Green
Lantern Action Figure News from SDCC 2008!
San Diego Comic Con, as always, brings us lots of news
including lots of GL Action Figure goodness!
First Up, from DC Direct, we already knew it was coming but we got the
first look at the Justice Alex Ross Alan Scott Figure
(remember, kids, these are 7 inchers).

picture courtesy of
www.actionfigureinsider.com
From Mattel we get a ton of GL Toys! Ready? Here we go!
INFINITE HEROES
Infinite Heroes 3.75 inch figures, just as the first
wave started hitting Target and Toys 'R' Us which contains
a Guy Gardner Figure (the second portion of wave 1
should contain a Black Hand Figure) we get the mega
announcement at the Mattel Booth and panel...

Hard Traveling Heroes 3-pack, containing Green Arrow,
Black Canary and Green Lantern Hal Jordan (previously
announced) below we see the Hal figure.

The gold mine coming up next - Available August 2008 -
Infinite Heroes 6-pack Toys R Us exclusive.
Defense of Oa! The best we can tell the pack
will include, John Stewart, Translucent Hal Jordan, Guy
Gardner, one Weaponer of Qward, and 2 Battle Damaged
Manhunter Robots.



Modern Star Sapphire Single Carded Figure. The picture
is a little blurry but you get the idea.

That's a total of 7 lantern related figures revealed in
the IH line at SDCC 08! on to Mattel's other line
DC UNIVERSE CLASSICS
DC Universe Classics (DCUC) Wave 3 of the DCUC line is to
contain Hal Jordan, and Sinestro in both classic and
Sinestro Corps uniforms. the C&C is Classic GL
Villain
Solomon Grundy. The panel revealed that after a long
long wait Wave 3 should start hitting stores this week
(July 27th - August 2nd)


pictures courtesy of
www.dcuc.info
Announced at SDCC 2008 - The previously hard to find
Hank Henshaw (cyborg superman) and Mongul figures will be
re-released in a 2 pack
Green Lantern 2 pack featuring Abin Sur and a Repaint
Hal Jordan as a Toys R Us exclusive

The Last GL News in regards to DCUC is this Green
Lantern Hal Jordan 12 inch ( 2up ) Figure!

The continuation of the JLU line, now a pure collector
line had a few GL announcements as well
JLU Collectors Line
John Stewart in the classic GL suit (full leotard), Dr.
Polaris


Sinestro Corps Sinestro:

There are 4 other know Mattel Lines that the DCU license
is being used on, but no official word on any other GL
merch.
Matchbox Cars
DC Super Friends
Imaginext
and the new Brave and the Bold line (based of the new
Batman: The Brave and the Bold cartoon)
Also announced was
www.mattycollector.com the official collector site
and shop for Mattel which launches tomorrow July 28th
2008
Interview
with Darryl Banks
Darryl Banks, well-missed former penciller
on Green Lantern Vol. 3, JLA, and other books (designer
of such characters as Kyle in his original costume, Hal
as Parallax, Fatality, Effigy, and others), takes a
volume of questions and speaks on GL, comics, and what
he's been up to in the past years. Check it out
here!