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Next week, Marvel Comics will release a facsimile edition of X-Factor #87, 1993's start to a bold new era of X-Factor following the X-Cutioner's Song crossover event, by Peter David and Joe Quesada And while we appreciate the idea of facsimile editions in general, our favorite part is getting a good look at the old[...]

Over the weekend, we previewed a few of the classic comic book ads in Marvel's facsimile edition reprint of Giant-Size X-Men #1, but that's not the only classic comic getting reprinted this week with all of the great comic book ads included just as they originally appeared Coinciding with the launch of the highly anticipated[...]

It's time for another Marvel Facsimile Edition this week, as Marvel reprints Giant-Size X-Men #1 in all its original glory And don't get us wrong – this is probably one of the greatest and most important comic books ever published But it's not necessarily what's in the story pages that interests us most about these[...]

We're all familiar by now with the awesomeness of Marvel's facsimile edition reprints And we all know by now what the best part is No, it's not the timeless classic storytelling that made the Marvel Universe what it is today No, it's not the chance to read classic comics as they were originally intended but[...]

Marvel has really gone all in lately on their facsimile editions, perfect reprints of classic comics, exactly the same as they first appeared in every way except for the price, which has been changed to reflect modern price-gouging techniques Why, you might ask, would Marvel bother to reprint these comics when they can be accessed[...]

This week, Marvel will release a facsimile edition of Howard the Duck #1, reprinting the comic exactly as it appeared back in 1976 That means everything is the same, including the advertisements And while Howard the Duck #1 is a fine comic by Steve Gerber and Frank Brunner, we can't help but be a little[...]

Lately, it seems like every month Marvel Comics has been publishing one or more "facsimile editions," reprints of their classic comics which reproduce the entire books in their entirety, exactly as they were originally published… well, except for the cover price In DC Comics' August solicitations, Marvel's Distinguished Competition has gotten in on some of[...]

Marvel has recently announced plans to release facsimile editions of comics such as Howard the Duck #1 and Star Wars #50, amongst other classic comics, and now the X-Men are getting the facsimile edition treatment in July to coincide with Jonathan Hickman's X-Men reboot Marvel will reprint not one but four classic comics: Giant-Size X-Men[...]

Earlier this month, we learned that Marvel plans to publish a facsimile edition of Star Wars #50, a comic from 1981, featuring not only the original pages as they appeared back then, but all of the advertisements as well, which is probably the best part It's unknown how they'll deal with all the defunct comic[...]