FOC Drop: October 19, 2026 — 102 Ratios, 36 New #1s

Dynamite Entertainment leads the week's volume with 79 titles, ahead of DC's 69 and Marvel's 63. The slate carries 102 ratios across 636 total titles, with incentive covers concentrated at Dynamite (24), Boom! Studios (15), and Marvel (13). 36 of the week's 258 unique books are new #1s, about 14%.

Swamp Thing Is Killing The Children #1 (Boom! Studios) carries the week's highest variant count at 16 covers, more than any other single book on the list. James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera bring Swamp Thing into the Slaughterverse, with Erica Slaughter hunting the character across the first crossover in the Something is Killing the Children world.

102 ratios run across the slate this week. Image's Chainkata #1 carries the single steepest incentive at 1:1000, the only book at that tier. Dynamite leads the incentive count with 24 ratio covers, ahead of Boom! Studios at 15 and Marvel at 13.

63 titles | 4 new #1s | 2 variants | 4 reprints | 13 ratios | FOC: October 19 | On Sale: November 25 - December 2 (some titles ship later)

Marvel's week has Jean Grey #1, the launch out of DNX, plus the Spider-Man books. Four new #1s sit in the slate, and the Spider-Man books include Amazing Spider-Man #1004 and the Fire And Brimstone miniseries. 13 ratios run through the slate, the third-highest incentive count of any publisher this week.

Jean Grey #1 (Marvel). This launch follows directly out of DNX and opens a new chapter for Jean Grey and the X-Men. The Phoenix heads to Earth and Jean burns within, with the question of whether she holds control of the power running through her.

Amazing Spider-Man #1004 (Marvel). The core Spider-title continues, with 6 covers this issue. Itsy Bitsy goes after J. Jonah Jameson while another friend of Spidey's flips and puts the wall-crawler between him and his revenge.

Alien Vs. X-Men #3 (Marvel, $5.99, Kieron Gillen). The crossover adds a third faction as Sentinels arrive and move to nuke the X-Mansion from orbit. A Chris Claremont bonus story puts Kitty Pryde and Rachel Summers against the Xenomorph queen.

Marvel's three highest ratios this week: 1:100 Amazing Spider-Man #1004, 1:100 Jean Grey #1, 1:25 Spider-Man/Hulk: Fire And Brimstone #4.

69 titles | 0 new #1s | 6 variants | 3 reprints | 1 ratio | FOC: October 19 | On Sale: November 11 (some titles ship later)

DC's slate runs on ongoing chapters this week, with zero new #1s and the volume spread across the Superman and Aquaman lines plus the Absolute titles. The Lex Luthor: Year One story continues in Action Comics, and the Tidal War arc rolls forward in Emperor Aquaman. The slate carries 6 variants and a single ratio. The 69 titles hold the second-highest count of the week.

Action Comics #1104 (DC, $5.99, Mark Waid/Patricio Delpeche). The Lex Luthor: Year One story continues as Lex moves back to Smallville. Young Clark Kent gains a new best friend, with the question of whether his influence can steer Lex straight.

Absolute Catwoman #5 (DC, $5.99, Scott Snyder & Che Grayson/Bengal). The Absolute line continues here, carrying the slate's only ratio. Selina and the Calicos race Cassandra Cain and the League of Shadows to secure an artificial intelligence called the Yarn.

Emperor Aquaman #23 (DC, $3.99, Jeremy Adams/Paolo Villanelli). The Tidal War reaches part three. Aquaman is trapped on Korugar as the Crimson Queen uses the Zodiac Crystals to summon an ancient power, with a vision from the DC K.O. tournament the possible key.

DC's only ratio this week: 1:25 Absolute Catwoman #5.

68 titles | 1 new #1 | 11 variants | 0 reprints | 12 ratios | FOC: October 19 | On Sale: November 11-25

Image has 68 titles and one new #1. Chainkata #1 from Daniel Warren Johnson holds Image's steepest ratio and the week's single steepest at 1:1000. The rest of the slate runs on ongoing creator-owned books, including arc finales in Kaya and the continuing Escape. Image carries 12 ratio covers, with the Chainkata launch supplying the top three.

Chainkata #1 (Image, $3.99, Daniel Warren Johnson). Image's one launch this week, with 9 covers and the week's steepest ratio at 1:1000. Luma is a chainsaw-wielding warrior queen seeking an unknown power in space, in a 40-page premiere with no ads at $3.99.

Kaya #37 (Image, $3.99, Wes Craig). This issue closes out the series' sixth story arc. Kaya faces a greater threat while fleeing a mob, Jin decides his own fate, and the Dragon-God and Great Oracle both awaken.

Escape #10 (Image, $3.99, Rick Remender/Daniel Acuna). The Remender and Acuna book continues with one door left. Milton Shaw has to choose between old allies, ending the war, or saving the civilians who protected him.

Image's three highest ratios this week: all Chainkata #1: the 1:1000 and two 1:100 covers.

Top 3 by volume:

Dynamite Entertainment: 79 titles. Led by Vampirella Vs Darkstalkers Special #1 (Tim Seeley/Drax), a UDON and Dynamite one-shot pairing the Darkstalkers videogame property with Vampirella, running a cat and mouse chase across New York City between Vampirella and Morrigan, with 14 covers.

Boom! Studios: 46 titles. Swamp Thing Is Killing The Children #1 carries the week's highest variant count at 16 covers and a 1:100 ratio. James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera bring Swamp Thing into the Slaughterverse for the first crossover in that world, with Erica Slaughter on the hunt.

Yen Press: 40 titles. After-School Duty #1 (Gakuto Coda & Meiji/potg, $13) opens with Kei Nimori sucked into an alternate dimension of his elementary school, surrounded by monsters and corpses and fighting to survive until he can find a way out.

Wildcard:

Ahoy Comics: 1 release, the Forgotten Divine graphic novel ($9.99, Mark Russell/Russ Braun). Russell and Braun introduce Rodney Coleman, an unhoused veteran whose visions of a faraway planet lead him to form a UFO cult.

107 variants and 102 ratios across 636 titles this week.

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