![]() The third and final series was penciled by Carmine Infantino. 2, in 2018 in Super Powers by Jack Kirby, and in 2019 in DC Universe: Bronze Age Omnibus by Jack Kirby). (These two series were collected and reprinted in 2013 in The Jack Kirby Omnibus Vol. The first series of comics in 1984 was plotted by Jack Kirby, who also provided covers, wrote and penciled the last issue, and went on to pencil the second series. DC Comics produced three comic book mini-series featuring characters from the toyline, one during each year of the toyline's existence. Once the line was on the market, a vigorous merchandising campaign took place, with DC Comics and Kenner striving for the Super Powers logo to become ubiquitous. Tie-ins Ĭover to Super Powers #5 (Nov 1984), a comic book based on the toy series. Two toys pictured on the back of the third wave packages were never produced: the All-Terrain Trapper Vehicle and the Darkseid's Tower of Darkness playset. The line was abruptly cancelled in February 1986. In all, three series of figures and accessories were released from 1984 to 1986. ![]() Most of the other designs (and much of the packaging artwork) were based on José Luis García-López' classic DC Style Guides (other artwork used appears to be the work of Dick Giordano, who was known to ink Garcia-Lopez' art for the publications, and Mike DeCarlo). Ed Hannigan had already redesigned Brainiac in Action Comics the previous year (June 1983). Artist George Pérez also received royalties for his design of Cyborg and redesign of Lex Luthor. With his Apokoliptian New Gods characters like Darkseid judged ideal antagonists for the line, comic creator Jack Kirby received some of the only royalties of his long career for redesigning his characters for Kenner. Each figure in the first two series were also packaged with a mini-comic featuring an adventure with a spotlight on that character. This emphasis on each figure's "super power" led to the naming of the line: "The Super Powers Collection". Winning the license away from Mego Corporation and Mattel with an emphasis on action and art, Kenner devised hidden mechanisms within the figures that would trigger an action when the figure's legs or arms were squeezed. The initial pitch seemed to be heavily influenced by Kenner's popular Star Wars toyline with multiple playsets dedicated to individual franchises like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Teen Titans, Lois Lane, and the Super Jrs. In 1984, DC Comics awarded the master toy license of their characters to Kenner Products, hot on the heels of Mattel's "action feature" heavy Masters of the Universe toy line. The Super Powers Collection was a line of action figures based on DC Comics superheroes and supervillains that was created by Kenner Products in the 1980s. 1980s Kenner Products action figure line based on DC Comics characters
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