It's a helmet. You can see the regular head that goes under it here. The guy's sweating in there! There's a zipper on the back, too: http://jestergoblin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/PICT0023-570x600.jpg
One of the coolest of the Collectible Minifufures!
Thanks, Captain! It is true that when Valkyrie' around, the comic's action and violence level dramatically increase. :)
And Artanis, it's true. It seems the Battrax should at least come with a second figure.
Oops, site's now down for a couple of days for server migration.
*sigh* This always seems to happen within minutes of me posting a new comic. I'm actually in the early stages of creating my own site, but it'll be awhile before it's ready.
I've been fascinated with it since I was a kid, since it seemed like an even cooler version of Classic Space. I think Futuron had the best uniforms of any Space theme.
The one Indy set I'd most like to see produced would be the Grail Temple from Last Crusade. I imagine it would be designed similarly to the Golden Idol set, with the series of traps for Indy to defeat and the Grail room and knight at the end.