Week Type: Variant-heavy, ratio-heavy slate
634 titles across 274 unique books, with 145 variants and 89 ratios shaping the week's list. Marvel leads the count at 90 titles, but Dynamite Entertainment runs second at 80, edging DC's 72 for the number-two volume slot this week. Marvel, DC, and Dynamite still set the tone as the Big 3, and Dynamite's slate is where the incentive load concentrates: 30 of the week's ratios sit in its 80-title run, more than double any other publisher. The 51 launches work out to about 19% of the 274 unique books, so this is a variant-and-ratio week more than a launch week.
FOC DROP SEPTEMBER 14, 2026
Featured Publishers: Marvel Comics (90), Dynamite Entertainment (80), DC Comics (72), Image Comics (64), Titan Comics (47), IDW Publishing (29)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer #2 (Dynamite Entertainment) carries the week's highest variant count at 19 covers, more than any other release on the list. Its 1:100 incentive also anchors the week's steepest ratio tier, shared with two other books.
Three books carry the week's steepest incentive tier at 1:100: Buffy The Vampire Slayer #2, GI Joe A Real American Hero Tomb Raider #1, and Venom #1. Dynamite carries 30 of the week's 89 ratios, the most of any publisher.
MARVEL THIS WEEK
90 titles | 7 new #1s | 14 variants | 1 reprint | 11 ratios | FOC: September 14 | On Sale: October 14-28 (some titles ship later)
Marvel's slate splits between its Star Wars licensed line and ongoing superhero chapters this week, with 90 titles making it the week's volume leader. The 7 launches include a Rogue One tenth-anniversary tie-in, while the count also carries Amazing Spider-Man's post-#1000 chapter and the DNX crossover with the Fantastic Four. Marvel's 11 ratios are led by the 1:100 Venom #1, the steepest in Marvel's slate. The variant count sits at 14, well behind the licensed-and-indie side of the week.
Star Wars: Rogue One - Chirrut & Baze #1 (Marvel). This launch marks the Rogue One line's tenth anniversary and sits among Marvel's 7 new #1s this week, carrying 4 covers. Baze Malbus and Chirrut Îmwe run a covert mission to sabotage a kyber mine overtaken by Imperial forces, with an unexpected complication forcing an impossible choice.
DNX #3 (Marvel, $4.99, Jed MacKay). This issue continues the X-Men and Fantastic Four crossover that pulls Marvel's two flagship teams into one thread, carrying 7 covers. As 3K's counterstroke lands on the X-Men and Philadelphia faces the Chairman's plan, the X-Men look to the least of their number while the Fantastic Four race to deliver data that can save the day.
Daredevil #8 (Marvel). This issue opens a new arc in the Stephanie Phillips and Lee Garbett run and is flagged in the solicit as a jumping-on point, carrying 6 covers. A new drug infiltrates E.S.U. as Matt Murdock faces a threat to the student body and Daredevil squares off against a resurfaced Mr. Fear.
Marvel's three highest ratios this week: 1:100 Venom #1, 1:50 DNX #3, 1:50 Infernal Hulk Vs. Fantastic Four #1.
DC THIS WEEK
72 titles | 3 new #1s | 15 variants | 5 reprints | 3 ratios | FOC: September 14 | On Sale: October 7-14 (some titles ship later)
DC's slate mixes new launches with facsimile reprints of vintage issues this week, at 72 titles. The 3 new #1s include James Harren's Demon relaunch, while the reprint count of 5 pulls in classic Superman and Batman issues. The Fraction and Scalera Batman run continues with issue #14, which carries the largest variant spread in DC's slate at 9 covers. All 3 of DC's ratios sit at 1:25.
Demon #1 (DC, $5.99, James Harren). One of DC's 3 launches this week, with Harren writing and drawing, carrying 7 covers. Jason Blood, a man alive too long and witness to centuries of Hell's victories, follows a lost wizard while a voice from Hell tortures him, as Etrigan looks to rise again.
Batman #14 (DC, $5.99, Matt Fraction/Matteo Scalera). This issue carries the largest variant spread in DC's slate at 9 covers and holds one of the publisher's three 1:25 ratios. As dawn looms, Batman searches for answers from the one man capable of stopping Ivy and the bloom, while Verity Pennyworth defends the Manor.
Adventures Of Superman #501 (DC, $3.99, Karl Kesel/Tom Grummett). This facsimile sits in DC's reprint count and revisits the Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett issue introducing the leather-jacketed young Superman. He announces his arrival in Metropolis by taking on Intergang crime boss Steel Hand on live TV.
DC's three highest ratios this week: 1:25 Batman #14, 1:25 Demon #1, 1:25 Jonah Hex And The Shadow Of Death #1.
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK
80 titles | 4 new #1s | 55 variants | 0 reprints | 30 ratios | FOC: September 14 | On Sale: October 7-21
Dynamite's slate leans on licensed-property launches and heavy incentive structures this week, running 80 titles with 55 variants and 30 ratios. The Buffy The Vampire Slayer relaunch carries the week's steepest incentive tier and the highest single-title variant count on the list. Two crossover launches sit alongside it: Archie Vs The Terminator and the 2026 Thundercats #1. Dynamite's 30 ratios are the most of any publisher this week.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer #2 (Dynamite, $4.99, Kelly Thompson/Stephen Byrne). This issue carries the week's highest variant count at 19 covers and anchors Dynamite's 1:100, 1:75, and 1:50 ratio tiers. Still reeling from the events of the first issue, the team faces deadly minions out for blood, with something seeming off even as everyone reunites.
Thundercats (2026) #1 (Dynamite, $4.99, Greg Pak/David Cousens). One of Dynamite's 4 launches this week, carrying 15 covers. The Thundercats share Earth with the Silverhawks and the cat-hating Mu'tants, and a mysterious omen from the sky unleashes a beast within Lion-O, transforming him into the Feral King.
Archie Vs The Terminator #1 (Dynamite, $4.99, Rory McConville/Steven Butler, Lily Butler). This 4-issue crossover launch carries 16 covers. When a teenage John Connor enrolls at Riverdale High, Archie and the gang find themselves in a Terminator's crosshairs, with covers by Francesco Francavilla, Robert Hack, Bjorn Barends, and Bill Galvan.
Dynamite's three highest ratios this week: 1:100 Buffy The Vampire Slayer #2, 1:75 Buffy The Vampire Slayer #2, 1:50 Buffy The Vampire Slayer #2.
BEYOND THE BIG 3
Top 3 by volume:
Image Comics: 64 titles. Led by GI Joe A Real American Hero Tomb Raider #1, a Kyle Higgins and Elena Casagrande miniseries premiere carrying a 1:25 ratio and one of the week's 1:100 steepest tiers. Lara Croft teams with Shipwreck and squads of Joes on an expedition into Cobra Island, with Destro and Baroness chasing the same hidden treasure.
Titan Comics: 47 titles. Anchored by Hawkmoon The Mad God #1 from Jerome Le Gris, a launch set in a post-apocalyptic Europe conquered by the Granbretan empire. Dorian Hawkmoon races to control the black jewel embedded in his head, seeking a hermit mage to lead the fight against King-Emperor Huon.
IDW Publishing: 29 titles. Notable for X-O Manowar Black, White & Gold #1, a four-story anthology launch collecting shorts by Peter Milligan, Ron Marz, Dan Abnett, and others. The book explores different eras of Aric of Dacia's past, present, and future after the Visigoth warrior returns to Earth wielding the Shanhara armor.
Wildcard:
Rekcah! Comics: 2 releases, led by Future Is ****** #18, a done-in-one issue where Doom Patrol's James Harvey draws, colors, and letters. Fred Van Lente writes, with a David Lapham variant cover and Capture the Flag hacker challenges built into the issue.
145 variants and 89 ratios across 634 titles put both counts near the top of the week's structure, with Dynamite carrying 30 of those ratios on its own.
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