EXCLUSIVE: Batman, Superman and the JLA among them…
DC is kicking off 2026 in fab fashion on the Facsimile Edition front, with five January issues, in addition to the previously announced Superman vs. Spider-Man treasury (and Marvel’s Amalgam Comics Spider-Boy Team-Up #1).
One of them deserves its own spotlight — and you can find that here. The other four are a mix of Modern Age comics and a new edition of a Silver Age favorite: 2008’s Batman #676, the opening salvo of Batman R.I.P.; 1988’s seminal Batman: The Killing Joke; 1992’s Superman #75 — the Death of Superman; and a new printing of The Brave and the Bold #28, which came out at the end of 1959.
Dig the official descriptions, which will be formally released by DC Comics later this week:
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BATMAN #676 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art by TONY S. DANIEL
Cover by ALEX ROSS
Foil variant cover by ALEX ROSS ($6.99)
Blank sketch cover ($4.99)
$3.99 US/32 Pages
ON SALE 1/21/26
The Danse Macabre is ready to begin! As Dr, Hurt and the criminal consortium known only as the Black Glove begin their malevolent machinations, Bruce Wayne and Jezebel Jet receive a most mysterious summons. It’s the beginning of the epic saga, Batman R.I.P.!
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BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by ALAN MOORE
Art and cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
Foil variant cover by BRIAN BOLLAND ($7.99)
Blank sketch cover ($5.99)
$4.99 US/48 Pages
ON SALE 1/14/26
One bad day. According to the Joker, that’s all that separates the sane from the psychotic. Freed once again from the confines of Arkham Asylum, he’s out to prove his deranged point — and he’s going to use Commissioner Jim Gordon and his brilliant and beautiful daughter Barbara to do it. Now Batman must race to stop his archnemesis before his reign of terror claims two of the Dark Knight’s closest friends.
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SUPERMAN #75 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art by DAN JURGENS and BRETT BREEDING
Cover by DAN JURGENS
Foil variant cover by DAN JURGENS ($6.99)
Blank sketch cover ($4.99)
$3.99 US/32 Pages
ON SALE 1/21/26
The creature known only as Doomsday has carved a bloody swath of destruction across the country, and even the Justice League of America has fallen before its unrelenting fury. Now Superman must make a desperate final stand to stop the most powerful foe he has ever faced before all of Metropolis falls as well. This is it — the death of Superman!
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THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #28 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by GARDNER FOX
Art and Cover by MIKE SEKOWSKY
Foil variant cover by MIKE SEKOWSKY ($6.99)
Blank sketch cover ($4.99)
$3.99/32 Pages
ON SALE 1/7/26
The 1960 epic that introduced the Justice League of America! See the World’s Greatest Heroes team up for the first time to battle the cosmic threat of Starro the Conqueror! Also featuring the first appearance of Lucas “Snapper” Carr!
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A lot of thoughts:
— Batman #676. This is a bit of a surprise. There were many other higher highs during Morrison’s Bat-run and this isn’t even the issue that introduces the modern Batman of Zur-En-Arrh. That said, that Ross foil cover will look pretty rad. No expectation this will begin a run of Facsimiles for the full storyline. Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, like-new original can run as high as about $10, but usually less.
— Batman: The Killing Joke. I’m long on record about how repellent I find this story to be. That said, if you’ve never read it, or are a completist, $4.99 is a helluva price. Usually you have to get it in hardcover editions these days. Obligatory Price Comparison: There were a ton of printings of the original, generally distinguished by the color of the copy type (orange, blue, pink, etc.). An unread, unslabbed copy of an original first printing (green copy type, like the Facsimile), recently sold on eBay for $120.
— Superman #75. Another interesting selection. It’s a story that’s been reprinted many other times in many formats, including multiple printings of the original, polybagged and unbagged, and a non-Facsimile Special Edition in 2022. But it’s a staple and has never gotten the full FE treatment before. Obligatory Price Comparison: A NM, unslabbed straight-up first printing of the original recently went for $36 on eBay.
— The Brave and the Bold #28. Third time around for this one — but the first time (I’m 99 percent certain) we’re getting it in foil or sketch. Obligatory Price Comparisons: An unslabbed, kinda beat-up original recently went for $1,150. The 2000 and 2022 Facsimile Editions can be found for about $11 each.
— Don’t forget the other January DC (and DC-related) Facsimiles. Links below!
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MORE
— Jack Kirby’s NEW GODS #1 Finally Gets a FACSIMILE EDITION. Click here.
— SUPERMAN VS. SPIDER-MAN: DC to Publish BOTH Treasuries as Facsimile Editions in 2026. Click here.
— Amalgam SPIDER-BOY TEAM-UP #1 Slotted as Second MARVEL/DC Facsimile Edition. Click here.
October 19, 2025
Geez…more reprints that have already been reprinted either a million times, or that nobody asked for.
Hey DC, how about instead reprinting trade paperback collections of 1970s-80s comic book runs of major titles that have never been reprinted/collected before…?
Bronze Age Flash, Green Lantern (at least you did some of the GL/GA run in an Omnibus but how about in softcovers and finish the run?), Superman/Action, Batman/Detective, DC Comics Presents (at least you did a few of this one), All Star Squadron, etc???
October 19, 2025
YES
October 19, 2025
I agree
October 19, 2025
Any word on pricing for Superman vs. Amazing Spider-Man and if it’s going to be square bound?
October 19, 2025
Here’s a thought DC, why not ask the fans what comics they’d like to see reprinted? For me, these aren’t it. Pass.
October 19, 2025
Polling is what got Jason Todd killed.
Speaking of which, that’d make a swell facsimile series.
October 19, 2025
So polling works.
October 19, 2025
What I used to think too but then before you knew it we had Robins dropping out of the sky. Sheesh.
October 19, 2025
I’m always perplexed when Marvel or DC reprints part of a story but not the whole thing. Getting Hush and Crisis chapter by chapter was a fun experience. Why not do all of RIP? Not exactly a seminal story, but I’d take it. Similarly, how about the entire Doomsday saga and not just #75?
Otherwise, I’m always grateful when I can save a few bucks because I already have the earlier copy of the reprint (B&TB #28).
October 19, 2025
So many other stories of the JLA from the ‘60s/70’s they could do. Shoot…as discussed on this site many times I dare say, any of the JSA summer team-ups would sell or the issues with the adult Robin. Sales GOLD I think.
October 19, 2025
Ironically, I picked up a copy of Superman #75 just last week at the New York Comic Con. Since I’m not a grader, professional or amateur, I don’t know if it would qualify as Near Mint, but it’s good enough for me.
I paid $3.00.
October 19, 2025
I pick up a lot of facsimile editions. I was so excited to see that there were five coming out in January. Of the five, the only one I would be interested in would be Brave and Bold #28, but, of course, I already have a facsimile of that (I’m not interested in foil or sketch versions). I won’t be acquiring any of these. So many old classic issues I would love to have facsimiles of – I’m just waiting to spend my money on them, should they ever be printed.
October 19, 2025
Hear, hear, Craig D Richardson. Tell it like it is for all of us!
October 19, 2025
Honestly, no interest in any of these, including New Gods #1. Why not JLA #2 instead of another B&B #28 so soon? More Golden & Silver Age than Modern, please!
October 19, 2025
At first, I wasn’t as excited as I thought I’d be hearing Batman Issue 676 Was getting a facsimile edition (Being that I have several first print copies already)
But the more I thought about it, I absolutely love that cover and definitely need that foil variant.
Also, the blank sketch variants are definitely a must!
The killing joke foil variant is also a must buy as well!
October 19, 2025
I missed out on The Brave and the Bold #28, so I’m happy that it will make a reappearance! I just picked up #29, foil, last week, as well as JLA #1 foil.
Regarding The Killing Joke, I bought that when it first came out. I never liked it at all, and was surprised that it became so popular. Strange that they’re doing a facsimile, though. Looking on eBay, it seems there are at least nine printings of this, in addition to deluxe editions. I would think that someone could easily find a secondhand copy in decent shape for a reasonable price. I don’t recall there being any ads, so it’s not like a facsimile edition is going to be much different from the other reprints.
October 19, 2025
DC. Where are the Bronze Age facsimiles with the character logos in the corner. You keep printing books that are readily available for the most part. Anthro. Metal Men. Sugar and Spike. House Of Mystery. So many more…
October 20, 2025
These are the top thirteen most valuable DC comics that are not currently available as a facsimile edition. The least valuable is worth $175,000:
1) Action Comics #7
2) Action Comics #10
3) Detective Comics #29
4) All Star Comics #8
5) More Fun Comics #52
6) Action Comics #2
7) Detective Comics #33
8) Sensation Comics #1
9) Action Comics #13
10) Detective Comics #35
11) Adventure Comics #40
12) Showcase #4
13) Action Comics #3
I’ll admit, the early Action and Detective issues have a lot of material that most of the public doesn’t care about, but these are theoretically the comics the average Joe is least likely to ever be able to own. And, come on, Sensation #38 gets a facsimile edition before #1?
October 20, 2025
I’d buy every one of these reprints over what they’re doing today…
October 20, 2025
I would love a Sensation #1 facsimile. I remember having two treasury editions as a kid, and the other was Batman (I think his first treasury) with the red cover. Of course, they reprint the other Wonder Woman and Batman treasuries, but not the ones that I owned 🙁 .
October 21, 2025
Outside of Sensation #1, All-Star #8, and Showcase #4, none of those jump out to me as “important” issues beyond being very old issues with early character appearances.
I imagine we’ll continue to get more older issues of Batman and Detective in the future since so many of Batman’s early issues introduce fundamental aspects of his character. The rest of them? Eh. DC offers these facsimilies because they’re likely to sell, and that’s driven by broad market interest (not the niche market interest of a handfull of fans). There’s always omnibuses and archive editions for die-hard fans who want the really, really hard to find stuff.
October 20, 2025
The animosity towards DC’s reprint picks is…well, pop culture has always confused matters of taste with objective facts. DC has its reasons for what it reprints and while transparency and fan polling would be nice, they’re gonna do what they’re gonna do and the market will either support it or it won’t.
As far as I can tell, DC’s facsimilies are driven by a few factors:
– Seminal issues which are always going to be of high interest (Action #1, Detective #27)
– Issues which tie into a major media event (reprinting Adventure #260–the first Krypto–and Brave and the Bold #57–the first Metamorpho–because both tied into this summer’s Superman movie)
– Issues which tie into a current hot comic book project (reprinting the whole of Hush because DC was about to launch Hush 2).
I realize this doesn’t cover every reprint, but it probably covers most of them. Even I scratch my head at a few of them…but that doesn’t stop me from buying them.
Personally, I’d like to see the whole of Knightfall reprinted, although that’d be a good 19 issues. And that’s also my personal pick, not necessarily what DC wants.
October 24, 2025
For anyone who doesn’t know and might be interested…
That very first page from Batman #676 with Batman and Robin is actually a foreshadowing of Dick Grayson and Damian taking up the mantle of the Dynamic Duo after the events of Final Crisis.
That’s one of the many things I love about Morrison’s Batman run. All the pre-planning in order to get wonderful moments such as these.
There are also several hints later on in Batman RIP that allude to the miniseries ’The Return of Bruce Wayne’.