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:
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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
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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
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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
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WONDER WOMAN #1 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by WILLIAM MOULTON MARSTON
Art and cover by HARRY PETER
Foil variant cover by HARRY PETER ($12.99 US)
Blank sketch cover ($10.99 US)
Learn the incredible lost history of the Amazons and discover how their princess, Diana, earned the right to become Wonder Woman, fighting against the evils of war in Man’s World! All this and three more thrilling tales of the Amazing Amazon’s early exploits by Wonder Woman’s creator, William Moulton Marston!
$9.99 US | 64 pages
ON SALE 3/18/26
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Many thoughts:
— Obligatory Price Comparison #1. It’s interesting that Detective Comics #475 is getting another shot. I still hope that the next issue, which concluded the story (and the Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers/Terry Austin run) gets a release at some point. In any event, last time we got a Facsimile of this one (2020), there were neither a foil nor a logo sketch cover, so yay. An unslabbed, high-grade 1977 original recently sold on eBay for about $125. The 2020 Facsimile goes for about $10-$25.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #2. An unslabbed, high-grade original 1986 The Dark Knight Returns #2 recently sold for $75 on eBay.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #3. An unslabbed, NM- original 1987 Detective Comics #576 went for about $47.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #4. An unslabbed original Wonder Woman #1 is pretty much impossible to find. An 8.0 slabbed copy sold for $120,000, including buyer’s premium through Heritage Auctions in 2020. The 2023 Facsimile Edition will run you about $7.50. (There were foil and logo sketch covers too.)
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MORE
— ACTION COMICS #242: BRAINIAC’s 1958 First Appearance to Get FACSIMILE EDITION. Click here.
— DC to Republish THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS As Four Monthly FACSIMILE EDITIONS. Click here.
— BATMAN: YEAR TWO to Be Re-Released As Four Monthly FACSIMILE EDITIONS. Click here.
December 18, 2025
During its first time getting a facsimile I really wanted DETECTIVE COMICS #475. But it just felt empty not having the next issue, let alone the entire run of Strange Apparitions.
That being said, DC has long past due needed to reprint the entire run, going back years now! I’m hoping we at least get it in the Bronze Age omnibus volumes.