Posted By Dan Greenfield on Jan 18, 2024 | 7 comments

EXCLUSIVE: 65 years after Abin Sur’s ring found Hal Jordan…

DC has another groovy anniversary Facsimile Edition coming your way in April — the other one can be found here — and it’s one of the most important comics in the company’s history: Showcase #22, featuring the debut of Hal Jordan, first published 65 years ago.

Dig the official solicitation, which will be formally released by DC later this month:

SHOWCASE #22 FACSIMILE EDITION

Written by JOHN BROOME
Art by GIL KANE and JOE GIELLA
Cover by GIL KANE

Blank sketch cover
Foil variant cover by GIL KANE ($5.99 US)
$3.99 US/32 pages/Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 4/23/24

Let those who worship evil’s might beware the power of this issue — a full-facsimile reprint of the Silver Age comic that first introduced Hal Jordan as Green Lantern. Crash-landing on Earth, dying space patrolman Abin Sur uses his power ring to seek out another who is born without fear to take his place — and it selects test pilot Hal Jordan, who takes the ring and the role of Green Lantern. In brightest day… in blackest night… don’t let this classic comic escape your sight.

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A few thoughts…

— Showcase #22 was released July 28, 1959, so the Facsimile will come out just a few months before the 65th anniversary.

— We recently did 13 FACSIMILE EDITIONS WE’RE SURPRISED DC COMICS HASN’T PUBLISHED YET — RANKED. Showcase #22 was No. 11 on the list, so yay!

— I’ll be down for the sketch cover on this one because I dig that logo. Will likely pass on the foil version.

— Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, pretty beat-up copy of an original recently sold on eBay for $1,325.

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MORE

 — TEEN TITANS’ Debut to Be Re-Released as a FACSIMILE EDITION. Click here.

— Classic BATMAN-RA’S AL GHUL TREASURY EDITION to Be Released As a Facsimile Edition — IN FULL SIZE. Click here.