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
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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
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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 America join forces to investigate those who’ve set up the board…and determine if there isn’t yet another game in play.
$5.99 US | 48 pages
ON SALE 6/12/26
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Buncha thoughts:
— In February, when we reported that Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #23 would be released as a Facsimile, there was some speculation that it would be the Hughes cover, and not the regular one by Barry Kitson (above). The issue itself doesn’t seem to otherwise warrant such a release.
— Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think this is the first time a variant cover has been released as a Facsimile Edition.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #1: Good luck finding an original Supergirl and the Legion issue with the Hughes cover. A NM copy recently sold on eBay for an indeterminate amount. The asking price was about $480 but the seller took a lower offer. Couldn’t have been much lower, though. You are much more likely to find a foreign edition for sale. (A copy with the regular cover would run you just a few bucks.)
— Obligatory Price Comparison #2: An unslabbed, NM original Lobo #1 recently went for $75.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #3: An unslabbed, NM original Avengers/JLA #1 recently sold for $25 but you can also find issues for less.
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MORE
— Dig DC’s Two Latest SUPER POWERS Variant Covers. Click here.
— BATGIRL’S Million-Dollar Debut Gets 60th Anniversary FACSIMILE EDITION Release. Click here.
