YesterToys: Just squeeze 'em

Today's YesterToys ad is for one of the most fondly remembered superhero toylines ever: Kenner's Super Powers!


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I have a confession. I never owned any of these as a kid.

There are two reasons. 1) Although a dyed in the wool DC fan now, my youthful superhero tastes leaned more towards Marvel. Therefore the Secret Wars figures from about the same time period appealed to me much more than these, and 2) the action features turned me off (the ad tells us to "just squeeze 'em!" - ummm, no thanks.)

Later, when some of these were re-released in conjunction with the '89 Batman movie, I did pick a few of them up. But I really missed the boat on the original release, and today I'd love to have every one of these guys.



This ad appeared on the inside front cover of World's Finest Comics number 307, September 1984.

UPDATE: The Irredeemable Shag has just posted a great write-up on the Super Powers Firestorm action figure; take a look at it by clicking HERE!