Bandai Namco : DC Super Heroes Arcade Cards

DC Super Heroes is a card and coin-pusher arcade manufactured by Andamiro and marketed by Bandai Namco. The game dispenses collectible trading cards featuring DC Comics heroes and villains. Four different series have been released; each 16-card series features the same roster.

Each box contains 150 rigid plastic cards. Each measures approximately 2.1 x 3.4 inches, smaller than a standard trading card. "Super Hero" and "Super Villain" card backs feature biographical information. Team "Bonus" card backs depict a DC Comics logo. Card backs may contain third-party aftermarket stamps or barcodes. Various card backs have been observed with branding information from regional distributors and arcade venues.

Superman appears on "Super Hero" card #002 and "Hero Bonus" card #008 in all four series.

 

Series 2 was released on July 13, 2018. Series 2 cards feature artwork from "The New 52" era of DC Comics. Series 2 character images are from the 2012 Justice League Style Guide penciled by José Luis García-López and inked by Brett Breeding.

The Series 2 Superman card back image is from Action Comics #1 (904) (November 2011), penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, and colored by Alex Sinclair.

 

The Series 2 "Hero Bonus" card reprints a variant cover of Justice League vol 2, #1 (October 2011). The cover was penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, and colored by Alex Sinclair.

Series 3 was released in March 2021. Card #002 reprints the cover of Superman Vol. 3 #29 (May 2014), penciled by Brett Booth, inked by Norm Rapmund, and colored by Andrew Dalhouse. The card back image is from the cover of Superman Unchained #2 (September 2013), penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, and colored by Alex Sinclair.

 

The Series 3 "Hero Bonus" card reprints a Justice League illustration from DC Universe Rebirth #1 (July 2016). The page was penciled by Ivan Reis, inked by Joe Prado, and colored by Brad Anderson.

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Series 4 was released in July 2023. The character images are from DC Super Friends, an animated web series released by DC Kids in 2015. The characters were designed by Yann Seguineau de Preval and Jeffrey Young-Sterling. The "Hero Bonus" card features Batman, Green Lantern, and Superman.

 

The first Superman arcade card was released by the Exhibit Supply Co. (ESCO) in 1949.

The complete DC Super Heroes Arcade collection is comprised of 64 cards. The checklist is identical for all four series.