LEGO DC and Marvel Superheroes

Big news from LEGO today that LEGO will be producing sets for both DC and Marvel comics superheroes.

http://www.fandompost.com/2011/07/20/lego-confirms-dc-comics-and-marvel-comics-plans/

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118040143?categoryid=13&cs=1&cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews

Sets are planned for January 2012.  This will give LEGO and DC/Marvel fans another chance to collect their favorite superheroes in LEGO form.

The last time we saw superhero sets from LEGO was several years ago with the Batman (2008) and Spiderman (2004) sets.  Since then the Marvel superheroes moved to Megabloks with substandard building sets and figures, while the DC line could be found in Fisher Price's Trio line for pre-schoolers.

This time around LEGO will be bringing a wider range of superheroes including:

1. Minifigs for Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Loki, Black Widow, Wolverine, Magneto, Nick Fury, Deadpool, Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus
2. Buildable figures for Captain America, The Hulk and Iron Man
3. Minifigs for Batman, Robin, Catwoman, The Joker, The Riddler, Two-face, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Bane, Bruce Wayne, Superman, Lex Luthor and Wonder Woman
4. Buildable figures for Batman, The Joker and Green Lantern