Our next JuJuBit figure profile is BULL'S-EYE.
| or, as he is less actionably known, Leapo the Clown. |
As you may remember, Bull's-Eye is the completely original one-of-a-kind clown-like villain who used to battle Green Arrow in the Golden Age.
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| There's no backstory as to how his face got That Way (or whether he just wears elaborate make-up while lounging around the hideout). You don't have to be that deep to be Green Arrow's nemesis. |
"Battle" is rather a strong word.
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| God, I love Bull's-Eye. Never any elaborate traps or devices; he simply clobbers Green Arrow with whatever happens to be lying around. He's an improv comic. |
Mostly Bull's-Eye made a fool out of Green Arrow (no challenge there) until the very end where he would be caught through some turn of bad luck. As if being a Green Arrow villain were not bad luck enough!
Bull's-Eye schtick was that. he was a former acrobatic clown ("Leapo") whose specially was dodging projectiles, making him the perfect living target to confound Green Arrow.
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| Confounding Green Arrow is fun but not especially difficult. |
The JuJubit sculpt was based on this image of B-E:
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| That signature is George Papp, co-creator of Green Arrow. |
Given his schtick, I knew that his Heroclix dial would need to grant him "Leap/Climb" (a mobility power that allows easily change elevations and escape from opponents) and some other powers that might make him difficult to hit. I also wanted him to be a low-cost figure so that he would be easily added to teams; a "harasser" rather than a "tentpole".
So, I chose this dial:
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| Some obscure Marvel menace, I believe. |







4 comments:
Greetings to the only other living fan of Bull's-Eye. I actually found your blog while looking up dear old Leapo to prove to my friend that the Golden Age had a better clown villain than that creep who hid out in Gotham's cemetery.
I love what I've read so far.
"that creep who hid out in Gotham's cemetery." Ha! I actually know the story that refers to! I would like to imagine that That Creep is ALSO a fan of Bull's-Eye!
I'm sure he is! Leapo, however, would probably think The Creep's more recent incarnations have lost the ideal: crime for comedy. Leapo isn't some mass-murdering edgelord: he's in it for the game.
I'd love to see Joker and Trickster both being fans of the OG, but Leapo only respecting Trickster and dismissing Joker as a barbaric poser.
Also, I have a theory as to how Bull's-Eye can work in the modern age. Hint: human Mxy.
I just want a universe where Bull's-Eye is part of the Jesters' League of America from Earth-508, along with the Joker, the Prankster, Punch & Jewelee, the Trickster, and Harley Quinn.
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