Week Type: Variant-heavy, ratio-heavy slate
710 SKUs across 345 unique books, with 91 incentive covers spread through the week's list. Marvel drives the volume at 115 titles, with Image at 90 and DC at 79 filling out the Big 3, and Dynamite pushing 69 to lead the indie count. The incentive load sits high this week: Marvel carries 24 ratios, Image 20, and Dynamite 18, three publishers stacking incentive covers across their slates. Five books share the week's steepest incentive tier at 1:100, spanning both Marvel and Image. The 61 launches against 345 unique books keep this from a #1-heavy classification, but the variant and ratio counts define the shape.
FOC DROP OCTOBER 5, 2026
Featured Publishers: Marvel Comics (115), Image Comics (90), DC Comics (79), Dynamite Entertainment (69), IDW Publishing (27), Boom! Studios (26)
Vampirella Vs Darkstalkers Special #1 (Dynamite Entertainment) carries the week's highest variant count at 14 covers, the top single-title cover count of any release this week. UDON and Dynamite pair the Darkstalkers videogame property with Vampirella in a one-shot, with Vampirella and Morrigan crossing paths across New York City while both are hunted by Baby Bonnie Hood.
On the incentive side, five books share the week's steepest tier at 1:100, spanning Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man #1003 and Image's Final Boss #11. Marvel's 24 ratios lead all publishers this week, ahead of Image's 20 and Dynamite's 18.
MARVEL THIS WEEK
115 titles | 8 new #1s | 6 variants | 3 reprints | 24 ratios | FOC: October 5 | On Sale: November 4-11 (some titles ship later)
Marvel's slate leans hard into the Spider-Man line this week, with the Amazing Spider-Man ongoing and two connected books landing in the aftermath of Armageddon. The publisher's 24 ratios lead all publishers, the highest incentive count of any slate this week. Eight launches sit within the 115-title count, and the incentive covers concentrate on the Spider-Man books, with Amazing Spider-Man #1003, Friendly Neighborhood Mary Jane #1, and Spider-Woman #1 all carrying 1:100 tiers. The X-line fills out the rest of the volume with Black Cat and DNX both landing.
Amazing Spider-Man #1003 (Marvel Comics, $4.99, Joe Kelly). This anchors the Spider-line's post-Armageddon fallout and carries one of the five books sharing the week's steepest 1:100 tier. Spider-Man races to stop an assassin while Mayor Cage's office and Damage Control try to keep a lid on an NYC ready to boil over, with 6 covers on the issue.
Black Cat #16 (Marvel Comics). Part one of "X-Con" pulls the X-Men into Felicia Hardy's corner of the line, one of the X-anchored books rounding out Marvel's week. Emma Frost has a job only Felicia can pull off, and the issue carries 1:25 and 1:50 ratio covers among its 5.
DNX #4 (Marvel Comics). The X-Men and Fantastic Four crossover book continues, tying into Marvel's line-wide X and FF activity this week. The teams regroup against 3K's Chairman as the effects of his scheme begin to land, with 5 covers on the issue.
Marvel's three highest ratios this week: 1:100 Amazing Spider-Man #1003, 1:100 Friendly Neighborhood Mary Jane #1, 1:100 Spider-Woman #1.
DC THIS WEEK
79 titles | 5 new #1s | 17 variants | 2 reprints | 1 ratio | FOC: October 5 | On Sale: October 28 - November 4 (some titles ship later)
DC's week splits between the Absolute line and the Bat-family, with the Batman: Bad Seeds event landing two connected chapters. The 17 variants top all Big 3 publishers this week, while the slate runs a single ratio. Five launches sit within DC's 79-title count, two of them the Bad Seeds books arriving alongside Absolute Superman's Get Brainiac finale. The Absolute titles carry the line's premium format, with Absolute Superman #25 running an oversize $6.99 conclusion.
Absolute Superman #25 (DC Comics, $6.99, Jason Aaron/Juan Ferreyra, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Rafa Sandoval). The oversize conclusion of Get Brainiac anchors the Absolute line this week and carries the slate's highest cover count at 10. Superman and Brainiac reach their final confrontation, with the issue setting up a new era for the character.
Batman: Bad Seeds Sunrise #1 (DC Comics, $6.99, Matt Fraction, G. Willow Wilson/Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cliff Rathburn). This oversize special closes the Batman: Bad Seeds event that drives DC's Bat-family volume this week. Poison Ivy's attack has transformed Gotham into a prehistoric nightmare, and Batman and his allies race to stop her before dawn.
Batman: Bad Seeds Gotham General #1 (DC Comics, $4.99, Greg Rucka/Rosa Ekedal). A companion launch to the Bad Seeds event, this one shifts to Gotham's tier one trauma center during the crisis. Dr. Ava Dastur and the staff of General work through fires, hallucinogenic episodes, and more patients than beds.
DC's only ratio this week: 1:25 Absolute Catwoman #4.
IMAGE THIS WEEK
90 titles | 1 new #1 | 13 variants | 0 reprints | 20 ratios | FOC: October 5 | On Sale: October 28 - November 11 (some titles ship later)
Image's 90-title slate concentrates on ongoing chapters and a cross-title event, with a single launch in the count and 20 ratios carrying the incentive load. Fireborn and Lost Fantasy run a paired crossover this week, the two Curt Pires books colliding in a single showdown told from both sides. Final Boss #11 carries one of the five books sharing the week's steepest 1:100 tier, closing its story arc. The Top Cow corner of the line stays active with Darkness #8 tying into a Witchblade #25 connecting-cover variant.
Fireborn #5 (Image Comics, $4.99, Curt Pires, Franklin Jonas/Patrick Mulholland, Brian Andane). The Fireborn side of Image's paired crossover, with Aaron and Henry colliding across two connected books. One fight told as two stories, with 7 covers on the issue.
Final Boss #11 (Image Comics, $3.99, Tyler Kirkham/Tyler Kirkham, David Miller, Ifansyah Noor). One of the five books sharing the week's steepest 1:100 tier, closing its story arc. Tommy Brazen unleashes on Dragod and the Coldbloods for vengeance, with 6 covers on the issue.
Darkness #8 (Image Comics, $3.99, Marc Silvestri/Raymond Gay, Agustin Padilla, Arif Prianto). Part of Image's Top Cow activity this week, with a team-up variant connecting to Witchblade #25's Cover C. Jackie Estacado's life spirals as the Angelus forces scatter and Sonatine makes one final offer, with 3 covers on the issue.
Image's three highest ratios this week: 1:100 Final Boss #11, 1:100 Terminal #4, 1:50 Exquisite Corpses Fox Mask Killer #2.
BEYOND THE BIG 3
Top 3 by volume:
Dynamite Entertainment: 69 titles. Led by Vampirella Vs Darkstalkers Special #1, the UDON crossover one-shot carrying the week's highest single-title count at 14 covers. Tim Seeley writes and Drax draws Vampirella and Morrigan crossing paths across New York City, both hunted by Baby Bonnie Hood.
IDW Publishing: 27 titles. Anchored by Valiant Beyond: The X-O Manowar #9, with Aric and Shanhara victorious over Banelus End as the PUNX begin their journey to the Shining City. Steve Orlando writes and Diego Giribaldi draws, with the issue carrying 3 covers.
Boom! Studios: 26 titles. Notable for Brzrkr: City Of Darkness #1, a new entry in the BRZRKR universe set in Hong Kong in 1994 as the handover approaches and a triad gang war spills into the streets. Mike Costa writes and Kenny Wong draws, with the issue carrying 10 covers.
Wildcard:
Ignition Press: Bad Thoughts #5 closes the first arc of the five-issue limited series from Ande Parks and Dave Wachter. Jack Coates, having learned he's been fighting on the wrong side, decides to burn it all down.
91 incentive covers across 710 SKUs puts the ratio load high this week, with Marvel's 24, Image's 20, and Dynamite's 18 accounting for the bulk of it.
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