Museum Challenge: The rarest-ever superhero toy from DC Comics?

[Bocasean]

I've been searching for years now and I simply can't find another: I believe this is the only known example of The Flash's first-ever merchandise. I know there are 2 known examples of Wonder Woman in the box, 2 boxed examples of Green Lantern, and a least 1 loose Wonder Woman in Australia. I've never seen a Batman, Robin, or a Hawkman. They never made a Superman because he was licensed by Ben Cooper when these were produced in 1961.

I'd like to know if any other examples exist, especially Batman. Anyone? After 55 years it's proving to be a nearly impossible hunt.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The only other thing I can think of is the Justice League playset by Ideal. But I've NEVER seen pics of this one before. I'm not sure I ever saw the Wonder Woman, just Green Lantern. The Flash costume is far more accurate than Ben Cooper's later in the decade.

Chris

[Bocasean]

Yeah, the entire Ideal line is super tough to come by, but there are multiple examples of all of them. Weirdly enough, the one glaring hole in this Flash collection that I picked up was the carded Ideal set of 4, which had the first-ever Flash action figure. It had the figure loose, but not carded, so that hunt still remains.

As for this Dessart set, the quality is fantastic. The line was responsible for the first-ever merchandising/toys of Flash, Hawkman, and Green Lantern. I've never even seen a PICTURE of the Batman, Robin, or Hawkman versions.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The fact that Hakwman doesn't have his head wings tells you how early these costumes were in the Silver Age!

Chris

[Bocasean]

Yeah, that's early Joe Kubert style and, actually, the font and the design are VERY Silver Age and that's how I spotted this piece. I'd never even seen one before and didn't know of it; I was watching a Youtube video on the Flash Museum and saw it briefly as he pulled it out of a shelf between the Ben Cooper and Collegeville pieces and I immediately knew it was old and rare. It took some digging to realize just how much so, and that wouldn't have happened without the strong Silver Age vibe to it.