Everyone knows Marvel Comics has a very, very long roster of characters and, at San Diego Comic-Con this year, it’s pushing that list to the max. Hasbro just announced an exclusive set for the convention, and it’s comprised of a few characters likely unfamiliar to a lot of comic book fans, unless those fans also play the game Marvel Snap.
It’s called the “Hasbro Marvel Legends Series Gamerverse Marvel Snap Savage Land 3-Pack” and consists of Rogue, Sauron (no, not that one), and Shanna the She-Devil, each as they are seen in the Savage Land season of Snap, the digital card collecting/competition game. Rogue is a character we all know and love, while Sauron and Shanna seem more like characters we wish we knew better, because we’d definitely love them. Here are a few images of the set.
So who are these characters? Rogue is the X-Men mainstay with the ability to absorb powers from others, who appears not just in the comics, but movies, animated shows, and more. Sauron is an evil flying dinosaur, a Pterodactylus to be precise, who was introduced as an X-Men villain in the late 1960s. His powers are similar to Rogue’s in that he can absorb and use powers, except he’s a flying dinosaur. (He’s also the focus of an infamous meme referencing a comic panel from Spider-Man and the X-Men #2, in which Spider-Man encourages him to use his powers to cure cancer—and he retorts back “I don’t want to cure cancer. I want to turn people into dinosaurs.”) Shanna the She-Devil was introduced in the early 1970s as a kind of super-athletic badass who is also a veterinarian and becomes a big part of stories set in Savage Land largely within X-Men comics.
Of course, though, in this case these designs are all based on Marvel Snap where characters can often gain new popularity and life. However, calling these—admittedly very nice looking— figures out for only being part of Snap is slightly comical. After all, it’s not like Snap is getting its design ideas out of nowhere. They’re from and inspired by comic creators. So cutting them out to just be like “Gamerverse Marvel Snap!” kind of stinks but, of course, that’s how things work
The set will first be available for purchase exclusively at the Hasbro booth (#3213) during San Diego Comic-Con 2025. That usually requires some form of ticket or lottery, so keep an eye on the official Comic-Con website for that info. After the convention, limited quantities will go on sale at HasbroPulse.com. It costs $90.
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