JAY GARRICK FLASH
SUPER POWERS (McFARLANE)
The vintage Kenner Super Powers line had exactly one JSA member in its entire run, Doctor Fate, who was left all by his lonesome for 40 some years. McFarlane’s revival line has greatly expanded the roster in quite a short span of time, first with a whole three-pack of guys, and now with Jay Garrick, the original Flash! Let’s check out this guy and his very shiny hat!
THE FIGURE ITSELF
Jay Garrick Flash is part of Series 10 of McFarlane’s Super Powers continuation line. He’s the fifth JSA-er in the style, and is based on his post-“Flash of Two Worlds” look, complete with the white streaks in his hair. The figure stands just shy of 4 1/2 inches tall and he has 7 points of articulation. Jay is built on the updated skinny body, patterned on the original Barry Allen Flash, which I suppose does make it a fair but of sense. He gets a new head, which is a rather nice piece, probably the nicest of the four McFarlane JSA sculpts. It definitely feels very Jay in its characteristics. He’s also got a belt add-on, as well as modified boots with the flaps and the ankle wings. All in all, it’s a pretty good set-up, and its quite a nice recreation of his comics design. His paint work is generally pretty good too. The details are crisp, clean, and sharp. I do feel like for proper authenticity, he really should have a chromed helmet, but the silver paint works okay on its own.
THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION
I love Super Powers and I love the JSA. I also loved the three-pack, even with its slight flaws, so I’m game for pretty much as many of these guys as I can get. Jay’s the biggest missing member, and kind of an essential counterpart to Alan, so you gotta have him. He’s pretty much as on the mark as you can get with these figures, and a fantastic addition to the quickly growing line-up.
The Figure In Question 
Long time fan. First time posting here. I just want to say I continue to enjoy the “Super Powers/Super Powers adjacent” reviews and any other figures in the same scale. I personally collect this scale as it’s probably my favorite from childhood, so it’s great to see attention paid to 1/16 scaled toys rather the usual 1/18 and 1/12 scales.
Thanks for commenting! 1/16 is absolutely *my* scale, so any return to it is very exciting for me. I’m actually doing a bit of a refocus on my collection, and that’s the scale I’m narrowing in on, so there should be no shortage of those sorts of reviews going forward!
I decided to collect solely 1/16 scale and anything else that will work with those toylines for over 5 years. My main reason was because 3 of my favorite childhood toylines (Super Powers, Secret Wars, and Robocop) were that scale. Plus 1/16 scale toylines are not as expansive (or expensive) as 1/18 and 1/12 scales.
I decided to collect solely 1/16 scale and anything else that will work with those toylines for over 5 years. My main reason was because 3 of my favorite childhood toylines (Super Powers, Secret Wars, and Robocop) were that scale. Plus 1/16 scale toylines are not as expansive (or expensive) as 1/18 and 1/12 scales.