EXCLUSIVE: 1952’s MAD #1 to Be Re-Released as a FACSIMILE EDITION in June
PLUS: Batman: Gotham by Gaslight and Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 Facsimile Editions… Now, this is cool. DC Comics in June will re-release an all-time classic as a Facsimile Edition — 1952’s Mad #1, originally published by EC Comics. In addition, the publisher has also set the date for the Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 Facsimile Edition and there will also be a Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Facsimile Edition. Dig the official solicitation info, which will be formally released by DC on Friday: MAD MAGAZINE #1 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by HARVEY KURTZMAN Art by HARVEY KURTZMAN, JACK DAVIS, WALLY WOOD, WILL ELDER and JOHN SEVERIN Cover by HARVEY KURTZMAN Blank Sketch Cover For people who like their humor in a jugular vein, we offer (again!) these tales calculated to drive you MAD. A facsimile reprint of the first landmark issue of MAD! With parodies of the leading comic book genres of 1952, this issue included the EC Horror-inspired terrorizing talkes of “Hoohah,” the expansive science fiction future world of “Blobs!”, the wacky Western-themed “Varmint!” and from our “true” crime tales department, “Ganefs!”. Prepare to have your sides split by MAD’s creators and the original Usual Gang of Idiots, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood. $3.99 US / 32 PAGES / Variant $4.99 US ON SALE 6/4/24 — CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #3 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by MARV WOLFMAN Art by GEORGE PEREZ, DICK GIORDANO and MIKE DeCARLO Cover by GEORGE PEREZ Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US) Foil variant cover ($5.99 US) In the far reaches of time, the first heroes fall! As an antimatter wave threatens the existence of our present-day Earth, will the combined strength of the Teen Titans, Batman, the Outsiders, and Superman be enough to stop the “Oblivion Upon Us”? $3.99 US / 32 pages ON SALE 6/18/24 — BATMAN: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT #1 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by BRIAN AUGUSTYN Art by MIKE MIGNOLA and P. CRAIG RUSSELL Cover by MIKE MIGNOLA Foil variant cover by MIKE MIGNOLA Blank Sketch Cover Variant This now-classic tale of the Dark Knight reimagines Batman in the Gotham City of 1889, where a murderer is on the loose preying on its citizens: Jack the Ripper. The story that helped usher in DC’s Elseworlds initiative is reprinted for the first time as a facsimile edition. $4.99 US /...
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