Posted By Dan Greenfield on May 22, 2026 | 1 comment

EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: A Detective Comics #27 Facsimile Edition variant…

DC Comics has five Facsimile Editions coming in August and you can get the details for the others here and here.

This one is another reprint of 1939’s Detective Comics #27 — but for a lot of fans, the selling point will be the latest Super Powers variant cover, by Jason “ToyOtter” Geyer and Alex Saviuk:

Dig the official solicitation info, which will be formally released by DC later Friday:

DETECTIVE COMICS #27 FACSIMILE EDITION

Written by BILL FINGER, GARDNER FOX, HOMER FLEMING, JERRY SIEGEL, JIM CHAMBERS, TOM HICKEY, LEO O’MEALIA, SVEN ELVEN, and RUSSELL COLE
Art by BOB KANE, FRED GUARDINEER, HOMER FLEMING, WAYNE BORING, JOE SHUSTER, JIM CHAMBERS, TOM HICKEY, LEO O’MEALIA, SVEN ELVEN, and RUSSELL COLE
Cover by BOB KANE

Foil variant cover by BOB KANE ($9.99 US)
Super Powers Action Figure variant cover by JASON GEYER and ALEX SAVIUK ($7.99)
Blank sketch cover

$6.99 US | 64 pages | Variant $7.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/5/26

The legendary Dark Knight has solved many bizarre and frightening cases, but all his storied exploits began right here, with “The Case of the Chemical Syndicate!”

Someone has marked the partners of the Apex Chemical Corporation for death, and the first victim has already been claimed. As Police Commissioner Gordon rushes from one crime scene to another, he finds himself one step behind a mysterious figure known only as…the Bat-Man!

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Buncha thoughts:

The back cover for The Dark Knight Returns #1 Facsimile Edition variant, showing the other Super Powers covers in this third wave

— As with Action Comics #1 — also coming in August — I’ve lost count of how many times DC has produced Facsimile Editions of Detective Comics #27. But if they keep making them, it means they keep selling them.

— This was announced a while back, but this is the first time we’ve actually seen this Super Powers cover. McFarlane Toys has four Super PowerS waves left this year, and I’d be willing to wager a First Appearance Batman will be among them.

— As I noted up top, there are more DC Facsimiles coming in August — including more Batman. Links below!

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MORE

— RED HOT! BATMAN’s First Anthology Treasury to Get FACSIMILE EDITION. Click here.

— The LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES’ Debut Leads DC’s FIVE Facsimile Editions for August. Click here.