FOC Drop: August 17, 2026 — 84 Ratios across 261 Books

534 titles across 261 unique books, and the shape of the week sits in the incentive structure: 84 ratios spread across the docket, with Image Comics carrying 19 of them. Marvel and Image run neck-and-neck at the top of the volume board, 71 titles to 70, with DC third at 57. The launch count reads 42 new #1s against 261 unique books, so roughly one in six series on the docket is a debut. Variants land at 78 for the week, and the deepest single incentive on the entire docket belongs to Spawn 77 #1 at 1:500.

The week's highest single-title cover count belongs to Boom! Studios: Power Rangers Green #2 carries 11 covers, tied with Buffy The Vampire Slayer #3 for the deepest cover spread of the week. On the incentive side, Spawn 77 #1 holds the steepest ratio of the week at 1:500, a single-book tier that no other release matches.

Spawn 77 #1 (Image Comics) carries the week's steepest incentive at 1:500, a tier no other book on the docket reaches. The miniseries pairs Todd McFarlane with Mark Spears on a new take on the character, with covers from Spears, McFarlane, and Emma Rios.

71 titles | 2 new #1s | 15 variants | 0 reprints | 17 ratios | FOC: August 17 | On Sale: September 16-30 (some titles ship later)

Marvel's slate this week points toward November, with the line staging the transition into a new Avengers #1. The volume runs 71 titles against just 2 launches, so the docket is carried by ongoing chapters rather than debuts. Seventeen ratios anchor the incentive side, with three 1:100 tiers sitting at the top. The line's structural weight lands on Avengers: Armageddon and the DNX crossover, both feeding into next-chapter setups.

Avengers: Armageddon #4 (Marvel). This is the book positioning Marvel's line for the November relaunch, carrying 7 covers and incentives up to 1:50. The issue debuts a new character and sets the stage for Avengers #1.

DNX #2 (Marvel, $4.99, Jed MacKay). The X-Men and 3K clash above Philadelphia with the Fantastic Four joining in, while the greatest minds of each team work to save Magneto at the Baxter Building. The issue carries 7 covers.

Daredevil #7 (Marvel). New York City floods with crime as an invaluable piece of evidence draws an all-out assault from the city's mobsters, and Elektra re-enters Matt Murdock's life after weeks apart. The issue carries 7 covers and sits behind the line's 1:100 Daredevil ratio.

Marvel's three highest ratios this week: 1:100 Daredevil #7, 1:100 DNX #2, 1:100 The Amazing Venom #1.

57 titles | 5 new #1s | 10 variants | 2 reprints | 0 ratios | FOC: August 17 | On Sale: September 9-16 (some titles ship later)

DC runs a zero-ratio slate this week, with the incentive structure absent entirely across 57 titles. The docket leans on the Superman line and a pair of classic facsimiles alongside the ongoing chapters. Five launches land on the count, and the Superman family carries the current-continuity weight through the Kingdom of Zod arc. The classic-reissue material and the Kubert tribute fill out the rest.

Action Comics #1102 (DC, $5.99, Mark Waid/Montos). Part six of Kingdom of Zod finds young Clark Kent trapped in Krypton's past, forced to break Supergirl out of Zod's prison to get home while Steel races a K-Zone cure on present-day Earth. The issue carries 4 covers.

DC Special #5 (DC, $6.99, Joe Kubert). Four of Joe Kubert's own favorite works are collected here, with an artist jam homage variant cover marking his 100th birthday drawn by Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert, Emma Kubert, Amanda Conner, Steve Lieber, and others. The issue carries 4 covers.

70 titles | 4 new #1s | 14 variants | 0 reprints | 19 ratios | FOC: August 17 | On Sale: September 9-23 (some titles ship later)

Image leads the docket's incentive structure this week, carrying 19 ratios across 70 titles, more than any other publisher on the board. The slate leans on creator-owned launches, with four new #1s landing alongside the Spawn-universe expansion. Spawn 77 #1 drives the ratio depth, holding all three of the publisher's top incentive tiers. Karman Blade #1 opens a new dark fantasy miniseries from the Little Bird team.

Spawn 77 #1 (Image, $6.99, Todd McFarlane, Mark Spears/Mark Spears). This is the book anchoring Image's ratio slate, holding the publisher's three steepest incentives up to 1:500. McFarlane and Spears build a new take on the character, with covers from Spears, McFarlane, Emma Rios, and more. The issue carries 10 covers.

Karman Blade #1 (Image, $3.99, Darcy Van Poelgeest/Ian Bertram). A miniseries premiere from the team behind Little Bird and Precious Metal, following a young man on a dying world chosen by a star-forged blade to slay the tyrant deity Kalu. The issue carries 5 covers.

Ice Cream Man #47 (Image). W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo tell "Ad To Subtract," a story built through vintage medicinal ads. The issue carries 2 covers.

Image's three highest ratios this week: 1:500 Spawn 77 #1, 1:250 Spawn 77 #1, 1:100 Spawn 77 #1.

Top 3 by volume:

Yen Press — 46 titles. Led by How To Handle My Sassy Big Sis #1 ($13, Numa Egaki), a comedy launch about a little brother scheming to turn his insult-slinging older sister into the honest sibling he knows she can be.

Dynamite Entertainment — 43 titles. Anchored by Buffy The Vampire Slayer #3 ($4.99, Kelly Thompson/Stephen Byrne), where Darla's search for Angel puts her in front of a very angry Buffy. The issue includes a premium mystery blind bag holding three randomly selected limited variants, and carries 11 covers.

IDW Publishing — 31 titles. Notable for Star Trek (2026) #1, a flagship launch from Christopher Cantwell and Dennis Menheere sending the Enterprise-G beyond the known galaxy, where Captain Seven of Nine's crew escorts the dying Avuran people toward three pristine worlds in the Epsilon Corridor. The issue carries 10 covers and ratios up to 1:50.

Wildcard:

Rocketship Entertainment — 1 release, but it's Razor Gray #1 ($5.99, Nir Levie), a sci-fi launch following an ambitious architect investigating alien relics on an icy planet, where his discovery threatens to alter the course of human history.

84 ratios across 534 titles this week, with Image carrying 19 of them, the deepest incentive slate of any publisher on the docket.

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