commonly run twelve to twenty-four months from announcement to delivery, and many ship in more than one box. A deposit reserves the edition. The balance is requested when the piece is with us and has passed inspection, not on a date guessed at a year and a half earlier. The deposit is non-refundable: If you cancel before dispatch we retain 10% of the price — for a deposit reservation, that is the deposit. Where a statutory right to cancel applies it is unaffected. The mechanics are set out on how reservations work.

Everything is imported by us through official distribution with VAT and duty included, so nothing arrives with a customs bill. The same edition bought direct from overseas typically adds around 26% plus a courier handling fee, charged after delivery.

Common questions

Is there a Batman page?

Yes — Batman is broken out on its own, because at a quarter of the DC range he is effectively a collection in his own right and sorts on different axes to the rest of DC.

Do Deluxe and Bonus versions matter?

They add parts — an alternate portrait, an extra weapon, a second base element. If you want the piece rather than the variant, the standard edition is the same sculpt. If a bonus part is the reason you want it, reserve early; those are the versions that seal first.

Which studio should I start with?

If you are unsure about scale, start at Iron Studios rather than Prime 1. It costs less to discover that 1/10 suits your shelf than to discover 1/3 does not.