EXCLUSIVE: Month 3 of the yearlong reprint runs…
March will mark the third month (of course) of its latest yearlong, monthly Facsimile Edition runs for 2025: the first 12 issues of Lee and Kirby’s original Fantastic Four, and Claremont, Byrne and Austin’s Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future of Past, The X-Men #131 to #142.
Well, the House of Ideas has set the dates for the March installments. (There’s also 1984’s classic Marvel Fanfare #15 — starring the Thing and Human Torch — click here for the details on that.)
Dig the solicitation info, which will be formally released by Marvel later this week:
FANTASTIC FOUR #3 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by JACK KIRBY
FOIL VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
Marvel is reprinting the first 12 issues of Fantastic Four as they originally appeared! The Fantastic Four face the menace of the Miracle Man! In the third issue of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s foundational, Marvel Universe-building FF run, the First Family adopt their iconic blue uniforms – and take to the skies in the Fantasti-car! But just how long is the ever-lovin’ Thing going to hide his rocky skin beneath an all-over bodysuit and helmet? Not long, when a towering monster threatens Manhattan – courtesy of the master hypnotist known as the Miracle Man! Can Reed, Sue, Ben and Johnny defy his illusions and put an end to his campaign of terror? Or will the tempestuous team be torn apart? It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #3.
32 PGS./All Ages… $4.99
RETAILERS/CONSUMERS: PLEASE INQUIRE REGARDING FOIL PRICING.
On Sale 3/19
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X-MEN #133 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT & JOHN BYRNE
Penciled by JOHN BYRNE
Cover by JOHN BYRNE
Marvel is reprinting the complete Death of Phoenix Saga issues as they originally appeared! Wolverine lashes out – and the Hellfire Club bears the brunt – in a vital chapter of the Phoenix Saga! Logan may be the last X-Man standing, but he’s the best there is for a reason – and he’s about to prove it. But with his teammates held captive and Jean Grey having switched sides and becoming the Hellfire Club’s new Black Queen, things look bleak for the X-Men. Even if Logan can find his imprisoned teammates, he has an army of Hellfire Club soldiers to fight his way through. Meanwhile, Cyclops wages a psychic battle to free Jean from the mental dominion of Mastermind. Scott Summers will give everything he’s got to save the woman he loves, even if it kills him! It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting X-MEN (1963) #133.
32 PGS./Rated T… $4.99
On Sale 3/12
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A few thoughts:
— Marvel is doing these 12-issue runs with an eye toward collecting them as Gallery Editions, which are hardcovers that are a little bit smaller than the classic Bronze Age treasury edition.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #1: An unslabbed, midgrade original Fantastic Four #3 recently sold on eBay for $1,059.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #2: An unslabbed, solid copy of an original X-Men #133 (with Mark Jewelers insert) went for $240.
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MORE
— MARVEL Sets Dates For February FANTASTIC FOUR and X-MEN Facsimile Editions. Click here.
— Barry Windsor-Smith’s MARVEL FANFARE #15 to Get Facsimile Edition Re-Release. Click here.
December 16, 2024
Facsimile editions of classic comic books are really entertaining.
December 16, 2024
While I do like single issue facsimiles, runs of whole series/story arcs long ago collected in trade are lost on me.