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 Total Justice tie-in comic #1 (1996). | |
| Type | action figures |
|---|---|
| Company | Kenner Products |
| Country | USA |
| Availability | 1996–1997 |
| Materials | plastic |
| Features | Snap-on "Fractal Techgear" Armor |
Batman Total Justice is a line of toys produced byKenner based onBatman and other, connected,DC Comics characters.
In 1996,Kenner started production on a new line of 5" scale DC Comics character figures. This line, likeLegends of Batman andLegends of the Dark Knight, featured all new sculpts of popular DC Comics characters. To appeal to buyers, Kenner produced the line under the high sellingBatman title, calling the lineBatman: Total Justice. This line featured Batman, Robin, and Huntress, but also included other DC Comics characters includingSuperman,Green Lantern,The Flash, and others.
This was the first line of DC Comics character figures released by Kenner since theSuper Powers Collection line of figures ended 10 years earlier. Kenner stopped production after only 18 figures were released: 14 regular figures, one chase variant, and three exclusives. A fourth series of figures was planned to include Blue Beetle,Doctor Polaris, Fractal Armor Green Lantern, and Fractal Armor Flash.[1]
OnApokolips,Darkseid prepares for his invasion and destruction of Earth. Batman learns of this plan and recruits the world's mightiest superheroes in an all-out assault on Darkseid's forces.
In his mountain fortress,Despero plans his conquest of Earth. Batman creates light-refracting armor to help the heroes avoid Despero's high-tech security devices.
In 1996, DC Comics produced a three-issue tie-in mini-series featuring the heroes from the first series (Batman, Robin, Aquaman, Flash and Green Lantern) plusBlue Beetle,Gypsy, Darkseid, and aParademon.
In 1997, Landoll's released a series of sevenColoring & Activity books featuring an ongoing story and character designs for unreleased toy characters,[2] as well as two children's books,And Justice for All andJustice on Apokolips,[3][4] that followed the same basic story of Darkseid, with Despero's help, trying to find the pieces of an "Ultimate Weapon" that had been scattered around Earth.
In 1998,Kid Rhino released theTotal Justice: The Ultimate Weapon "audio adventure" on CD and cassette.[5]
Looking to reuse the steel tooling used to make the toys, theHasbro toy company (owners of Kenner) repainted six of theTotal Justice figures and released them exclusively at theWarner Bros. Studio Store in 1998. They later released a mix of unusedTotal Justice molds and new sculpts in a series of two-packs at mass retail.[1]
In 1998, Hasbro produced the same figures included in theTotal Justice line, but this time released them as a shared exclusive betweenKB Toys andDiamond Comic Distributors under the nameJLA (a tie-in withthe popular comic title).[6] Several of the unproducedTotal Justice figures were released under theJLA name, but no new Batman-related characters were included. Each figure in theJLA line included a stand with theJLA logo and a mini comic cover. Starting with Series 3, the line started to include characters from theYoung Justice comic book.
Some characters appeared in Landoll'sTotal Justice coloring books with Fractaltech armor, but they were never made in the toyline:
All of those characters received figures once the line was rebranded intoJLA except Supergirl and Oracle.[7][8]