Talia al ghul... a facinating and somehow still enigmatic female character from the world of Batman.
Now, it's kind of interesting that the 2 dolls I have right now just happen to be Batman's primary love interests: Talia and Selina. 


I love it!

Catwoman is a more well known character, but those in the know recoginze them both as being 'loves' of Bruce Wayne's life.

Batman... the romantic figure.

First up, Talia al Ghul.

Talia is a hard character to cast. Really hard. Partly because, most of the time, she doesn't look the way I think the character would look.

The character design is pretty inconsistant. Her father is an ancient Arabian man, whose life has been prolonged magically. So, his D.N.A. is pretty old. My thought is that his Arab features should be pretty distinct. However,  it is really hard to maintain a consistant character design through years and years of comics and Ra's is often depicted as white.

Not only is Ra's Arab but he is also, possibly, Chinese. The canon is not totally clear. It has also been said that her mother was Chinese. This is a lesser known fact,  though sometimes she is depicted wearing Asian inspired clothing and as having generically Asian facial features. I don't want to cling to that too much, since her connection to her father is the most important familial connection. 

With all of that, Talia's character design was doomed from the start. Add on to it the fact that some artists can't draw ethnic characters and you have an even bigger problem!

However, there are some consistent design elements.

She almost always has long, brown hair.


Her clothing ususally falls into 1 of 2 camps.


As for things that need to change... Her hair is much too dark (and of... not great quality). Like all the dolls in this series, I'm hoping to get her repainted.

But for now, I'm happy to have just settled on a doll.