''Batman Total Justice'' is a line of toys produced by

Kenner Kenner Products, known simply as Kenner, was an American toy company founded in 1946. Throughout its history, the Kenner brand produced several highly recognizable toys and merchandise lines including action figures like the original series of ' ...

based on Batman and other, connected,

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characters.

History

In 1996,

started production on a new line of DC Comics character figures. This line, like Legends of Batman and Legends of the Dark Knight, featured all new sculpts of popular DC Comics characters. To appeal to buyers, Kenner produced the line under the high selling Batman title, calling the line Batman: Total Justice. This line featured Batman, Robin and The Huntress, but also included other DC Comics characters including Superman,

Green Lantern Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, ...

, The Flash and others. This was the first line of DC Comics character figures released by Kenner since the Super Powers Collection line of figures ended ten years earlier. Kenner stopped production after only fourteen figures were released. A fourth wave of figures was planned to include Blue Beetle, Dr. Polaris, Fractal Armor Green Lantern and Fractal Armor The Flash. Also, it has been speculated that the fifth assortment - which likely got no further than the earliest of planning stages - was to include

Martian Manhunter The Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Joseph Samachson and designed by artist Joe Certa, the character first appeared in the story "The Manhunter from Mars" ...

Supergirl Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original, current, and most well known Supergirl is Kara Zor-El, the cousin of superhero Superman. The character made her fir ...

, a Fractal Armor Robin, and

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as its villain. Two years later, the

Hasbro Hasbro, Inc. (; a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational conglomerate holding company incorporated and headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Hasbro owns the trademarks and products of K ...

toy company produced the same figures included in the Total Justice line, but this time released them under the name JLA (a tie-in with the popular comic title). Several of the unproduced Total Justice figures were produced under the JLA name, but no new Batman related characters were included. Each figure in the JLA line included a stand with the JLA logo and a mini comic. Starting with Series 3, the line started to include characters from the

Young Justice Young Justice is a fictional DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. The team was formed in 1998 when DC's usual teen hero group, the Teen Titans, had become adults and changed their name to the Titans. Like the original ''Teen ...

comic book.

Storyline from the packages

On a distant planet, an evil being known as Darkseid prepares for his invasion and destruction of Earth. Batman learns of this diabolical plan and recruits the world's mightiest super heroes in an all-out assault on Darkseid's forces.

Other media

In 1996, DC Comics produced a three-issue tie-in mini-series featuring the heroes from the first wave (Batman, Robin, Aquaman, Flash and Green Lantern) plus

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, Darkseid, and a Parademon ("Mike", who might be the same Parademon from ''

Villains United ''Villains United'' is a six-issue 2005 comic book limited series, published by DC Comics, written by Gail Simone and illustrated by Dale Eaglesham and Wade Von Grawbadger, and later by Val Semeiks and Prentis Rollins. Publication history ''Vil ...

''). A two-book set of children's books was made based on the series.

Toys

Total Justice

Wave 1

Aquaman Aquaman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in '' More Fun Comics'' #73 (November 1941). The character is a pastiche of Namor. Initially a ...

* Batman * Darkseid * The Flash (Wally West) *

Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) Kyle Rayner (), one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character is depicted as being associated with the Green Lantern Corps, an extraterrestrial police force of ...

* Robin (Tim Drake)

Wave 2

Despero Despero () is a supervillain that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appears in ''Justice League of America'' #1 (October 1960) and was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic ...

* Fractal Armor Batman * Hawkman (Hawk-God version) * Superman (w/long hair)

Wave 3

Black Lightning Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Trevor Von Eeden, first appeared in ''Black Lightning'' #1 (April 1977), during ...

Green Arrow (Connor Hawke) Connor Hawke is a fictional DC Comics superhero who operated as the second Green Arrow, created by Kelley Puckett and Jim Aparo. In the post-'' Zero Hour'' continuity, Connor is the eldest son of Oliver Queen, the original Green Arrow, and h ...

Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) The Huntress (Helena Rosa Bertinelli) is a antiheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the third DC character to bear the name Huntress. Originally introduced as a new interpretation of Helena Wayne, no longer de ...

* Parallax ( Hal Jordan)

Toyfare exclusive

Reverse-Flash The Reverse-Flash is a name used by several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Each iteration of the character serves as a foil and an enemy of the Flash. Characters Edward Clariss Edward Clariss (also known ...

(Eobard Thawne,

Professor Zoom Eobard Thawne, otherwise known as the Reverse-Flash and Professor Zoom, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, and first appeared in ''The Flas ...

)

DC Super-Heroes 2 packs

Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) Theodore Stephen "Ted" Kord is the second Blue Beetle, a superhero who was originally published by Charlton Comics and later picked up by DC Comics. This version of the character was created by Steve Ditko and first appeared as a back-up feature i ...

& Fractal Armor The Flash w/ the Atom (Ray Palmer) * Fractal Armor Green Lantern vs

Doctor Polaris Doctor Polaris is an alias used by two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Publication history Created by John Broome and Gil Kane, the first Doctor Polaris, Neal Emerson, made his first appearance in ''Green ...

JLA

Series 1

* Batman * Green Lantern * Green Arrow (in darker comic accurate green) * Huntress * The Flash (in darker comic accurate red and gold) * Superman Blue * Superman Red

Series 2

* Aquaman * Dark Knight Batman *

* Steel * Superman (w/ short hair) *

Zauriel Zauriel is a fictional superhero in the DC Universe. Originally a guardian angel who served Heaven for millions of years, he willingly falls to Earth to serve humanity as their champion and joins the Justice League. Publication history Zauriel f ...

Series 3

* Caped Crusader Batman *

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Plastic Man Plastic Man (Patrick "Eel" O'Brian) is a superhero first appearing in ''Police Comics'' #1, originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. Created by cartoonist Jack Cole (artist), Jack Cole, Plastic Man was one of the fi ...

* Robin (with comic accurate yellow underside cape) *

Superboy Superboy is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in American comicbooks published by DC Comics. These characters have been featured in several eponymous comic series, in addition to ''Adventure Comics'' and other series featuring ...

Series 4

* Atom (Ray Palmer) * Batman * Cyber Armor Batman * Cyber Armor Superman *

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Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byr ...

Diamond Exclusive Box Sets

* Box Set #1: Superman Blue, Green Lantern, Huntress, Hologram Batman and Hologram Flash * Box Set #2: Batman, The Flash, Green Arrow, Hologram Superman and Hologram Green Lantern * Box Set #3: Martian Manhunter, Superman, Zauriel,

Lex Luthor Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor () is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Lex Luthor originally appeared in ''Action Comics'' #23 (cover dated: April ...

and

The Joker The Joker is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, and first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book '' Batman'' on April 25, 1 ...

* Box Set #4: Superboy, Robin, Impulse, Hologram Martian Manhunter and Hologram Aquaman

12" Figures

* Aquaman * The Flash * Green Lantern * Martian Manhunter * Superman Blue

DC Super-Heroes 2001 (WB Store exclusives)

* Aquaman * Batman * Despero * Green Arrow * Hawkman * Robin

Total Justice coloring book unmade characters

Some characters appeared in a Total Justice coloring books with fractal techgears, but they were never made as figures under the Total Justice banner are: *

* Oracle * Steel (John Henry Irons) *

(Kon-El/Conner Kent) *

(Matrix) *

All of those characters received figures once the line was rebranded into JLA except Supergirl and Oracle who never received a figure at any point in this line.

References

External links

Total Justice comic miniseries
{{Superhero toy lines DC Comics limited series DC Comics superhero teams Justice League in other media Total Justice 1990s toys DC Comics action figure lines