DC Comics Honors SUPER POWERS Toys With 40th Anniversary Variant Covers
The Super Powers line of action figures is a huge source of nostalgia for any DC Comics fan who grew up in the ’80s. The toy and merchandise line, which was introduced in 1984 and ran until 1986, defined the look and feel of DC Comics characters for the era. Most were based on the DC Style Guide art of José Luis García-López. Now, DC Comics is honoring the iconic toy brand on its 40th anniversary with a series of variant covers, imagining the classic action figure packaging with characters the original line never got around to.
In August, eight new DC Super Powers variant covers will imagine what an unreleased wave of action figures would have looked like if the Kenner line of Super Powers toys had continued. Variant covers appear on Batman #151, Gotham City Sirens #1, Green Lantern: War Journal #12, Nightwing #117, Power Girl #12, Superman #17, The Flash #12, and Titans #14. The covers feature brand-new art by original 1980s Super Powers product artist Alex Saviuk. One of the leading historians of the original Kenner Super Powers line and the cofounder of Action Figure Insider, Jason Geyer, designed and sculpted the variant covers. You can check out each one down below:
Superman #17 DC Super Powers Variant Cover
Superman Gold art by Jason Geyer and Alex Saviuk (On sale 8/21/24)
Batman #151 DC Super Powers Variant Cover
Batman art by Jason Geyer and Alex Saviuk (On sale 8/7/24)
Nightwing #117 DC Super Powers Variant Cover
Nightwing art by Jason Geyer and Alex Saviuk (On sale 8/21/24)
Titans #14 DC Super Powers Variant Cover
Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) art by Jason Geyer and Alex Saviuk (On sale 8/21/24)
Green Lantern: War Journal #12 DC Super Powers Variant Cover
Green Lantern John Stewart art by Jason Geyer and Alex Saviuk (On sale 8/21/24)
The Flash #12 DC Super Powers Variant Cover
Kid Flash (Wally West) art by Jason Geyer and Alex Saviuk (On sale 8/28/24)
Gotham City Sirens #1 DC Super Powers Variant Cover
Poison Ivy art by Jason Geyer and Alex Saviuk (On sale 8/7/24)
Power Girl #12 DC Super Powers Variant Cover
Power Girl art by Jason Geyer and Alex Saviuk (On sale 8/28/24)
Currently, McFarlane Toys has a series of Super Powers-style retro action figures in stores, producing figures that the original line never got to do, like Tim Drake Robin, or Deathstroke. Many of the figures for these covers are fan’s “Super Powers Most Wanted,” so maybe if we’re lucky, we’ll see them as more than just art on comic book covers one day. In the meantime, these DC Comics Super Powers tribute covers all hit comic shops this coming August.
