DC Comics announced they are expanding their partnership with Wal-Mart with a brand new line of statues. This new line of statues is part of their Batman: Black and White line. They will specifically be revisiting a number of their popular 9″ designs from the line and transforming them into 4″ mini-figures.
The line will include designs from Jim Lee, Bruce Timm, Amanda Conner, Darwyn Cooke, Jason Fabok, Frank Quietely, Patrick Gleason and more.
“BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE is DC Collectibles’ longest-running statue line and continues to be one of our best-sellers,” said Jim Fletcher, executive creative director at DC Collectibles. “The line allows us to work with a wide array of talented artists from different industries, and we’re really excited to revisit our favorite designs in this all-new 4″ scale!”
These Wal-Mart exclusive figures will be packaged in “exclusive, individual blind bag[s]” and will be positioned right next to DC’s Comic Giants exclusive Wal-Mart line. New figures are expected to be released every other month in waves of six.
Here’s the release schedule including each of the specific character statues:
February 2019:
- Batman by Amanda Connor
- Batman by Darwyn Cooke
- Batman by Jason Fabok
- Batman by Patrick Gleason
- Batman by Frank Quitely
- Batman by Dick Sprang
April 2019:
- Harley Quinn by Bruce Timm
- Robin by Frank Quitely
- Batman by Mike Allred
- Batman by John Romita Jr.
- Batman by Gary Frank
- Batman by Eduardo Risso
June 2019
- The Joker by Jim Lee
- Batman by Dustin Nguyen
- Batman by Mike Mignola
- Batman by Sean “Cheeks” Galloway
- Batman from Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Batman by Jim Lee
August 2019
- Penguin by Brian Bolland
- Robin by Carmine Infantino
- Batman by Carmine Infantino
- Batman by Chris Uminga
- Batman by Jae Lee
- Batman by Brian Bolland
Each figure will be available for $5.00 and can be found in more than 3,000 participating Wal-Mart stores.
The figures will also be sold in a box-set at participating comic book shops in May. These box-sets will include all six of the Batman: Black and White mini-figures for that month. The box sets will also feature a seventh exclusive figure in each set.
Do you plan on picking up any of these statues? Which one is your favorite?