A 4th series wave was in development during the Super Powers line's cancellation. Plans for the 4th series line-up included exciting new characters in addition to a handful of re-imagined previously released characters. Kenner devised a new Batman incarnation, dubbed "Capture Winch Batman", as part of this re-imagined "Power Plus" sub-series. The Power Plus Capture Winch Batman moved through the initial sculpting stage and progressed to the unpainted hardcopy development stage. A surviving unpainted hardcopy example surfaced and provides evidence of the figure's developmental progress. The hardcopy example consists of a torso, left arm, leg pair, and batarang. To cut production costs, it appears Kenner intended to re-use existing production tooling, also referred to as steel molds, for production of Capture Winch Batman's head and possibly the right arm.
Kenner Canada released 31 of the 33 carded Super Powers figures in bilingual packaging featuring both English and French text to comply with bilingual packaging laws in the country. As such, Batman saw confirmed release on the following card style:
Shell gas stations in Canada ran a promotion, detailed extensively here, resulting in the release of eight characters, including Batman, on small blister cards devoid of many packaging graphics found on their larger retail store packaging counterparts.
Children residing outside the US and Canada collected Super Powers action figures distributed by additional international companies. International carded Batman figures include:
Lil Ledy produced and distributed 1st series Super Powers figures in Mexico. Carded Lili Ledy examples with the exception of Wonder Woman are extremely rare, however loose examples of Batman do exist, thus carded examples may very well still remain waiting to be uncovered.
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