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Daredevil Toys, Shirts With Punch, And Agents Of DRINKS: Gifts For Superhero-Show Fans

Plus underpants, SPOOOOOOON!, and the worst board game in TV history.

Welcome back to the Previously.TV holiday gift guide! So far, we've shared our best ideas for crime-show-fan giftees and kids'-show aficionados, and today, it's time to use our powers for good with presents for fans of superhero shows.

From Arrow to Z, our favorite superpowered gifts...

  1. Agent Carter
    It's always a good day to see your favorite superheroes in adorable child form; the Earth's Sweetest Heroes calendar includes Agent Carter and other Marvel favorites.
  2. Agents Of SHIELD
    Become an Agent Of BEER with a customizable AoS pint glass.
  3. Arrow
    The Flash/Arrow crossover event comes to your couch with a throw pillow in three different sizes. Or grab a Green Boxing Glove Arrow shirt from Glarkware; layers great under a doomy hoodie!
  4. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
    Perfect for the "Band Candy" superfan in your life -- but! not for actual eating -- are these novelty candy bars with Buffy-character wrappers. If lethally ancient food ain't your bag, try the Men Of Sunnydale trading cards instead...or splash out on a Mr. Pointy signed by Bianca "Kendra" Lawson. I for one kind of hope someone sports me a Lorne action figure.
  5. Daredevil
    Become a hero of the under-three set your own self when you gift them little crocheted Daredevils.
  6. Gotham
    Bring the moodiness of Wayne Manor to your bedroom or office with these stencilled Batman lampshades.
  7. Greatest American Hero
    It's unclear whether anyone would actually get what this costume IS at this late date in TV history -- but you can dress as William Katt's eponymous hero with the help of this costume. Better yet? Snag a sweatshirt printed with a few bars of the greatest act of heroism that show ever performed: George Costanza's answering-machine message.
  8. Jessica Jones
    Jones-ing for a shirt or hoodie depicting our favorite drunk Netflixian bad-ass? Try the "Mess Of A Woman" look. (Or get melissasknits to make a Jonesian infinity scarf for you. Pretty reasonable pricing, IBO ["in Buntsy's opinion"]!)
  9. Knight Rider
    Interested in playing the dullest, most needlessly complex branded board game in history? ...You really aren't, I need you guys to trust me on this. The only worthwhile thing about the Knight Rider game is the box art, although I must acknowledge that it's pretty amazing in an overwrought, Star Wars-novelization-cover kind of way. You can rent KITT for the day, though! Or plug him into your center console every day while you charge your phone. Ask him why Michael never used regular Pursuit Mode.
  10. Supergirl
    This baseball shirt's a throwback to the Helen Slater-era SG. (Anyone who wants to buy me this Legend Of Billie Jean top is welcome to, speaking of Slater.)
  11. The Tick
    You guys. How is there not an actual, literal Tick-branded spoon? That seems like a major oversight. We'll just have to make do with a full set of wind-up action figures instead. Boo.
  12. Wonder Woman
    Is one of your lingering resentments the refusal of your parents to buy you Underoos? Probably not; you guys seem pretty well adjusted. I'm still a little bitter about it but Hot Topic has Wonder Woman Underoos for grownups, so I can devote my full energy to stewing about the pony.