Man-Bat Begins! PLUS: Crisis on Infinite Earths #6…
A couple of weeks ago, we gave you a heads up about some of the Facsimile Editions DC has coming this fall, such as Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-37, the Batman “all-villains” treasury and Green Lantern #59, the first appearance of Guy Gardner. You can click here to read a lot more, but one of them — Detective Comics #400, Frank Robbins and Neal Adams’ 1970 introduction of Man-Bat — now has an official publication date in September.
Not just that, DC has also set a date for the Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 Facsimile Edition.
Dig the solicitation info, which will be formally released by DC on Friday:
DETECTIVE COMICS #400 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by FRANK ROBBINS and DENNIS O’NEIL
Art by NEAL ADAMS, DICK GIORDANO, GIL KANE, and VINCE COLLETTA
Cover by NEAL ADAMS
Foil variant cover by NEAL ADAMS ($5.99 US)
Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US)
This classic Bronze Age tale, penciled by master Batman artist Neal Adams, returns in a full facsimile edition. When an experiment by zoologist Kirk Langstrom produces horrifying side effects, Batman is confronted with a new bat in Gotham as he faces the “Challenge of the Man-Bat”! Also features the Batgirl and Robin team-up “A Burial for Batgirl!”
$3.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 9/4/24
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CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #6 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by MARV WOLFMAN
Art by GEORGE PÉREZ and JERRY ORDWAY
Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ
Foil variant cover by GEORGE PÉREZ ($5.99 US)
Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US)
With the Monitor dead, his opposite, the Anti-Monitor, has arrived and finds ultimate power almost within his reach. Will our champions, now scattered across the remaining three worlds, save their realities, or will the enhanced power of the Psycho-Pirate mean “3 Earths! 3 Deaths!”?
$3.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 9/18/24
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Several thoughts:
— I am so, so glad there’s going to be a sketch variant for Detective #400 because that’s one of my all-time favorite ‘Tec logos. We got one with the Detective Comics #411 Facsimile, so I wasn’t sure we’d get another. But this specific version is so great because it has Robin and Batgirl and a fab color scheme. Plus, “400th SMASH ISSUE!” adds extra oomph.
— The Batgirl and Robin team-up is great, by the way. (This is Part 1.)
— We know Denny O’Neil and Adams’ Batman #237 is coming, and it’s gotta be for October, since it’s the greatest Halloween comic book story in the history of mankind.
— Make sure you check out Fred Van Lente’s latest COMIC BOOK DEATH MATCH: Secret Wars #6 vs. Crisis #6. Click here.
— Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, high-grade original Detective Comics #400 recently sold on eBay for $450.
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MORE
— DC Previews FOUR FABULOUS FACSIMILE EDITIONS For the Forthcoming Months. Click here.
— DC Expands TREASURY Facsimile Editions With BATMAN and SUPERMAN vs. WONDER WOMAN Classics. Click here.
