Oh, they really mean business…
Now, we’re at cruising altitude: DC Comics is scheduling two more treasury Facsimile Editions for this fall: All New Collectors’ Edition #C-54: Superman vs. Wonder Woman and, one of the greatest of them all, Limited Collector’s Edition #C-37: The Batman Special All-Villain Issue.
This on top of the previously released Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-51: Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul and forthcoming All New Collectors Edition #C-56: Superman vs. Muhammad Ali.
Neither of the additions to the line have been solicited yet but they were announced at MCM London this weekend at a Diamond retailer event. Not just that, they announced four more standard-size Facsimile Editions. (Click here for much more on that.)
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Many thoughts:
— Superman vs. Wonder Woman, by Gerry Conway, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (who is having a moment right now with the 1982 DC Comics Style Guide coming) and Dan Adkins, has been released in oversize hardcover before but this is the first full-on Facsimile Edition. It is expected out Sept. 24, 2024.
— The Batman issue is, hands down, the best Caped Crusader anthology treasury DC did in the ’70s. (Which means it’s the best DC anthology treasury, period.) It is expected out Nov. 24, 2024.
— Standard Caveat: These have not been officially solicited yet, so no prices are attached and the dates can’t be considered final. The prices for the new treasuries so far have been about $15 for regular editions and a couple bucks more for foil covers. I have to figure these will have foil covers too, but we’ll see.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #1: An original, All New Collectors’ Edition #C-54: Superman vs. Wonder Woman in good condition recently sold on eBay for $38.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #2: An original, Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-37 in high-grade condition recently went for $49.95. I’ve written — and spoken — a ton about this issue and I cannot possibly be more excited for this.
— We will have more info for you when DC is prepared to formally solicit these, so keep coming back to 13th Dimension for updates.
— Hopefully, this will provoke Marvel to get in on the action. I would love a pristine Marvel Treasury Edition #1, with its all-time great John Romita Spider-Man cover.
— Tip of the cowl to 13th Dimension contributor Walt Grogan, who saw the news buried in a report at Bleeding Cool.
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MORE
— DC Previews FOUR FABULOUS FACSIMILE EDITIONS For the Forthcoming Months. Click here.
— The TOP 13 TREASURY EDITIONS That Need To Be Re-Released — RANKED. Click here.
May 29, 2024
I don’t know. The other Batman treasury edition with the Neal Adams cover might be as good or better.
May 29, 2024
Yeah, the villains-cover treasury edition gets a lot of love here, but my favorite is still C-25, the red cover. Mainly because of the focus on the best Batman artists throughout the decades up until then: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Dick Sprang, Carmine Infantino, Irv Novick and Neal Adams. How great would it be to have this as an ongoing treasury-sized anthology, once a quarter collecting representative samples from those same 6 artists, and perhaps adding a few pages to make room for a rotating slot to be occupied by Jim Aparo, Marshall Rogers, Mike Golden and Norm Breyfogle!
May 29, 2024
Middle aged me will have the foresight 8 yr old me didn’t—buying two so i can still have an intact copy while cutting the diorama out of the other. Wonder how cool the diorama looks in foil…
May 29, 2024
C-54 puts a cap on the Wonder Woman run set in the same time WWII time frame as the first season of the TV show. The run, with time dialed back to coincide with the show when it premiered, features several Golden Age superhero guest stars and would be a great addition to the Justice Society books on my shelf. I do wish DC would release a collected edition of the complete run… maybe a DC Finest release?
May 31, 2024
I would love to see ALL of the Treasury Editions get the facsimile treatment! I have a bunch of these but they are hard to get an expensive, so I think these would be a good choice for facsimiles. But then, I have a weakness for treasury editions, so it might just be me.
May 31, 2024
I would love to see ALL of the treasury editions get the facsimile treatment! They’re hard to find and expensive, and so a good choice. Then again, I have a weakness for the treasury editions.
June 27, 2024
I’m looking forward to the Batan version because of the rare Bat Man ( and Robin) 1943 Photos, one of which I have never seen anywhere else.