DC Universe is a toy brand manufactured by

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. It has five sub-lines – Classics, Fighting Figures, Giants of Justice, Infinite Heroes, and the reintegrated Justice League Unlimited line.

Sub-lines

DC Universe Classics

This is considered by many to be the main line of the DC Universe re-brand. These are 6-inch scale figures based on characters in the entire DC library, an expansion from previous Mattel lines that only allowed for the use of Batman, and later on, Superman characters. The entire line is sculpted by the

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DC Universe Justice League Unlimited

Previously a line itself, then integrated into the DC Superheroes brand, Justice League Unlimited made its debut as a DC Universe product at the 2008

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with its Giganta figure. Now exclusive to

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stores as of summer 2008, Justice League Unlimited is a collector-focused line consisting of single-, three-, and six-packed figures that have appeared in the animated series, as well as non-animated series characters.

DC Universe Infinite Heroes

This addition to the DC Universe stable takes characters that would appear in the flagship Classics line and puts them at a more collectible 3.75-inch scale. Figures are available as singles and three-packs, with six- and eight-packs available as retailer exclusives. Early statements from Mattel put the total character count for 2008 at around forty-five figures. One of the first six-packs contained characters from the Green Lantern mythos, while another revolves around Gotham City. Mattel has stated that they are trying to make sure that the characters included in the Infinite Heroes line are not included in the Classics line in the same year to avoid having multiples of the same character on the shelves at once. The figure packages featured clippable Anti-Monitor points, which could be redeemed at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con for an exclusive Anti-Monitor figure. Figures typically have limited articulation and minimal accessories. Following the announcement of Hasbro's Marvel Universe line, Mattel announced that the line will get increased articulation (an example is the upcoming Animal Man figure, unveiled at

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2009).

Crisis: Series One Singles

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Black Adam Black Adam, real name Teth/Theo-Adam, is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by Otto Binder and C. C. Beck, and first appeared in the debut issue of Fawcett Comics' ''The Marvel Family'' comi ...

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Adam Strange Adam Strange is a fictional space adventurer appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by editor Julius Schwartz with a costume designed by Murphy Anderson, he first appeared in ''Showcase'' #17 (November 1958). Adam Stran ...

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Guy Gardner Guy Gardner may refer to: * Guy Gardner (astronaut) (born 1948), United States Air Force officer and former astronaut * Guy Gardner (character) Guy Gardner, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic ...

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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 ...

*Figure 7 – The Atom (Ryan Choi) *Figure 8 –

Hush Hush may refer to: Film and television * ''Hush'' (1921 film), starring Clara Kimball Young * ''Hush'' (1998 film), starring Gwyneth Paltrow * ''Hush!'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi * ''Hush'' (2005 film), starring ...

*Figure 9 – Qwardian Weaponer *Figure 10 – Manhunter Robot (modern) *Figure 11 – Batman *Figure 12 –

Power Girl Power Girl, also known as Kara Zor-L and Karen Starr, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books by DC Comics, making her first appearance in ''All Star Comics'' #58 (January/February 1976). Power Girl is the cousin of the superhero Supe ...

*Figure 13 – Batwoman (Kate Kane) *Figure 14 – The

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*Figure 14 – The Question (trenchcoat variant) *Figure 14 – The Question (orange shirt/yellow tie variant) *Figure 15 – Wildcat (blue uniform) *Figure 15 – Wildcat (black variant) *Figure 16 – Star Sapphire (modern) *Figure 17 –

Doctor Fate Doctor Fate (also known as Fate) is the name of multiple superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original version of the character was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, debuting in ''More F ...

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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 ...

(modern) *Figure 19 – The Spectre ( Crispus Allen) *Figure 20 –

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 ...

*Figure 20 – The Joker (black suit variant) *Figure 21 – Nightwing (modern) *Figure 22 –

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*Figure 23 – Arsenal (not released) *Figure 24 – Batman (black/gray costume) *Figure 25 – Superman *Figure 26 – Gotham City S.W.A.T. *Figure 27 –

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 ...

*Figure 28 – Sinestro (classic) *Figure 29 – The Atom (Ray Palmer) *Figure 30 – Starfire *Figure 31 –

Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) Cassandra "Cassie" Sandsmark, also known as Wonder Girl, is a superheroine appearing in DC Comics. She was created by John Byrne (comics), John Byrne and first appeared in ''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) #105 (January 1996). The second Wonder Girl, Cas ...

*Figure 32 – Black Canary *Figure 33 –

Alexander Luthor Alexander Luthor Jr. is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Publication history Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, the character made his first appearance in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #1 (April 198 ...

*Figure 34 – Batman (blue/gray with yellow oval) *Figure 35 – Thanagarian Wingman *Figure 36 – Green Arrow (modern) *Figure 37 – Hal Jordan *Figure 38 –

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 ...

*Figure 39 – The Flash (

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) *Figure 40 – Lexcorp Trooper (blond hair) *Figure 41 – OMAC #1 (Featured solely in Crisis 3 pack) *Figure 42 – Omac #2 *Figure 43 – Supergirl (retro) *Figure 44 – Dying Supergirl (Battle Damaged Variant) *Figure 45 – S.W.A.T. Gordon *Figure 46 – Superman Prime *Figure 47 –

Flash (Jay Garrick) Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the first superhero known as the Flash. The character was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert. He first appeared in ''Flas ...

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Flash (Barry Allen) The Flash (Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''Showcase'' #4 (October 1956), created by writer Robert Kanigher and penciler Carmine Infantin ...

*Figure 49 – Psycho Pirate (Masked Variant) *Figure 50 – Psycho Pirate (Unmasked Variant) *Figure 51 – Red Arrow *Figure 52 –

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" ...

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Blue Beetle Blue Beetle is the name of three fictional superheroes who appear in a number of American comic books published by a variety of companies since 1939. The most recent of the companies to own rights to Blue Beetle is DC Comics, which bought the ri ...

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Bizarro Bizarro () is a supervillain/anti-hero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp as a "mirror image" of Superman, and first appeared in ''Superboy'' #68 (1958 ...

*Figure 55 – Captain Marvel Jr. (not released) *Figure 56 –

Mary Batson Mary Marvel is a fictional character, a superheroine originally published by Fawcett Comics and now owned by DC Comics. Created by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze, she first appeared in '' Captain Marvel Adventures'' #18 (cover-dated Dec. 1942). The ...

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Captain Atom Captain Atom is a superhero appearing in American comic books, first in the 1960s by Charlton Comics before being acquired in the 1980s by DC Comics. Captain Atom has existed in three basic incarnations. Publication history Captain Atom was crea ...

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*Figure infinity – Anti-Monitor

Crisis: Series One 3-packs

*Three Pack 1 – Commissioner Gordon, Two

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S.W.A.T. Team Members *Three Pack 2 – Flash (comics), Flash (

), Mirror Master, Weather Wizard *Three Pack 3 – Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark), Superman, Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) *Three Pack 4 – Starfire, Owen Mercer, Captain Boomerang (Owen Mercer), Raven (DC Comics), Raven *Three Pack 5 – Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Green Arrow, Black Canary *Three Pack 6 – Hawkman, Two Thanagarian Soldiers *Three Pack 7 – Lex Luthor, Two LexCorp Troopers (blond hair, variant included figures with brown hair) *Three Pack 8 –

, Mirror Master, Weather Wizard *Three Pack 9 – Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark),

, Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) *Three Pack 10 - ?? *Three Pack 11 – Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, Black Adam *Three Pack 12 – Harbinger (DC Comics), Harbinger, Two Shadow Demons *Three Pack 13 – Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Star Sapphire,

*Three Pack 14 – Animal Man, Starfire, Adam Strange *Three Pack 15 – ?? *Three Pack 16 – ?? *Three Pack 17 – Batwoman, Nightwing (Red), Robin (Tim Drake) *Three Pack 18 – Sinestro (Sinestro Corps Uniform), Parallax (Kyle Rayner), John Stewart (Green Power Glow)

75th Anniversary Figures

Each included a 75th anniversary collector's pin * Batman (redeco) *

(cape added) * Black Canary (redeco) *Deathstroke *

(released in Crisis packaging) *Hal Jordan, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) *

(translucent green "construct" redeco) *

(new) *Mister Terrific (Michael Holt), Mr. Terrific (new) *Robin (Earth-Two), Robin (Earth-2) *Two-Face (new) *Cassie Sandsmark, Wonder Girl (redeco of original figure) *

(reissue of single #27) Three Packs *Robin (comics), Robin, Doctor Light (comics), Dr. Light, Ravager (comics), Ravager *Trickster, The Flash, Heatwave

Batman: Gotham Knight

*Three Pack – Batman, Scarecrow, Deadshot (Batman: Gotham Knight versions)

Target Exclusives

=Superman/Batman Public Enemies Three Packs

= *Superman, Power Girl, Lex Luthor (Battle Armor) *Batman, Black Lightning, Captain Atom

= Superman/Batman Public Enemies Six Pack

= *Superman *Hawkman *Batman *Major Force *Gorilla Grodd *President Luthor

Toys "R" Us Exclusives

=Two Packs

= *Guy Gardner, Black Hand *Batman, Gotham City S.W.A.T. *Flash (Wally West), Professor Zoom *Captain Marvel, Black Adam

=Defense of Oa Six Pack

= *Guy Gardner *Hal Jordan (Green Power Glow) *John Stewart (comics), John Stewart *Qwardian Soldier *2 Manhunter Robots (Battle-Damaged)

=Gotham City Patrol Six Pack

= *Batman *Catwoman *Hush (Jason Todd) *Killer Croc *2 Gotham City S.W.A.T. Team Members

=Battle for Metropolis (comics), Metropolis Eight Pack

= *Captain Atom *Captain Marvel *Lex Luthor (battle-suit) *Superman (Kingdom Come (comics), Kingdom Come) *4 Luthor Troopers

Walmart Exclusive

=Mallah's Revenge Value Gift Pack (commonly known as "Teen Titans Six Pack")

= *Roy Harper (comics)#Arsenal, Arsenal (unreleased single #23) *Brain (DC Comics), Brain (new) *Cyborg (comics), Cyborg (new) *Monsieur Mallah (new) *Raven (DC Comics), Raven (reissue) *Robin (comics)#Tim Drake, Robin (new, Tim Drake version)

=The OMAC Project, OMAC Attack Six Pack

= *Booster Gold (new) *Maxwell Lord (new) *OMACs, OMAC (reissue) *OMACs, OMAC (reissue) * Superman (redeco of version 1 with red "heat vision" eyes) *

(redeco of version 1 with gold trim)

=Prelude to Doomsday Six Pack

= *Bloodwynd (new) *Doomsday (comics), Doomsday (new) *Fire (comics), Fire (new) *Guy Gardner (comics)#Guy Gardner: Reborn, Guy Gardner (redeco of version 1 in blue solo costume [non-Green Lantern, non-Warrior]) *Ice (comics), Ice (new) * Superman (redeco of version 1 with battle damage)

Movie Exclusives

*Green Lantern#Silver Age Green Lantern, Green Lantern (comes with the Best Buy exclusive version of ''Green Lantern: First Flight'' special edition DVD) *

(comes with the Best Buy exclusive version of ''Wonder Woman (2009 film), Wonder Woman'' Limited Edition 2 disc package)

San Diego Comic Con Exclusives

*2009: Anti-Monitor (3" version available for 50 Anti-Monitor points or $10) *2010: Starro, Starro The Conqueror: Introduction Of The JLA (window box reproduction of ''The Brave and the Bold'' issue #28 with Starro vs. Aquaman, Wonder Woman [with golden string lasso], Flash [Barry Allen], Martian Manhunter [with blue cape], and Green Lantern [Hal Jordan, with translucent green energy construct], with lights and sound narration by Kevin Conroy, original voice of Batman from ''Batman: The Animated Series'', et al.)

Upcoming Figures

Other figures that have been seen in prototype form, read about in case breakdowns, mentioned in leaked Wal-Mart SKUs or seen at Toy Fair include: *Animal Man *Batgirl *

*Captain Atom (Kingdom Come (comics), Kingdom Come appearance/added articulation) *Doctor Light (Arthur Light) *Green Lantern (Guy Gardner) (transparent green/added articulation) *Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (added articulation) *Green Lantern (John Stewart) (transparent green/added articulation) *Harley Quinn *Hawkgirl *Heat Wave (comics), Heat Wave *Mister Terrific (comics), Mr. Terrific *Poison Ivy (comics), Poison Ivy *Rose Wilson, Ravager (Rose Wilson) *Trickster (comics), Trickster

DC Universe Fighting Figures

These are 3-inch scale figures with identical sculpts to the 6-inch figures with limited articulation, display stands and action features and/or weapons. These were previously going to be called Battleague figures and marketed as game figures but were later on consolidated into the DC Universe line as collectible figurines.

Figures

*Catwoman vs. Batman *The Joker vs. Batgirl *Superman vs. Darkseid *Two-Face vs. Batman *Two-Face vs. Robin

Unreleased

The backs of the figure packages featured many more Fighting Figures but apparently none of them were released.

DC Universe Giants of Justice

While the Fighting Figures are half the size of the main line. These are double-sized versions of characters previously released as 6" figures. It is a continuation of the Mattel 12" Batman and Mattel 12" DC Superheroes line.

Series One

The first Giants of Justice were released practically unannounced. As soon as the line was mentioned by Mattel, they were already showing up in Toys "R" Us locations and eBay. *Batman (costume repainted gray and blue) *Batman (variant, costume repainted gray and black) *Killer Croc (classic) *Superman (classic) *Cyborg Superman (Villain)

SDCC 2009 Exclusive

*Flash (Barry Allen)

External links

DC Universe Classics at Batman: Yesterday, Today, and BeyondDC Universe Infinite Heroes at Batman: Yesterday, Today, and Beyond
*[http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=10&itemid=11841 DC Universe Classics at Toy News International]
DCUC Info ArchiveReview of DCUC Series 2 and Gorilla GroddThe Rumorbuster Infinite Heroes gallery, news and checklistFree DC Universe iOS Checklist ApplicationDC Action Figures & Collectibles @ Hot Toys and Action Figures