Once  the LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham video game was announced for release, I knew that 2015 was going to be a huge year for the LEGO Batman (LEGO DC Super Heroes) line of sets. And as is sometimes the case (I’m batting about 70/30 lately), my prediction was right. However, LEGO has completed blown away all of my expectations–the 2015 LEGO DC Superheroes sets contain unquestionably best wave of LEGO DC Minifigures that we’ve ever gotten! The first-ever LEGO minifigures of Darkseid, Brainiac, and Supergirl–and even the return of LEGO Green Arrow–are coming our way in January 2015!

Although LEGO has had the DC Comics license for many years now, they’ve rarely made the most out of it. 90%+ of the LEGO DC Superheroes sets that have been released have been Batman-themed, and star characters like LEGO Superman and LEGO Wonder Woman have only appeared once in the past, whereas secondary characters like LEGO Green Arrow and LEGO Martian Manhunter have been hard-to-get exclusives.

But no longer! In January 2015, LEGO begins doing right by DC! The January 2015 LEGO Batman sets are going be absolutely star-studded with almost every single one of DC Comics’ biggest names!

Although leaked confidential photos of the LEGO Batman 2015 sets have started to appear on the internet, LEGO will lay the smackdown on anyone distributing those photos of unfinished prototypes not approved for the public’s eye, so I won’t be posting any photos of the four previously-unrevealed sets here (for the moment). You can, however, see the LEGO Green Lantern vs. Sinestro set that was revealed at SDCC 2014.

The LEGO 2015 Batman/DC Superheroes sets will include the following–

• LEGO Green Lantern vs. Sinestro 76025: LEGO Green Lantern Jet, LEGO Space Batman Minifigure, LEGO Green Lantern Minifigure and LEGO Sinestro Minifigure
• LEGO Gorilla Grodd Goes Bananas 76026: LEGO Wonder Woman Invisible Jet, LEGO Batman Mech Suit, LEGO Gorilla Grodd Minifigure (BigFig), LEGO Captain Cold Minifigure, LEGO Flash Minifigure, LEGO Wonder Woman Minifigure, and LEGO Batman Minifigure.
• LEGO Black Manta Deep Sea Strike 76027: LEGO Batman Submarine, LEGO Black Manta Submarine, LEGO Black Manta Minifigure, LEGO Aquaman Minifigure, LEGO Deep Dive Robin Minifigure and LEGO Deep Dive Batman Minifigure
• LEGO Darkseid Invasion 76028: LEGO Darkseid Minifigure (BigFig), LEGO Green Arrow Minifigure, LEGO Hawkman Minifigure, LEGO Cyborg Minifigure, LEGO Superman Minifigure
• LEGO Brainiac Attack 76040: LEGO Brainiac Minifigure, LEGO Martian Manhunter Minifigure, LEGO Supergirl Minifigure, LEGO Superman Minifigure

The biggest news in these sets is obviously the fact that previously-released LEGO Convention Exclusive figures like Green Arrow and Green Lantern will now be available in mass-release sets for the very first time! Many collectors were outraged by LEGO’s decision to make these beloved characters exclusives that only a couple hundred minifigures of each existed for, so it’s a monumental move on LEGO’s part to finally bring these characters to the masses!

In addition to previously-released characters, the January 2015 LEGO Super Heroes wave will include the first-ever LEGO minifigures of Darkseid, Gorilla Grodd, Supergirl, Cyborg, Hawman, Brainiac, Sinestro, Captain Cold and Black Manta. This is one stacked LEGO DC Superheroes wave, that’s for sure!

I’ll post an update with photos when LEGO officially allows images to be posted of the remaining four LEGO DC Superheroes 2015 sets, and you can ‘Like’ Bricks and Bloks on Facebook to have news and images sent right to your Facebook Newsfeed!

What do you think of next year’s LEGO DC Super Heroes sets revolution, LEGO fans? Any of you have haven’t collected the previous LEGO Batman sets interested in the LEGO 2015 DC Superheroes sets? And is anyone actually disappointed to see less of an emphasis on LEGO Batman himself in 2015?