I don’t know about you, I really like the DC Infinite Heroes line. But I was getting confused about the release figures and dates. So, I put together a visual check-list for 2008. Happy Hunting!
HOLY WAL-MART BATMAN! Another BIG UPDATE (11/06/08)
Italic designates that this figure (as of 09/24/08) is exclusive to this packaging format.
Single Carded Figures
Captain Marvel (aka Shazam) – July
Adam Strange - July
Zoom – July
Guy Gardner – July
Black Hand – August
Atom (Ryan Choi) – July
Black Adam – September
Qwardian Thunderer – September
Manhunter (undamaged) – September
Batwoman – September
The Question – September (Rumored trenchcoat-less variant)
Wildcat – September
Hush (Masked) – September
Star Sapphire – October
Batman – October
Power Girl – October
The Spectre (Crispus Allen) – November
Black Lightning – November
Dr. Fate (Hector Hall) – November
Upcoming Singles – December ’08/2009
Two-Face
Wonder Woman (Diana Prince)
Alex Luthor
Flash III (Wally West)
Supergirl
Scarecrow
Nightwing
Joker
Sinestro
Green Arrow (variant?)
Arsenal
Lex Luthor (repack?)
OMAC
Superman Prime
BM Fig (Batman variant?)
SM Fig (Superman variant?)
Question (variant?)
Hal Jordan (variant?)
Soldier
Pirate (Psycho Pirate?)
Red Arrow
Martian (Jonn Jonzz? White Martian?)
Blue Beetle
Monitor
Mary Marvel
Captain Atom
Firestorm (classic?)
Robin (Tim)
2 Packs
Flash vs. Zoom
Guy Gardner vs. Black Hand
Batman vs. SWAT team member
Shazam! (Captain Marvel) vs. Black Adam
3 Packs
Weather Wizard, Flash (Wally West), Mirror Master 3 Pack – July
Variant Flash (Jay Garrick) – Sept/Oct
Commissioner Gordon, GCPD SWAT x2 3 Pack – July
Green Arrow (hooded), Black Canary, Hal Jordan 3 Pack - November
(Hal Jordan classic outfit will be the chase, appearing in 20% of cases!)
Supergirl, Superman, Wonder Girl (Cassie) - October
Bizarro #1 (Variant for this 3 pack) – November
Hawkman (Katar Hol), Thanagarian Warriors x2 – November
Raven, Captain Boomerang Jr., Starfire – October (This will be the least packed set)
Lex Luthor (scientist), Luthor Trooper x2 – November
(alternate deco for Luthor as the chase, appearing in 20% of cases)
Green Lantern
Hal Jordan , Star Sapphire, Black Hand – December
Gotham City
Batman, Deadshot, Scarecrow - December
Marvel Family
Captain Marvel, Black Adam, Mary Marvel - December
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Harbinger, Shadow Demon x2 - December
Batman Family
Batwoman, Robin (Tim Drake), Nightwing - December
Other 3 Packs ’08/2009
Hal Jordan/Star Sapphire/Black Hand
Manhunter/Starfire/Adam Strange
Green Arrow/Hawkman/Atom
Joker/Harley Quinn/Batman
Paralax/Sinestro/John Stewert – $15.46
Weather Wizard/Captain Boomerang (sr?)/Mirror Master
6 Packs
Defense of OA: Construct Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Qwardian, Manhunter (damaged) x2 Pack – October/November TRU exclusive
Gotham City: Batman, Hush (unmasked), Killer Croc, Catwoman, GCPD x2 – October/November TRU exclusive
8 Packs
Defense of Metropolis: Superman (Our World at War), Captain Atom, Captain Marvel, Lex Luthor (Battle Armor), LexCorp Guards (helmeted) x4 – November
In Limbo
These are figures that were shown at Toy Fair but have yet to be announced where in the line they will be released:
GCPD SWAT members, mysterious armored guy
There are also rumored to be MattyCollector.com exclusives and there might be a few more exclusive sets for Target or Wal-Mart this holiday season.
Scott,
The new issue of Tomarts (12″ Indy cover) that came out today showed updated versions of Bizarro and Flash (Jay) that are indeed variants in their respective 3 packs. No date was given…
I’m a HUGE fan of this line, but I’m displeased that I’ll end up with duplicate figs just to get Bizarro and Flash.
Where did you get the new Oct/Nov date for the TRU Green Lantern 6 pack?
Comic Con.
Not happy about variants being in 3 packs. Singles, I’m cool with but what the H am I gonna do with doubles of the Rogues?
I believe ToyGuru stated that the Question sans coat was a chase for that 3-pack.
Also, one of the SWAT you have as Metropolis has “GCPD” on his head…Gotham City.
Peace,
Chip
“What am I gonna do with doubles of the Rogues?”
Mod them into giant HeroClix to act out the classic SuperFriends episode “Giants of Doom”.
And I keep telling people, that ‘mysterious armored guy’ is a spy. A Cobra spy. A Hasbro spy. That’s right, he’s snuck in from the Hasbro display to ferret out corporate secrets.
There are ways to avoid some of the duplicates if you’re lucky enough to find everything. You could just get Bizarro in the 3-pack with Supergirl and WG, and get Superman in the Defense of Metropolis 8-pack. You can get Golden Age Flash with the 2 Rogues and modern Flash in the upcoming Toys R Us 2-pack.
BTW, does anyone know if everything other than the singles and 3-packs are Toys R Us exclusive, or just certain ones?
Meant to mention that the Flash 2-pack is with Reverse Flash…
See, I didn’t even know about that Flash/Reverse Flash two-pack.
However, are you sure the Flash isn’t Barry and the Reverse-Flash isn’t Eobard Thawne?
Not positive, but I’m pretty sure that they’re just re-issues of figures released elsewhere since that what the other 2-packs will be (eg. Captain Marvel/Black Adam).
These are just too rare in NM. So far about half of my Targets have stocked them and both TRUs but the only things I have found are Captain Marvel, Adam Strange, Zoom, Guy Gardner and the Flash and GCPD 3 packs. Nothing else seams to have hit here and I am not seeing re-stocks yet.
I may have to give up buying local and pick up the cases on line.
Actually it sounds like you found all of the initial releases.
Tekwych,
To my knowledge nothing past the first six and the two three packs have hit the shelves yet.
No, I have yet to see a Black hand or an Atom in person. Are they really that short packed?
I don’t think they were in the packs at first. They’re just starting to show up.
Besides you make it sound like you’ve seen nothing when you’ve seen almost everything even if you count those 2. I haven’t even seen Guy or Capt Marvel at Target yet. (I’ve seen plenty at Toys R Us, but I refuse to pay their inflated prices for them.)
Besides, you make it sound like you’ve seen nothing when you’ve seen almost everything, even if you count those 2. I haven’t even seen Guy or Capt Marvel at Target yet. (I’ve seen plenty at Toys R Us, but I refuse to pay their inflated prices for them.)
Does anybody know what the redecoed Luthor from the 3-pack is supposed to look like?
The mysterious armored guy is supposed to be a LexCorp trooper. I think that with a new head and a repaint, it could be a modern Checkmate soldier.
Hey Scott, not to belabor the point, but you say you got the Oct/Nov date for the GL 6 Pack from Comic Con? But, in the very image you posted the placard says August.
Was the later date from a conversation? Shelf tags have already popped up for this set at many TRUs.
Can’t be a Hasbro spy, he’d have wepaons, better articulation and paint.
raven and starfire are freacken awusome
I went to my local TRU and found the defense of OA set, it come with 6 action figures !! I really like the hal jordan (green energy) and the 2 manhunter robots with battle damage are awesome !!!