Party like it’s 1986…
On Thursday, we broke the news that Watchmen #1 would be re-released as a Facsimile Edition in September, timed to the 1986 landmark series’ 40th anniversary year.
I had long expected that the entire Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons masterpiece would be published as 12 monthly reprints, similar to titles such as Crisis on Infinite Earths, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and Batman: Year One. But there was no immediate information that would be the case.
Well, guess what: We’ve now confirmed that, yes, the complete Watchmen will be reprinted across 12 months, giving readers an opportunity to experience the comic the same way it was originally released.
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Buncha thoughts:
— Issue #1 is due September 23. Click here for more info.
— More news: Watchmen #1 in September is also getting a WIP edition, showing off Gibbons’ original art at 11″ x 17″ size. (The Dark Knight Returns #1 is also getting a WIP.) Check out the link below for the skinny.
— Obligatory Price Comparison: A complete, unslabbed, midgrade set of the original series recently sold on eBay for about $250.
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MORE
— DC to Publish Original Art for DARK KNIGHT RETURNS #1 and WATCHMEN #1 as Gigantic Comics. Click here.
— DC COMICS to Offer SEVEN Facsimile Editions in SEPTEMBER. Click here.
— 1960’s SUPERMAN #141: One of the Man of Steel’s Greatest to Be Released as a Facsimile Edition. Click here.
— 1942’s Landmark BATMAN #11 to Get Facsimile Edition — Finally! Click here.
— DC to Re-Release the BATMAN #251 Facsimile Edition — This Time With Foil and Sketch Variants. Click here.
— DC to Salute JOE KUBERT’s CENTENNIAL With a Facsimile Edition and a Special Retrospective Issue. Click here.
