Mordru the Merciless is a DC Comics villain who debuted way back in 1968 where he faced the combined might of the Justice League of America and the Justice Society of America of Earth-2. But I was more familiar with him as a foe of the 30th century Legion of Super-Heroes. But man, is his Pre-Crisis origin some pretty crazy stuff with Gemworld golems and brothers and possessions. Go read it if you don't believe, I'll wait here. It's no wonder Post-Crisis he was rewritten as just a timeless Lord of Chaos because that was a lot easier to follow, but he was also de-aged and then was revealed to be possessing the body of a Lord of Order and well, things don't get much less convoluted.

But this version is based more on his Pre-Crisis Silver Age appearances. To create him I started with the DC Direct version of Mordru pilfering both his head and the skirt the figure wore which had to be dremeled quite a bit to fit properly, which was fun because DC Direct decided the best way to make Mordru capable of turning his head was to place the peg in the middle of his chest and the peg hole in his beard because, reasons, I guess. But hey, at least nothing broke or snapped while I was disassembling him so that's better than most DC Direct figures I've ever touched have fared. Besides those pieces I used a DCUC Desaad upper body and arms, the legs from a Young Justice Superboy, and hands from a Marvel Legends Baron Mordo since they looked a little more aged but had that sorcery spellcasting look to them. And then it was a matter of matching purples and skin tones since I didn't have to paint the head at all, that was a nice little reprieve.

Sadly, Mordru was a commission, so I won't be adding him to my own collection, but since my collection is in storage, perhaps someday when I take them out again, I'll look to make one for myself since he's a pretty prevalent LOSH villain, and there aren't really many of those in the Mattel line. But until then...


Thanks for looking!