With some predictions mixed in…
We haven’t done one of these in a while, and a lot of what we’ve requested in the past has been released by DC, so here comes 13 DC COMICS FACSIMILE EDITIONS WE’D LIKE TO SEE — 2026 EDITION.
In no particular order:
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Green Lantern #76. DC announced this one back in 2020 but then it was cancelled when COVID struck. Why the publisher hasn’t rectified that is a mystery, but they have an emerald opportunity when the TV show Lanterns — which is about Hal Jordan and John Stewart investigating a rural mystery — hits later this year. (By Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams, 1970.)
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Batman #321. Another one cancelled by COVID, this one also deserves to see the light of day. A 1979 Len Wein-written classic, with art by Walt Simonson and Dick Giordano, and a Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez cover. A natural!
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The Flash #135. Yet another cancelled by COVID, this one gives us the first appearance of one of the greatest comics costumes of all time — Kid Flash’s second set of duds, designed by Carmine Infantino. (By John Broome, Infantino, Joe Giella, and an Infantino/Murphy Anderson cover, 1963.) DC had a fourth cancelled by COVID — 1975’s Man-Bat #1, featuring Steve Ditko’s only published Batman work — but it’s not very high on my personal list.
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Batman vs. the Incredible Hulk (aka DC Special Series #27). Since we’ve already gotten the two Spider-Man/Superman treasuries, I’d say it’s even money we’ll get this one later in 2026. The 45th anniversary is in September. (By Wein, Garcia-Lopez and Giordano, with contributions from George Perez.)
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Marvel and DC Present the Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans #1. I’d wager this is at the top of most comics fans’ lists — especially if DC and Marvel choose to rerelease it in treasury size, as opposed to the original size. (By Chris Claremont, Simonson and Terry Austin, 1982.)
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Action Comics #285. Supergirl goes public! Perfect timing for the new movie coming this summer. (By Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney, with a cover by Curt Swan and George Klein, 1961.)
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The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #1. Written by our pal Paul Kupperberg and another fitting release for the Supergirl movie. (Art by Carmine Infantino and Bob Oksner, with a cover by Rich Buckler and Dick Giordano, 1982.)
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Adventure Comics #247. There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the Legion, so this is a safe bet at some point. (By Otto Binder and Al Plastino, with a cover by Swan and Stan Kaye, 1958.)
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All-Star Comics #8. Everybody thinks of Sensation Comics #1 and Wonder Woman #1, but don’t forget the Amazing Amazon premiered here in a back-up story. The 85th anniversary is in October. (By William Moulton Marston and H.G. Peter, 1941.)
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Detective Comics #298. The Clayface movie is due in September, so I’ll be shocked if this one doesn’t happen. I mean, we’ve already gotten the first appearance of the original Clayface. (By Bill Finger, Sheldon Moldoff and Charles Paris, with a Moldoff cover, 1961.)
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Batman #11. I just wrote about this one, here.
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Detective Comics #168. I just wrote about this one, here. A serious no-brainer.
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Watchmen. The 40th anniversary of the landmark 1986 series is in May. A 13th Dimension reader already pointed out the likelihood that DC would reprint the entire 12-issue series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons as monthly Facsimiles. The May solicitations are coming soon enough, so we’ll see.
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BONUS: DC is now the Facsimile Edition gold standard, with an excellent selection across all eras. Weirdly, though, the publisher will sometimes only reprint the first part of a two-part story. So, I’d like to remind them that these Part 2s are all essential — 1963’s Justice League of America #22, 1977’s Detective Comics #476 and 1986’s Action Comics #583.
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MORE
— DC to Publish SIX Facsimile Editions in April — With an Emphasis on the Wacky. Click here.
— DC COMICS to Publish FIVE Facsimile Editions in March. Click here.
February 8, 2026
I’m still hoping for a facsimile of SHAZAM! #1!
February 8, 2026
A decent copy can be picked up for under $20. Shoot…a CGS 9.0 is under $100. At those prices, I’d buy originals. https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?q=Shazam+1&pubid=8561&PubRng=1800-1979
Or, perhaps a Whiz #2 with Captain Marvel is more your thing. These facsimile editions are pretty nice. https://www.psartbooks.com/product-page/whiz-comics-issue-2-facsimile-edition?currency=USD
February 8, 2026
DC has also done a Whiz #2.
February 8, 2026
They’ve facsimiled GREEN LANTERN / GREEN ARROW #85 but not #86 , part two of the Speedy heroin story.
February 9, 2026
Excellent point.
February 9, 2026
If they would just put out a new facsimile edition of every Adams’ cover….I’d be good with that.
February 8, 2026
Yes, please!
February 8, 2026
I received a nice copy of SHAZAM #1 (Walt Grogan’s wish, above) for Christmas — I’ve started looking for the ‘70s series for the reprints as I have the new stories in the three hardcovers DC published a few years ago — but of the choices in the article I really want the Batman/Hulk and X-Men/New Teen Titans facsimiles in the tabloid/treasury format.
February 8, 2026
For Clayface, I’d rather see Rogers’ Dectective #478 edition.
February 8, 2026
What was George Perez’s contribution to HULK V BATMAN??
February 8, 2026
A couple of character bio pages
February 8, 2026
Thank you.
February 8, 2026
We aim to please.
February 8, 2026
Facsimile editions are about all I am buying from DC and Marvel. I dip my toe into the new release pool occasionally, but it’s just not the same. Now get off my lawn, ya whipper snappers!
February 8, 2026
These are all great choices. My personal wishlist is Green Lantern #40 for the beginning of the basis of Crisis of Infinite Earths (to tuck into my Crisis box set, along with Flash #123!), The Spectre #54 for the very pricey Mr. Terrific 1st appearance, and Superman #53 (1948) for the first lengthy Superman origin.
February 8, 2026
I’d really like to see some of the past anniversary issues as facsimiles, as a previous article on this site proposed.
Also… there’s current buzz about the Legion? What have I missed?
February 8, 2026
SHOWCASE #100!
February 9, 2026
I almost had that on there just for you! Alas…
February 9, 2026
I’d buy that in Treasury format too! In that same vein, they could do a version of Detective 255 as we’ve discussed here before. https://13thdimension.com/batman-255-the-end-of-neal-adams-classic-batman-era-50-years-later/
February 8, 2026
For a second part of a 2-part story, I’d like to see them release Detective Comics #68, with the second half of the first appearance of Two-Face.
I also wouldn’t mind seeing Worlds Finest #3, with the first appearance of Scarecrow, Action Comics #51 with the first Prankster, and Detective #74 for Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and maybe Action Comics #64 for the first Toyman. I could go on, but yeah, more Golden Age goodness would be appreciated!
February 9, 2026
I could do with Facsimile of SHOWCASE # 4.
BATMAN # 251 too, for that matter…
February 9, 2026
Yeah, Showcase #4 for sure. July is the 70th anniversary, so…
Batman #251 has been done. It was one of the first. But a re-release with foil and sketch covers would be great.
February 9, 2026
Since DC has done Year One and is starting Year Two this month, they may as well go for broke and reprint all of Year Three next.
Heck, go for the whole Robin trifecta: reprint A Death in the Family, then Year Three, and then round it out with all of A Lonely Place of Dying.
…give me Ten Nights of the Beast while we’re at it.
February 9, 2026
I’m looking forward to what I assume will eventually be an updated top wanted Marvel facsimile list next.
Which I hope includes Uncanny X-Men #125-128 and #143, and Avengers #1 to…well, I’d say 12, but maybe we’ll get #1-7 with the shorter run focus after Silver Surfer.
February 9, 2026
How about the Death Of Batman story from Adventure Comics #461-462, released as it was originally intended to be, as All-Star Comics #75 (the cover exists – it was repurposed as a splash page introducing the second half of the story)?
February 9, 2026
I would definitely buy that fauximile edition!!!!!!!
February 11, 2026
Do you have link to the unused cover?
February 9, 2026
Those are nice. Other essentials…
Finish the X-Men run (94-143).
Finish the Adams Batman and Green Lantern runs.
Finish the early M/DC team-ups. Get Batman-Hulk out asap, and this time UPSCALE the X-Men/Teen Titans to treasury format.
Speaking of facsimile treasuries…
DC should not delay on the Roy Thomas story in DC Special Series 26 Superman and His Incredible Fortress of Solitude, and the Superboy/Legion wedding edition.
And Marvel needs to get started on their 28 volume run of treasuries.
February 9, 2026
X-Men/New Teen Titans blown up to a treasury for the first time and DC Comics Presents #47 if they can work out the licensing.
February 10, 2026
As a fan of the (original run) JSA, I’ll take a facsimile edition of DC Special #29 but would love to see this also in treasury format. https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/DC_Special_Vol_1_29
February 10, 2026
Oh, yeah, I’d definitely buy that. There are definitely some stories that deserve the treasury size upgrade, and the Levitz/Staton/Layton origin of the JSA is one of them. That Neal Adams cover too!
February 10, 2026
Maybe add JLA #144’s untold origin of the JLA by Englehart/Dillin/McLaughlin to up the page count, and make it a flip book so both covers get used.
February 10, 2026
Lots of great choices here. I would also like to see facsimiles of Bat #234 (Denny O’Neil & Neal Adams brought back Two-Face after many years) and Det #400 (first appearance of Man-Bat, art by N. Adams) and a fauxsimile of Joker #10.
February 10, 2026
That Two-Face is one issue I’ve struggled to find as an affordable option. But I’d buy both of these as facsimile editions. Or, treasury. Take either or both.
February 10, 2026
How about a facsimile of the big cheese of all marvel/Dc crossovers, JLA/AVENGERS?
Doesn´t ahve to be treasury-sized or anything like that….
February 10, 2026
Acton Comics #500 with the life story of Superman as the treasury edition I believe it was meant to be.
February 10, 2026
Another aspect I haven’t heard mentioned yet (or, much) is alternate cover facsimile editions. There are plenty of un-used covers that could now be used. A variant cover that was originally not drawn to be one. That would be a cool idea to consider.
February 11, 2026
Would love to see some 100 page super-spectaculars! (or 80 page giants for that matter.)
February 11, 2026
I’ve been re-reading the 100-Page Super-Spectaculars from Detective Comics (#438-444) and the entirety of Batman Family and the Batman Family era of Detective. There’s a lot of great material there, new and reprint, that deserves to be seen again.
If they wanted to do a run, I’d select the Bat-Murderer story from ‘Tec #444-448.