McFarlane Toys‘ Page Punchers line is mostly known for 3-inch figures that come with comics, but on the DC Comics side of things, it also sometimes goes to 7-inch, their standard scale for superheroes. These generally hit retail in waves of four figures, usually with an original story in the pack-in comics. In this case, it’s a four-part Superman arc called “Ghosts of Krypton.”
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McFarlane Toys slowly leaked out the story’s synopsis on their socials in four parts, but combined, this is how it reads:
“Haunted by the vision of a spectral General Zod seeking salvation, Superman embarks on a perilous journey into the Phantom Zone where Kal-El discovers an army of deadly Brainiac drones. Superman soon learns that Val-Zod, the Superman of Earth-2, has also been lured to the Zone by ghosts from the past. Although powerless in the Phantom Zone, the Men of Steel, donning protective Kryptonian armor suits, vow to vanquish Brainiac and the menacing mechanical army.”
As that summation suggests, the four figures in the wave are an armored Superman, Val-Zod, Ghost of Zod, and Brainiac. Both Supermen feature elaborately detailed mechanical suits, while the spectral Zod appears to have translucent parts. Brainiac is the full-on robotic version with multiple arms and mechanical tentacles.
It looks like Kal-El and Val-Zod may use some of the same base body parts under the former’s extra armor bits. It’s hard to tell with the shallow focus in the official image, but one thing is clear — minus his powers, Superman has made well sure to protect himself from super-kicks to the junk. (That would seem to be more Lobo’s style than Brainiac’s, but one never knows.)
Preorders for these figures begin this week, March 6th, at most online toy destinations. Will the ghosts put the “krypt” in Krypton in a big way? You’ll have to read to find out. But never bet against Superman unless Dwayne Johnson has forcefully shoehorned him into an unrelated movie.
