EXCLUSIVE! 1966’s Detective Comics #359 is returning to print… You’d be forgiven for thinking that Batgirl — the Barbara Gordon version, that is — didn’t show up until Yvonne Craig put on her spangly purple tights in the fall of 1967, when the Batman TV show entered its third and final season. There seems to be this weird Mandela Effect about it, but in actually, she first appeared 10 months earlier to much ballyhoo in November 1966’s Detective Comics #359. To be fair, however, Batman TV producer William Dozier did have a hand in her creation, along with editor Julius Schwartz, writer Gardner Fox, and artist Carmine Infantino. In any event, Detective Comics #359 — “The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!” — will in June be getting its second Facsimile Edition, in advance of the Dominoed Daredoll’s 60th anniversary. Dig the solicitation info, to be officially released by DC later Friday: DETECTIVE COMICS #359 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by GARDNER FOX Art by CARMINE INFANTINO and MURPHY ANDERSON Cover by CARMINE INFANTINO Foil variant cover by CARMINE INFANTINO ($6.99 US) Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US) Killer Moth has decided to enter the protection racket, shaking down all the very wealthiest citizens of Gotham City. When he and his gang of Moth Men target millionaire Bruce Wayne, only a certain caped crusader can save the day—but it isn’t who you think! Thrill to the fantastic first appearance of Barbara Gordon—Batgirl! $3.99 US | 32 pages ON SALE 6/17/26 — Buncha thoughts: — The first ‘Tec #359 Facsimile Edition was released in January 2020. This edition is an improvement in that DC now puts its anachronistic UPC symbols on the back, giving the cover that extra retro feel. This will also have the foil and sketch logo variants, the latter in all likelihood to feature Go-Go Checks. — Depending on your source, Dozier’s reasoning in adding Batgirl was either to attract more female viewers — or ramp up the show’s sex appeal. I’m going with the latter. — DC has three other Facsimile Editions — and two Super Powers covers — coming in June. Links below! — Obligatory Price Comparisons: An unslabbed, original Detective Comics #359 listed in VG condition recently sold on eBay for about $4,500. (Looks like a higher grade in the pic, though.) A NM copy of the 2020 Facsimile...
EXCLUSIVE! Plus, Lobo #1 gets a date! (Like, on the calendar)… DC Comics will release four Facsimile Editions in June, along with two new Super Powers variants. You can read about one of them here, and you can check out the Super Powers covers here. Otherwise, among the big news is that the previously mentioned 2006 Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #23 will be re-released not with its regular cover but with its very-hard-to-find Adam Hughes variant. Dig the solicitation info — along with that for the already announced 1990 Lobo #1 and 2003 Avengers/JLA #2 — to be officially revealed later Friday by DC: SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #23 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by MARK WAID Art by BARRY KITSON Cover by ADAM HUGHES Foil variant cover by ADAM HUGHES ($7.99 US) Blank sketch cover ($5.99 US) Supergirl Super Powers variant cover by JASON GEYER and ALEX SAVIUK ($5.99 US) From the moment she first arrived in the 31st century, Kara Zor-El has been convinced that the United Planets, the Legion, her life as Supergirl—even the destruction of Krypton itself—were all nothing more than an elaborate dream. It’s past time for a very rude awakening… $4.99 US | 40 pages ON SALE 6/10/26 — LOBO #1 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by KEITH GIFFEN and ALAN GRANT Art and cover by SIMON BISLEY Foil variant cover by SIMON BISLEY ($6.99 US) Lobo Super Powers variant cover by JASON GEYER and ALEX SAVIUK ($4.99 US) Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US) Lobo is the last Czarnian in the universe—and he should know, he killed all the others to earn that title. Just one problem—he missed one. Now this next-to-last Czarnian has been arrested and remanded to L.E.G.I.O.N. custody, and Lobo must deliver his charge across the galaxy—alive. Okay, so two—two problems. Also, this prisoner has written an unauthorized biography of the Main Man, causing scandal and outrage—three! Three fraggin’ problems! $3.99 US | 32 pages ON SALE 6/17/26 — AVENGERS/JLA #2 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by KURT BUSIEK Art and cover by GEORGE PÉREZ Variant cover by DAN MORA The Justice League and the Avengers battle one another across two Earths for possession of the 12 weapons that will determine the fate of both universes! While their teammates put everything they’ve got toward winning this most desperate game, Batman and Captain...
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