FOC Drop: July 20, 2026 — 60 Ratios Across 551 SKUs

551 SKUs across 264 unique books, with 60 ratio incentives spread across the docket. Marvel and Image sit atop the volume count at 77 and 74 titles, with DC at 57 rounding out the Big 3. The incentive structure drives the week's shape: Dynamite carries 17 ratio covers, more than any other publisher, with Image close behind at 14. New launches run modest at 31 books against 264 unique series, so this is a chapter-and-continuation week more than a launch week, with the ratio spread and Dynamite's Gargoyles relaunch defining the front end of the docket.

The week's highest variant count belongs to Dynamite's Gargoyles #1 at 13 covers, the launch of the new in-continuity series from original show creator Greg Weisman. On the incentive side, the steepest incentive tier on the docket is 1:50, with Image's Fireborn #4 one of nine books carrying one, and Dynamite leads all publishers with 17 ratio covers across its slate.

Gargoyles #1 (Dynamite Entertainment, $4.99, Greg Weisman/Gerardo Gambone) carries the week's highest variant count at 13 covers. The relaunch picks up in 1997 with the Manhattan Clan back to protecting the streets of New York while searching for missing members, written by series creator Greg Weisman with art by Gerardo Gambone.

77 titles | 1 new #1 | 6 variants | 0 reprints | 0 ratios | FOC: July 20 | On Sale: August 19 - September 2 (some titles ship later)

Marvel's slate this week concentrates on ongoing chapters and a mini-series wrap, with a single new #1 and no ratio incentives across the whole docket. The Marvel Knights celebration reaches its final issue, while the X-line and the Venom-adjacent Queen In Black books carry the continuing storylines. The 77-title count runs on volume of established runs rather than launches, with variant activity confined to six covers.

Marvel Knights: The World To Come #6 (Marvel Comics). This closes out the Marvel Knights mini-series, the structural anchor of Marvel's week. T'Challa and Ketema go head-to-head with Wakanda and the wider world on the line, per the solicit.

Queen In Black #3 (Marvel Comics). One of the week's highest Marvel variant counts at 7 covers, tying the Venom corner of the line into the broader slate. Hela wants Dylan Brock as a secret weapon while Knull wants him dead, and Venom and Eddie Brock have to decide whether they can work together, with the return of the Fantastic Five noted in the solicit.

57 titles | 1 new #1 | 7 variants | 2 reprints | 2 ratios | FOC: July 20 | On Sale: August 12 (some titles ship later)

DC's slate runs the Kingdom of Zod crossover through its Superman line this week, with the storyline threading Action Comics and Supergirl. Two ratio incentives sit on the Absolute line, and two reprints round out the count. The 57-title docket splits between the Zod arc, the Nice House By The Sea horror run, and a facsimile that reaches back to the origin of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Action Comics #1101 (DC Comics, $5.99, Mark Waid/Montos). Kingdom of Zod: Part Two, the core beat of DC's Superman push this week. Superman crashes into the present day and into the war with Zod, with stowaways including a young Clark Kent, per the solicit.

Supergirl #16 (DC Comics, $4.99, Sophie Campbell/Joe Quinones). Kingdom of Zod: Part One, the other half of the crossover landing this week. Supergirl rallies a super-force including Superboy-Prime, Conner Kent, Lois Lane, Steel and Lana Lang to infiltrate the Kryptonite Kingdom of El Caldero, where Zod unleashes the K-Zone.

Both of DC's ratios this week: 1:25 Absolute Batman #23 and 1:25 Absolute Catwoman #3.

74 titles | 3 new #1s | 12 variants | 0 reprints | 14 ratios | FOC: July 20 | On Sale: August 12-26 (some titles ship later)

Image's Energon Universe expansion leads the week, with G.I. Joe #25 opening a new arc and carrying the deepest incentive structure in the publisher's slate. The 14 ratio covers place Image second on the docket for incentive volume, and three new #1s land against 74 titles. The slate mixes the Energon line with the long-running creator-owned catalog, from the Ice Cream Man anthology to Wes Craig's Kaya.

G.I. Joe #25 (Image Comics, $4.99, Joshua Williamson/Tom Reilly, Andrea Milana, Lee Loughridge). The Energon Universe centerpiece of Image's week, opening a new arc with incentives up to 1:50 and 10 covers. The solicit sets up G.I. Joe vs. Night Force with Joe battling Joe as friends become enemies, from Joshua Williamson and Tom Reilly.

Fireborn #4 (Image Comics, $4.99, Curt Pires, Franklin Jonas/Patrick Mulholland). Carries the steepest ratio on the entire docket at 1:50, from Curt Pires and Franklin Jonas. The solicit closes the first arc with a final showdown in New York between Fireborn and CU.

Ice Cream Man #46 (Image Comics, $3.99, W. Maxwell Prince/Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran). The anthology continues its self-contained format, part of Image's creator-owned catalog running alongside the Energon push. This issue, titled "Bob Will Handle It," follows a group of seniors who hire a local tech guy to run cryogenic anti-aging chambers.

Image's three highest ratios this week: 1:50 Fireborn #4, 1:50 Exquisite Corpses Rascal Randy #2, 1:50 GI Joe #25.

Top 3 by volume:

Dynamite Entertainment: 46 titles. Led by Gargoyles #1, the new in-continuity relaunch from series creator Greg Weisman and artist Gerardo Gambone, set in 1997 with the Manhattan Clan back on the streets of New York. Dynamite carries 17 ratio covers this week, the most of any publisher on the docket, with this launch carrying 13 covers.

Yen Press: 41 titles. Anchored by Blood-Crawling Princess Of A Ruined Country, a new manga volume from Yuki Azuma. The solicit follows Princess Evita, whose kingdom falls to an invading country and who is forced into prostitution under the name Priscilla before the knell of rebellion sounds.

IDW Publishing: 29 titles. Notable for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mirage Facsimile #1, a faithful facsimile of the black-and-white first issue by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, reproducing the origin of Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael and their blood feud with the Foot Clan.

Wildcard:

Ignition Press: 5 titles, and the distinctive single-issue release is Minotaur #2 from Simon Spurrier. The solicit follows photojournalist Gloria Monday investigating a "weretiger" terrorizing a local population while her search for answers about the Singularity event turns personal, with government agents Koch and Bull pursuing the team.

60 ratio incentives across 264 unique books, with Dynamite's 17 and Image's 14 accounting for more than half of the week's incentive covers.

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