EXCLUSIVE: Three new, two returning… DC Comics has five Facsimile Editions set for March 2026 — the continuing Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year Two four-part monthly releases, and two FEs that are getting new editions, namely Englehart and Rogers’ Detective Comics #475 and 1942’s Wonder Woman #1. The fifth deserves its own post, so click here to check it out. Dig the solicitation info for the other four that will be released officially Friday: — DETECTIVE COMICS #475 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by STEVE ENGLEHART Art and cover by MARSHALL ROGERS Foil variant cover by MARSHALL ROGERS ($6.99 US) Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US) Holy mackerel! The Joker has surfaced again in Gotham City, enacting his most insane plan yet: a chemical concoction that fixes fish up and down the coast with the Joker’s own ghastly grimace! Now, the Clown Prince of Cod wants to cash in on the copyright—and will gleefully eliminate bureaucrat after bureaucrat until he gets what he’s after! $3.99 US | 32 pages ON SALE 3/11/26 — THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS #2 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by FRANK MILLER Art and cover by FRANK MILLER Variant covers by FRANK MILLER and JOCK Foil variant cover by FRANK MILLER ($7.99 US) Cardstock cover ($5.99 US) In a future where corruption and apathy have gone unchecked since Batman’s disappearance years ago, his return to action begins to seriously upend the status quo. When the activities of the Mutant gang reach a violent crescendo, the Dark Knight must force a final, brutal confrontation with their monstrous leader—while a young girl seizes her chance to come to the hero’s aid. $4.99 US | 48 pages ON SALE 3/25/26 — DETECTIVE COMICS #576 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by MIKE W. BARR Art and cover by TODD McFARLANE Foil variant cover by TODD McFARLANE ($6.99) Blank sketch cover ($4.99) The Reaper’s deadly campaign against the criminal underworld continues as Batman faces the decision to break a sacred oath. When the police fail to make ground on the Reaper investigation, Batman strikes a deal with Gotham’s crime families, forcing him to team up with the man who murdered Bruce Wayne’s parents—Joe Chill! $3.99 US | 32 pages On sale 3/18/26 — WONDER WOMAN #1 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by WILLIAM MOULTON MARSTON Art and cover by HARRY PETER Foil variant cover by HARRY PETER ($12.99...
Scott and Dan hit up the comics racks from 75 years ago… This week for RETRO HOT PICKS, Scott and I are selecting comics that came out the week of Dec. 17, 1950. Last time for RETRO HOT PICKS, it was the week of Dec. 10, 1980. Click here to check it out. (Keep in mind that comics came out on multiple days, so these are the comics that went on sale between Dec. 14. and Dec. 20.) So, let’s set the scene: It was the thick of the Korean War and international tensions were high. On Dec. 16, President Truman announced in a national radio address that he would declare a national emergency: “Our homes, our nation, all the things we believe in are in great danger. This danger has been created by the rulers of the Soviet Union.” He added, “The future of civilization depends on what we do— on what we do now, and in the months ahead.” Truman’s comments came amid the famous Hungnam evacuation, which included the retreat of 105,000 U.N. troops and 91,000 civilians from North Korea. The withdrawal, from Dec. 15 to 24 — dubbed the Miracle of Christmas — included 17,500 vehicles and 350,000 tons of cargo. The evacuees were protected by U.S. Navy air support and shelling from 13 ships. As Harvey Kurtzman wrote in 1951’s EC classic Two-Fisted Tales #26, “What equipment they hadn’t brought, they had destroyed!” IN OTHER NEWS — On Dec. 19, retired General Dwight D. Eisenhower was brought back by Truman to serve as the first Supreme Allied Commander of Europe. (Eisenhower had been serving as president of Columbia University.) This as NATO agreed on the gradual rearmament of Germany and its integration into the defense of Western Europe. — The day before, Truman ordered the establishment of the Nevada Proving Ground so that nuclear weapons testing could be performed within the continental United States, and the American stockpile could be rapidly increased. The Atomic Energy Commission would, within days, lease a portion of the Air Force’s Tonopah Bombing and Gunnery Range in Nye County, Nevada, 65 miles from Las Vegas. The ground was renamed the Nevada Test Site. — On Dec. 20, by a vote of 247–1, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, providing $3 billion for fallout shelters nationwide and...
Fred Van Lente pays (another) birthday tribute to Gardner Fox — who was born 110 years ago on May 20, 1911 — with a new column concept…
Another upside-down cover…
Lots of classic tidbits from the ’70s — and MORE…
