EXCLUSIVE! PLUS: Date set for Batman: Year Two finale Facsimile…
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, two of them — 1986’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #4 and 1987’s Detective Comics #578 — will wrap their respective, four-issue runs. Not just that, Dark Knight Returns #4 will boast a rad Super Powers variant cover by Jason “ToyOtter” Geyer and Alex Saviuk:
Dig the solicitation info, which will be officially released later Friday by DC:
THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS #4 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by FRANK MILLER
Art and cover by FRANK MILLER
Variant covers by FRANK MILLER and BRIAN BOLLAND
Foil variant cover by FRANK MILLER ($7.99 US)
Super Powers Action Figure variant cover by JASON GEYER and ALEX SAVIUK
Amidst nuclear fire, city-wide power failure, full-scale riots, and diametrically opposed worldviews, the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel finally meet in a no-holds-barred battle to the finish!
$4.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $5.99 (card stock)
ON SALE 5/27/26
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DETECTIVE COMICS #578 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by MIKE W. BARR
Art and cover by TODD McFARLANE
Foil variant cover by TODD McFARLANE ($6.99 US)
Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US)
As both the Dark Knight and Gotham’s criminal underworld close in on the Reaper, the GCPD closes in on all of them! As soon as the Reaper can be brought to justice, Bruce Wayne hopes to put his life as Batman behind him, but a long-awaited settling of debts between hired gun Joe Chill and the Caped Crusader may have terrible ramifications for all.
$3.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 5/6/26
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Several thoughts:
— This isn’t the only Batman news on the May Facsimile front. Click here.
— We’ve had two waves of Super Powers covers the last couple years. My gut tells me this heralds a third, but we’ll see.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #1: An unslabbed, VF- original Dark Knight Returns #4 recently sold on eBay for $32.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #2: An unslabbed, NM+ original Detective Comics #578 went for about $27.
— As I mentioned, there are five other DC Facsimiles coming in May. There’s also news on the upcoming Batman: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1. Links below!
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MORE
— DC COMICS to Publish SIX Facsimile Editions in MAY. Click here.
— BATMAN #244: DENNY O’NEIL and NEAL ADAMS’ 1972 Classic to Get Facsimile Edition. Click here.
— 1969’s Landmark JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #75 to Get Facsimile Edition. Click here.
— DC Reveals NEW COVER and NEW CONTENTS for BATMAN BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS. Click here.
February 20, 2026
There is so much care in these Super Powers covers. You can feel the love that went into it! Just delightful.