EXCLUSIVE: Coming this summer! Plus, the latest Crisis and a Swamp Thing re-release…
DC’s got a trio of Facsimile Editions coming in August — led by Police Comics #1, the 1941 first appearances of Plastic Man, Phantom Lady, Firebrand and the Human Bomb. There’s also Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 and a new printing of the House of Secrets #92 duplicate.
Dig the solicitation info, due to be released officially later in May by DC:
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POLICE COMICS #1 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by JACK COLE, S.M. IGER, GEORGE BRENNER, GILL FOX, CLARK WILLIAMS, VERN HENKEL, AL BRYANT, FRED GUARDINEER, ARTHUR PEDDY, and PAUL GUSTAVSON
Art by JACK COLE, REED CRANDALL, GEORGE BRENNER, GILL FOX, CLARK WILLIAMS, VERN HENKEL, AL BRYANT, FRED GUARDINEER, and PAUL GUSTAVSON
Cover by GILL FOX
$6.99 US | 64 pages
ON SALE 8/7/24
Prepare your eyes for the frame-bursting, mind-stretching introduction of Plastic Man from the limitless imagination of Jack Cole! This full facsimile reprinting of the Golden Age classic also features the first appearance of Phantom Lady and more.
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CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #5 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)
$3.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 8/21/24
The Monitor is dead, but his plan continues and is even fueled by his demise. With the fate of “Worlds in Limbo,” Alexander Luthor, Harbinger, and Pariah explain to the assembled heroes of Earth-1 and Earth-2 that if they are to save all life from destruction, their multiple universes must become one again.
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HOUSE OF SECRETS #92 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by LEN WEIN, JOE ORLANDO, and VIRGIL NORTH
Art by BERNIE WRIGHTSON, BILL DRAUT, DICK DILLIN,ALAN LEE WEISS, and TONY DeZUNIGA
Cover by BERNIE WRIGHTSON
Foil variant cover by BERNIE WRIGHTSON ($5.99 US)
Blank sketch cover ($4.99 US)
$3.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 8/14/24
There’s no escape from the first-ever appearance of Swamp Thing in this full facsimile reprinting of House of Secrets #92! Join your host, Abel, as he introduces the story of the original Swamp Thing, Alex Olsen, and three other tales of DC horror.
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A few thoughts:
— Another Quality Comics offering from DC! Out later in May is Military Comics #1, featuring the debut of Blackhawk. Funny how Quality thought Firebrand was going to be its big star, judging by the Police Comics #1 cover.
— Hey, check out Fred Van Lente’s latest COMIC BOOK DEATH MATCH: Secret Wars #5 vs. Crisis on Infinite Earths #5. Click here.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #1: House of Secrets #92 was one of the first Facsimile Editions released by DC in 2019. The first one now costs about $15-$16 on the secondary market. An unslabbed, midgrade copy of an original recently sold on eBay for about $1,625.
— Obligatory Price Comparison #2: A slabbed, 4.0-graded copy of Police Comics #1 sold through Heritage Auctions in 2022 for $18,000, including buyer’s premium.
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MORE
— 1960’s JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 to Be Re-Released as a FACSIMILE EDITION. Click here.
— NIGHTWING’s First Appearance to Get FACSIMILE EDITION Treatment. Click here.
May 14, 2024
Bring on the facsimiles! I buy more facsimiles than I do new books these days.
May 15, 2024
All I buy is facsimiles…great stuff!!
May 20, 2024
Love the recent facsimiles . Glad the decided to start putting the bar codes on the back . Those beautiful unmarred covers . I’ve bought a few with no over price on the front , even better . And news print is the only way to go . And the thing is you know you’re going to get a great book even if you’ve never read the story . Wish they would do the first 12 issues of everything this way and if that goes well the next 12 . When Comic books were great ! MORE FACSIMILES !