Occasionally, we’ll look ahead at a set’s offerings to see what we’re most excited to play, and why.

SUPERMAN II [Superman/Wonder Woman 019a]
That Incap that trumps Willpower and the like looks super-Useful despite his Friendly-looking 2 damage. A Nifty addition to the Black Box theme of all-African-looking characters and to the growing “Wait, That’s Not Superman” theme of Superman archetype figs such as Hyperion, Blue Marvel, Omni-Man and others.

CLARK KENT [Superman/Wonder Woman 026]
Finally a reporter Kent done right (compared with the decidedly not-Super edition in 2010’s The Brave and the Bold) with the Superman Ally team ability (i.e., his X-ray vision), Probability Control (his moving at super-speed to affect the environment) Outwit (ditto, plus his keen reporter instincts) and the SP to become Superman for an instant. Very Nifty piece for our Plainclothes theme!

LORI LEMARIS [Superman/Wonder Woman 042]
We like Atlantis teams, so she and her fellow MERMAID girlfriends will join with Aquaman or Namor on a water map soon in these parts.

KRYPTO [Superman/Wonder Woman 050]
A figure that old WizKids [2002-200] promised would never be remade gets new life with NECA/WizKids [2009-present]. It’s Nifty to run a dog on a team and we like Animal themes anyway. For just 50 points, the Man of Steel’s best friend is a solid fighter, too. He’s not at the top of our list, but we’ll definitely keep him if we find him in the shelter of a booster box.

RED SON CHASES [Superman/Wonder Woman 061, 065, 066]
Overall, this set is not populated by a great number of must-haves for Heroclixin’ — which is good news, because the biggest “must” of the set is the chase Wonder Woman [066] we need to complete our Diana’s Wardrobe of all Wonder Woman costumes. To a lesser degree, we also want to eventually acquire Red Son Superman [065] for the comparably completist Kal’s Closet theme of Superman costumes and Batman [061] for similar reasons.