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...
EXCLUSIVE: A Superman landmark issue that also gave us Kandor! DC Comics has five Facsimile Editions set for March 2026, and the highlight is 1958’s Action Comics #242, featuring the debut of Brainiac and the Bottle City of Kandor. (Click here for the other four.) Dig the solicitation info, which will be formally released by DC later this week: ACTION COMICS #242 FACSIMILE EDITION Written by OTTO BINDER Art by AL PLASTINO, JIM MOONEY, and HOWARD SHERMAN Cover by CURT SWAN and STAN KAYE Foil variant cover by CURT SWAN ($6.99 US) Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US) From out of the cold depths of space, a malevolent master of super-science has turned his technological terror toward Earth, shrinking the world’s major cities and taking them as his own! When Superman infiltrates the alien’s ship, what he discovers will change the Man of Steel’s life forever! Witness the first appearance of Brainiac—and the bottled city of Kandor! $3.99 US | 32 pages ON SALE 3/11/26 — A few thoughts: — I’m sure this has nothing to do with laying any groundwork for James Gunn’s 2027 Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow. — As I mentioned above, there are five other Facsimiles coming from DC in March. Link below! — Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, low-grade original copy of Action Comics #242 recently sold on eBay for $966. — MORE — DC COMICS to Publish FIVE Facsimile Editions in March. Click here. — ACTION COMICS #419 — Featuring NEAL ADAMS’ Classic Cover — to Get FACSIMILE EDITION. Click...
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