EXCLUSIVE: Green Arrow goes broke and grows a conscience, but finds a friend in Black Canary, who’s moved to Earth-One…
May will be another big month for DC Facsimile Editions, with the publisher scheduling six first-rate issues. A number of them deserve their own headlines, and you can read about them here, here and here, or check out the links below.
Meanwhile, one of them is 1969’s landmark Justice League of America #75 — the issue that brought Black Canary to Earth-One, and took away Green Arrow’s money and had him grow a social conscience. (Oh, and Black Canary got her sonic scream, to boot!)
Dig the solicitation info, which will be officially released later Friday by DC:
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #75 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by DENNIS O’NEIL
Art by DICK DILLIN
Cover by CARMINE INFANTINO
Foil variant cover by CARMINE INFANTINO ($6.99 US)
Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US)
When Green Arrow’s identity crisis inadvertently causes the League’s darker selves to take physical form and attack, the JLA requires all the help it can get. Luckily, prospective member Black Canary is on hand, having just emigrated from Earth-2—but will a new mysteriously acquired ultra-sonic power be a help or a hindrance to her?
$3.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 5/13/26
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Several thoughts:
— Great idea for a Facsimile Edition and a total surprise. This issue, released in September 1969, often escapes notice but it really is one of the key comics not just in JLA history, but as the Silver Age turned to Bronze.
— I mean, you could legit argue that this is a prologue to Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams’ groundbreaking Green Lantern #76, which came out five months later. Which begs the question: Is this a clue we may be finally getting that Green Lantern #76 Facsimile Edition? Because, y’know, HBO’s Lanterns is premiering in mid-2026? Hmmm.
— The top image is the one provided by DC. The bottom image is how the cover looked in print. Sometimes, DC slightly recolors its Facsimile Edition covers, so we’ll soon see if that’s the case here.
— Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, original copy in solid condition recently sold on eBay for $265.
— As I mentioned, there are five other DC Facsimiles coming in May. Links below!
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MORE
— DC COMICS to Publish SIX Facsimile Editions in MAY. Click here.
— BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT RETURNS #4 Facsimile Edition to Get SUPER POWERS Variant Cover. Click here.
— BATMAN #244: DENNY O’NEIL and NEAL ADAMS’ 1972 Classic to Get Facsimile Edition. Click here.
February 20, 2026
There isn’t any facsimile I’d like to see more than Green Lantern #76. As a matter of fact , DC needs to go all out and give the facsimile treatment to the entire Adams/ O’Neil run of #76-87, and 89!
February 20, 2026
speaking of JUSTICE LEAGUE landmark… this is also solicited by marvel:
JLA/AVENGERS #1 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Penciled by GEORGE PÉREZ
Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ • VARIANT COVER BY Ryan Stegman
The first issue of the grandest Marvel and DC Comics crossover of them all – an icon-packed event decades in the making! After years of anticipation, JLA/AVENGERS saw acclaimed writer Kurt Busiek (MARVELS) reunite with his AVENGERS collaborator George Pérez – an artistic legend for both companies – to assemble every single member of Earth’s Mightiest and the World’s Greatest in one blockbuster book! Universes collide as the Justice League fights the towering Terminus and the Avengers face the awesome menace of Starro! Each team must undertake an epic quest on the other’s world, with the fate of both realities in the balance! It’s one of the all-time great comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form! *Marvel will be publishing issues #1 and #3 of JLA/AVENGERS Facsimile Editions, while DC will be publishing issues #2 and #4.
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99