Posted By Dan Greenfield on May 22, 2026 | 2 comments

EXCLUSIVE: Adventure Comics #247, plus another Action Comics #1, and MORE…

DC Comics has five Facsimile Editions coming in August and you can get the details for two others here and here.

But leading the pack (for a lot of fans) is one of the most requested issues — 1958’s Adventure Comics #247, featuring the first appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes. There will also be a new edition of the Golden Age-size Action Comics #1, and the previously announced Avengers/JLA #4 and its Alex Ross variant cover.

Dig the solicitation info, which will be formally released by DC later Friday:

ADVENTURE COMICS #247 FACSIMILE EDITION

Written by OTTO BINDER, HENRY BOLTINOFF, ED HERRON, and JACK MILLER
Art by AL PLASTINO, HENRY BOLTINOFF, GEORGE PAPP, and RAMONA FRADON

Cover by CURT SWAN
Foil variant cover by CURT SWAN ($6.99 US)
Blank sketch cover

The Legion was/is/will be founded to honor the high ideals set forth by the greatest hero of all time/a complete stranger/a friend who’s trying out for membership!

Time-travel can play havoc with sentence structure, but that’s nothing compared to the trials Superboy must go through when three super-teens from the future extend an invitation to join their club. A friendship and legacy that will transcend the bounds of time itself starts right here—with the very first appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes!

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/12/26

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ACTION COMICS #1 FACSIMILE EDITION

Written by JERRY SIEGEL, HOMER FLEMING, FRED GUARDINEER, RUSSELL COLE, SVEN ELVEN, GARDNER FOX, and KEN FITCH
Art by JOE SHUSTER, HOMER FLEMING, FRED GUARDINEER, RUSSELL COLE, BILL ELY, and BERNARD BAILY

Cover by JOE SHUSTER
Foil variant cover by JOE SHUSTER ($9.99 US)
Blank sketch cover

Able to leap an eighth of a mile! Hurdle a 20-story building! Raise tremendous weights and run faster than an express train! Champion of the oppressed, the physical marvel sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need! Look up in the sky (but also, in these very pages)…it’s the astounding first appearance of… Superman!

$6.99 US | 64 pages | Variant $7.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/26/26

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AVENGERS/JLA #4 FACSIMILE EDITION

Written by KURT BUSIEK
Art and cover by GEORGE PEREZ

Foil variant cover by GEORGE PEREZ ($8.99 US)
DC/Marvel connecting variant cover with JLA/Avengers #3 by ALEX ROSS
Blank sketch cover

With their two universes now violently being forced to merge with one another, the Justice League and the Avengers fight to save the people of both Earths as cities, citizens—even entire histories—shift and reform before their very eyes! Desperate to restore reality before both universes are destroyed, the two teams must come together to launch an all-out assault against the forces of Krona, the mad being at the heart of the chaos! Comicdom’s most legendary team-up concludes in this issue that holds nothing back!

$5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/26/26

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Buncha thoughts:

— Adventure Comics #247 is clearly timed to the anticipated new Legion series. That’s still to be announced.

— Because I am a card-carrying, shameless self-promoter, I can’t resist pointing out that we predicted this one for 2026. Not that I’m a genius or anything.

— 1994’s Green Lantern #49 is coming in July. We know that Green Lantern #50 is going to be released, but it’s not scheduled for August.

— I’ve lost track how many times Action Comics #1 has been released as a Facsimile, whether in current or Golden Age size. Clearly, it always sells. Same with Detective Comics #27, also coming again in August.

— As I noted up top, there are more DC Facsimiles coming in August. Links below!

— Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, original copy of Adventure Comics #247, touted in VG condition, recently sold on eBay for about $1,150.

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MORE

— RED HOT! BATMAN’s First Anthology Treasury to Get FACSIMILE EDITION. Click here.

— FIRST APPEARANCE BATMAN is Your Latest SUPER POWERS COVER. Click here.