Dark Alliance Series 1

Back in the mid-1980s and into the 1990s comic book creator Brian Pulido struck gold when he created Evil Ernie The Homicidal Clown and his Smiley Face Button companion.

Evil Ernie became so popular that Brian tried his hand at creating other offbeat and evil characters with such creations as Lady Death, Purgatori and a plethora of other bad guys and even a few good guys.

So popular became the characters that Brian headed up his own to company called Eternal Toys in partnership with Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum to make action figures based on his popular characters.

As with other toy manufacturers at that time quality, detail and articulation ruled.  Eternal Toys lived up to each demanding category and churned out some truly outstanding figures such as Purgatori, Chastity, Jade and Lucifer.

Each figure came packaged in a clear bubble pack that could either hang or stand on display.

The packaging consisted of a hell flame background attached to a clear plastic display bubble.  The figures were cradled in form-fitting cocoons. 

A large Dark Alliance logo decorated the upper right while the name of the contained figure was in the lower right

The Jade figure was dressed in a slinky green kimono with a slit extending down from her right hip to mid-calve.  Gold piping decorated the bottom of the dress near the hem and on the lower flared sleeves.

Her ample figure nearly burst out of kimono as evident by her bosom and belly that were partially exposed straining at the golden strands holding the dress together. 

Her slightly off yellow skin belied her Asian ancestry.  The figure was fully articulated with full appendage and waist and neck joints most of which were barely discernible.

Her distinctive Asian features were accented by red lips, iris less eyes and large black sweeping eyebrows.  On her head she wore a golden headdress with various wing protrusions.

Long black tresses of hair cascaded all the way down past her feet to tumble on the floor. 

Jade had long tapered fingers with black fingernails. The figure also included a large translucent green dragon with working arms and jaw.

Chastity sported a short brown pageboy haircut, large red lips, heavily mascaraed eyes and a skin tight bustier of leather, a leather collar with silver accents and spiked shoulder pads.

She wore long black gloves, low slung black pants and visible thong underwear in black.

Her pale skin was accented by her black attire including black leather hip boots with silver toes and decorations.

Included with the figure were a three-prong leather bolo with silver balls, seven wooden stakes, a leather ammo belt, two large knives and an extra right hand for holding the weapons.

The Purgatori was the most revealing figure with her red skin barely covered by a gold and black thong bikini, snake coil thigh decorations, black and gold gauntlets, cobra knee boots with snake coils and high heels and a large Egyptian necklace.

Her twin horns were accented by golden rings and her long black hair cascaded over her shoulders framing her fang-like teeth, black lips and piercing iris less eyes.

Her hands sported black fingernails and her toes black toenails.

Purgatori’s large red, bat wings were open and were almost the length of her body.

A skull handle whip and an extra right hand for holding it were also included.

The largest of the Series I figures was Lucifer.

The Master of Hell was a massive heavy figure all in deep blood red.

His huge chest and torso bulged with muscles, tendons and veins.

His bald head sported long segmented horns, a large gaping mouth, a heavy brow, irisless eyes and a bearded chin.

Both his hands and feet had large discolored nails that looked like claws.

He wore a large cryptic necklace, oversize hanging waist decor and also had a large vertebra-like tail that culminated in a skull with a silver trident.

A real chain held three decapitated human heads, two of which have hair.

All the figures were excellent sculpts with lots of tight articulation, clean multi-tone paint application, incredible detail and accessories.

I especially like Jade’s dragon, Lucifer’s chain of heads, Purgatori’s wings and Chastity’s arsenal.

Figures range from $25 to $50 in their packages-if you can find them.  As time passes the availability of the figures is growing scarce and the prices are escalating.