EXCLUSIVE: Fans have been clamoring for this one…
Don’t you love making predictions that come true? I do. And I did here.
DC in April will finally release a Superman #233 Facsimile Edition, just about three months shy of the release of James Gunn’s movie.
Not just that, there will be a Super Powers variant cover, which you can check out here. (Four other Facsimiles are coming in April too!)
Dig the official solicitation, to be released formally by DC on Friday:
SUPERMAN #233 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by DENNIS O’NEIL and E. NELSON BRIDWELL
Art by CURT SWAN and MURPHY ANDERSON
Cover by NEAL ADAMS
Super Powers variant cover by JASON GEYER and ALEX SAVIUK ($4.99 US)
$3.99 US | 36 pages
ON SALE 4/9/25
Both Superman and Clark Kent must adjust to big changes in the status quo as the lurking threat of Kryptonite is eliminated from the Man of Steel’s life—seemingly forever—and the mild-mannered Kansas newspaperman becomes WGBS-TV’s newest on-air reporter!
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Several thoughts:
— Called it! When readers comment on what Facsimiles they want, this issue comes up all the time. I figured it would come in tandem with the Superman movie hype. Hooray for being right!
— Few covers live up to the “iconic” label but this one most certainly does — even if Neal Adams claimed he hated it.
— No foil or sketch covers are listed but sometimes that info is added later. I have to imagine there will be both. Just imagine how this would look in foil. And that Superman logo would be choice as a sketch cover, especially with an orange background.
— You will love the Super Powers variant.
— Another prediction: We’ll get an Action Comics #1 in true Golden Age dimensions by the time the movie comes out. It happened last year with Detective Comics #27 for Batman’s 85th.
— Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, VF original copy recently sold on ebay for $350.
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MORE
— DC Sets FIVE Major FACSIMILE EDITIONS for APRIL. Click here.
— DC Adds a Fourth SUPER POWERS Variant Cover to Latest Wave. Click here.
January 24, 2025
I bought this Superman comic book off a old spin rack at a Mom/Pop drive in grocery store…remember those?…haha…I loved the cover…I still have it too
January 24, 2025
>>>…. to be released formally by DC on Friday.
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“formally”….So what is the process that enables you Dan to learn this stuff beforehand? Tea leaves?
This is great news. They will look great in the ol’ spinner rack. Now if they’d just reprint the rest of the Bronze Age.
January 24, 2025
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