EXCLUSIVE! 1974’s Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-25 — and that Neal Adams cover…
DC Comics has five Facsimile Editions coming in August and you can get the details for the others here and here.
Meanwhile, if you thought DC might be moving away from its treasury-size Facsimile Editions, well they’re not: 1974’s Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-25, with its famed Neal Adams cover, is running your way.
Dig the solicitation info, which will be formally released by DC later Friday:
BATMAN: LIMITED COLLECTORS’ EDITION #C-25 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by BILL FINGER, DON C. CAMERON, JOHN BROOME, MIKE FRIEDRICH, and DENNY O’NEIL
Art by BOB KANE, JERRY ROBINSON, DICK SPRANG, CARMINE INFANTINO, NEAL ADAMS, IRV NOVICK, and DICK GIORDANO
Cover by NEAL ADAMS
Foil variant cover by NEAL ADAMS ($14.99 US)
Six astounding tales of crime and the Caped Crusader brought to you by a veritable murderers’ row of talent! Witness the return of the Clown Prince of Crime in “The Case of the Joker’s Crime Circus”! Learn the secret that Batman and Robin vow never to reveal in “The Case Batman Failed to Solve”! Thrill as the Dark Knight duels to the death battling a would-be Enemy Ace in “Ghost of the Killer Skies”! All this and more from some of the best in the Batbiz!
$9.99 US | 80 pages
ON SALE 8/12/26
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Buncha thoughts…
Back cover
— DC’s treasury Facsimile Edition schedule has been a little cockeyed this year, giving rise to concerns among some fans that perhaps the publisher was taking its foot off the gas. It’s not. We had Superman vs. Spider-Man and Superman and Spider-Man in January and February, then a gap. A Justice League of America #200 Facsimile Edition — in treasury size — is set for July. Now, this. Through eight months, that’s four, which is pretty much the overall pace for these.
— This was first Batman anthology LCE, the sixth overall, and it is packed. There are three Golden Age stories, a Silver Age tale and two from the Bronze Age, including Denny O’Neil, Adams and Dick Giordano’s classic Ghost of the Killer Skies! teaming the Darknight Detective and Enemy Ace. There’s also the Carmine Infantino/Murphy Anderson Joker and Penguin pinups, a couple of Bob Rozakis puzzles and a maze, and more.
— And let’s not forget that Adams cover, which is a redo of his famous splash page from 1973’s Batman #251. I can’t wait to see it foil. Wowza!
— The only Batman LCE that DC hasn’t reprinted yet is 1976’s #C-44.
— As I noted up top, there are more DC Facsimiles coming in August — including more Batman. Links below!
— Obligatory Price Comparison: A VF original copy of Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-25 recently sold on eBay for $75. (My copy — not for sale — has two Dick Sprang autographs inside. I didn’t know it until after I bought it. The seller must not have known either.)
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MORE
— FIRST APPEARANCE BATMAN is Your Latest SUPER POWERS COVER. Click here.
— The LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES’ Debut Leads DC’s FIVE Facsimile Editions for August. Click here.
May 22, 2026
This is a great Treasury/LCE, I still have my original copy.
May 22, 2026
My current math through August has DC at *165* facsimile reprints since this program started.
By August, Marvel will be at *164.* So, August is the month where DC finally overtakes Marvel by 1. (There might be some argument over this–I only gave Marvel and DC credit for intercompany crossovers where they actually published that issue. Both publishers only get two issues each of JLA/Avengers, and one issue each of the Superman/Spider-Man stories. I do count Untold Legend of the Batman as a facsimile even if it’s published in a different format from the original miniseries.)
Batman still has a ridiculous lead of 33 issues of his self-titled series, 15 various specials, and 16 issues of Detective.
Superman has 8 issues of Action, 3 of Adventure, 4 of his main book, and 2 others (Man of Steel and Jimmy Olsen).
Mainstays like Flash, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman still have relatively few facsimiles.
By August, we’ll have 12 issues of the LCE/ANCE C-XX series. I love these treasuries, and man, that’s a program that finished right around when I was born. If DC can do C-44 next, great. We could also use the Superman volumes next (C-31, C-38, C-47 [a badly missed one for America’s 250th!], C-49, and C-55). I do wonder if we’ll get C-32 (“Ghosts”) this October and C-34 (the other “Christmas with the Super Heroes) in December?