Look, as the world crumbles to dust around us, we all need to find joy where we can. For me, right now, I am loving my classic Crime Syndicate of America action figures.

These are the original versions of the characters, from Earth-3 in the Silver Age and Bronze Age, and they’re the ones I had in mind when I wrote them into my Flash novels. I’ve always loved these characters and it took me a while to track down all of the figures. I’m really glad to have them — when I look over to my action figure cabinet, they make me happy.

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