2007 McDonald's : Legion of Super Heroes

Throughout the month of August in 2007, McDonald's released the Legion of Super Heroes action figure and trading card collection in the United States. The Legion of Super Heroes animated series aired from September 23, 2006, to April 5, 2008. The series was broadcast in the United States as part of the Kids' WB line on The CW network.

Individual characters were packaged with Happy Meals or sold separately. The campaign ran simultaneously with a Build-A-Bear Workshop promotion. Each figure includes an illustrated case containing a trading card and diorama display. The PVC figures are approximately 2.75 inches in height. The display case measure about 5.75 inches in height.

Superman appears with Drax Zod in the trading card set. The Legion of Superheroes animated series was originally titled Superboy and the Legion of Superheroes. Due to the legal battle over the rights to Superboy, the television character was referred to as a young Superman.

"This Last Son of the Planet Krypton will one day become the greatest hero of all time. But first, Kansas farm boy Clark Kent must journey a thousand years into the future to the 31st century-and learn all about his super-powers as a member of the Legion of Super Heroes. Only then will he fulfill his destiny as the Man of Steel, Superman!'

"A mysterious super-powered villain escapes from the Phantom Zone, a dimension that Superman used in the past to imprison his greatest enemies. After banishing the Legion of Super Heroes to the ghostly realm from where he escaped, the super-powered criminal is surprised to face the Man of Steel's younger self, who puts some very useful tools from Brainiac 5's lab to good use!"

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"The Legion of Super-Heroes" first appeared in Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958). The team was created for a one-off Superboy story by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino. The Legion of Superheroes animated characters were designed by Derrick J. Wyatt and Glenn Won.

Kids' WB distributed a separate promotional series of Legion of Super Heroes trading cards at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con International.