Brian Truitt

USA TODAY

Back in the day, Mike Tyson showed up in people's homes as a formidable final foe in the Nintendo video game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

This August, he's back, with a little less frustration involved but no less an action figure.

A new 8-inch Tyson toy is the first based on the former heavyweight boxing champ's new cartoon series Mike Tyson Mysteries, debuting this fall on Adult Swim. The show draws from Tyson's own life, as he teams with a pet pigeon to be a hard-punching detective, solve crimes and help others to make up for his past.

The "Iron Mike" figure is designed by Bif Bang Pow! in a retro Mego-type style with trademark face tattoo and blue sweatsuit, has multiple points of articulation, comes with one closed plastic fist (in case you want him to clobber your old Superman Mego from the 1970s), and is available for preorder now from Entertainment Earth.