After spending the first three MONTHS of Heroclixin’s 2012 looking back, it’s time to look ahead to the Top 10 characters I want to see clixed in the future.

Five Marvel. Five DC. No remakes.

That’s what I want to say, anyway. But I’ll warn you right now: there will be a few sort-of remakes on my list. But you’ll understand why in the end.

Let’s get started.

5.

DC: Ferro Lad

Actually, I want all the unmade members of the Legion of Super Heroes to take this slot (Blok, Quislet, White Witch, Tyroc, Light Lass, Gates, Shikari, Monstress and about a half-dozen more I can’t recall at the moment) but this perpetually masked, long-ago-slain member of the team is the longest shot and a personal favorite.

Befitting his ability to transform into solid organic iron and his Legion membership (and flight ring), he’d be a fairly inexpensive Invulnerable, Super-Strong flying wildcard, but with a twist via an opening-click Special Power: fellow characters with Super Strength or Telekinesis could use him as a heavy object in battle. I’d also like to see an end-dial SP reflecting the self-sacrificial streak that’s shown up in every version of the character.

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On the Marvel side, more heavy metal: Iron Man Stealth Armor.

There have been a lot of versions of Tony Stark’s signature invention made in HeroClix, but this iconic black suit has yet to make an appearance. Being largely undetectable but low on raw power, the Stealth suit would appropriately have a Stealth-and-Energy Shield/Deflection trait but decidedly average numbers and not much in the way of offensive powers. In fact, I’d go so far as to not even give it any keywords to show just HOW invisible and under-the-radar (so to speak) Iron Man’s really trying to be here.