Posted By Dan Greenfield on Apr 18, 2024 | 1 comment

EXCLUSIVE: A 40th anniversary tip of the mask to Tales of the Teen Titans #44! PLUS: The latest Crisis Facsimile…

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Dick Grayson’s transition from Robin to Nightwing — a landmark event that still resonates all these years later.

Well, come July, DC is marking the occasion with the Tales of the Teen Titans #44 Facsimile Edition, complete with foil and sketch variants.

It’s actually one of three Facsimile Editions coming from the publisher that month, including Crisis on Infinite Earths #4. The third one? Well that one deserves its own story, so click here to check that out.

Meanwhile, dig the official Titans and Crisis solicitations, which will be released formally Friday by DC:

TALES OF THE TEEN TITANS #44 FACSIMILE EDITION

Written by MARV WOLFMAN and GEORGE PÉREZ
Art by GEORGE PÉREZ, DICK GIORDANO, and MIKE DeCARLO
Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ
Foil variant cover by GEORGE PÉREZ ($5.99 US)
Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US)

With the Titans having been betrayed and captured, Dick Grayson dons a new costume and new identity as Nightwing. The facsimile reprint of part three of “The Judas Contract” also features the previously untold origin of Deathstroke the Terminator!

$3.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 7/10/24

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CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #4 FACSIMILE EDITION

Written by MARV WOLFMAN
Art by GEORGE PÉREZ and MIKE DeCARLO
Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ
Foil variant cover by GEORGE PÉREZ ($5.99 US)
Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US)

Betrayal looms, and worlds end as a new hero joins the fight. Will both Earth-1 and Earth-2 fade into nothingness before the Monitor’s plan can come to fruition? A full facsimile reprint from the series that changed DC forever.

$3.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 7/17/24

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A few thoughts:

— Nightwing’s anniversary was actually in March, and our pal Chris Franklin wrote a great piece about Dick Grayson’s career and legacy. Click here to check it out. It is well worth your time.

— I recently wrote that, like Crisis and Batman: Year One, it would be really cool if DC republished all of the Judas Contract issues. This would seem to obviate that, but so what. This comic marks one of the coolest reading experiences I’ve ever had. At 17, this was such a huge deal, especially to a Batman fanatic like me.

— Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, high-grade original of Tales of the Teen Titans #44 recently sold on eBay for $100.

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MORE

— Flight of Passage: From ROBIN to NIGHTWING — 40 YEARS LATER. Click here.

— 1960’s JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA to Be Re-Released as a FACSIMILE EDITION. Click here.