EXCLUSIVE! Coming in March 2025…
DC is keeping the Treasury Facsimile Edition train a-rolling in March with one of the more interesting tabloids of the Bronze Age: 1978’s Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-59: Batman’s Strangest Cases.
Dig the solicitation info, which will be released formally by DC later Friday:
BATMAN’S STRANGEST CASES LIMITED COLLECTORS’ EDITION #C-59 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by DENNIS O’NEIL, LEN WEIN, and FRANK ROBBINS
Art by NEAL ADAMS, BERNIE WRIGHTSON, DICK GIORDANO, and IRV NOVICK
Cover by NEAL ADAMS and BERNIE WRIGHTSON
Foil variant cover by NEAL ADAMS and BERNIE WRIGHTSON ($16.99 US)
Blank sketch cover ($14.99 US)
$14.99 US | 80 pages
ON SALE 3/26/25
Thrill as Batman fights to save a young boy’s life in a haunted Scottish castle! Gasp as he matches might with the mysterious Swamp Thing! Tremble as the Dark Knight takes on a coven of demon-worshipping warlocks! These are Batman’s strangest cases yet!
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Many thoughts:
The Batman Nobody Knows, from Batman #251
— This is one of six Facsimile Editions DC is releasing in March, two of which are getting Super Powers variant covers. Check out the links below.
— Batman’s Strangest Cases is compelling in that it collected more recent fare than the typical LCE. There’s no Golden or Silver Age. It’s all Bronze Age, with some of the greatest creators to ever work the craft. It was also the last treasury under the Limited Collectors’ Edition banner.
— So you get to see art by Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, Dick Giordano and Irv Novick at treasury size. The ish includes Red Water Crimson Death, from The Brave and the Bold #93, by Denny O’Neil and Adams; Night of the Bat, from Swamp Thing #7, by Len Wein and Wrightson; The Batman Nobody Knows, from Batman #250, by Frank Robbins and Giordano; The Demon of Gothos Mansion, from Batman #227, by O’Neil, Novick and Giordano; and, A Vow From the Grave!, from Detective Comics #410, by O’Neil, Adams and Giordano.
A Vow From the Grave!, from Detective Comics #410
— DC seems to have settled into a bimonthly cadence with the treasury Facsimile Editions. If that holds, the next will be in May 2025 — just before James Gunn’s Superman, so I’ll lay heavy odds it’ll be an issue spotlighting the Man of Steel. My money’s on Limited Collector’s Edition #C-31 or DC Special Series #26.
— Yes, I know DC didn’t call these “treasury editions.” But that’s become the generic term, so that’s what we use.
— This is only the second treasury FE to get a sketch cover. The first was Superman vs. Muhammad Ali.
— Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed original in mid-grade condition recently sold on eBay for $25.
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MORE
— DC Adds Two More SUPER POWERS VARIANT COVERS in March. Click here.
— BRAVE AND THE BOLD #30: Another Early JUSTICE LEAGUE Adventure Getting a Facsimile Edition. Click here.
— BATMAN ADVENTURES #12: HARLEY QUINN’s Comics Debut Gets Facsimile Edition Re-Release. Click here.
— DC Sets March Dates for CRISIS Finale and Two More BATMAN: HUSH Facsimile Editions. Click here.
