Week Type: Ratio-heavy slate
489 SKUs across 228 unique books, and the story of this week is incentives: 57 ratio covers spread across the slate, with Dynamite carrying 14 of them, the most of any publisher. Marvel and DC lead the raw count at 76 and 71 titles, with Dynamite (44) and Image (42) close behind. Launch volume sits at 23 new #1s against 228 unique books, roughly 10% of the series list, so this is not a launch-driven week. The incentive load is where the shape lives, topped by two books sharing the week's steepest tier at 1:100.
FOC DROP SEPTEMBER 21, 2026
Featured Publishers: Marvel Comics (76), DC Comics (71), Dynamite Entertainment (44), Image Comics (42), IDW Publishing (36), Mad Cave Studios (24)
Firefly #2 (Dynamite Entertainment) carries the week's highest variant count at 19 covers, more than any other single release on the list. Mark Russell writes and Lorenzo Re draws the issue.
On the ratio front, two books sit at the week's steepest tier of 1:100: Marvel's Predator Vs. Punisher #1 and Image's Transformers #37. No single book crowns that tier alone, so the steepest incentive on the slate is shared between the two.
MARVEL THIS WEEK
76 titles | 4 new #1s | 6 variants | 3 reprints | 9 ratios | FOC: September 21 | On Sale: October 21 - November 11 (some titles ship later)
Marvel's slate splits between event-adjacent chapters and the crossover launch driving the week's steepest ratio. The Avengers line moves toward Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto's relaunch, with Armageddon setup books feeding into that beat. Predator Vs. Punisher #1 carries a 1:100 incentive, tying it with Image's Transformers #37 for the steepest tier on the slate. Marvel's 9 ratio covers land behind Dynamite and Image on incentive count, but the top of the list is as steep as anyone's this week.
Predator Vs. Punisher #1 (Marvel Comics). This is Marvel's marquee crossover launch of the week, carrying a 1:100 ratio that ties for the steepest tier on the slate and 7 covers total. New York City becomes a hunting ground when a Predator arrives looking for worthy prey and finds Frank Castle, with Kingpin, Jigsaw, Silvermane, and the Owl among the underworld villains in the mix.
Avengers: Armageddon #5 (Marvel Comics). This issue carries a 1:25 ratio and 6 covers, and it functions as setup for Zdarsky and Checchetto's Avengers #1. Humanity turns against super heroes in the fallout of issue #4, with David Colton at the center of where the pieces fall.
Marc Spector: Moon Knight #9 (Marvel Comics). One of Marvel's 9 ratio books this week, this carries a 1:25 incentive and 5 covers. Moon Knight's gamble to save his allies comes due as the newly forged Midnight Sons face the fallout.
Marvel's three highest ratios this week: 1:100 Predator Vs. Punisher #1, 1:25 Avengers: Armageddon #5, 1:25 Doomquest #5.
DC THIS WEEK
71 titles | 0 new #1s | 5 variants | 1 reprint | 1 ratio | FOC: September 21 | On Sale: October 14-28 (some titles ship later)
DC's 71-title slate runs on ongoing chapters and the Bad Seeds line, with zero new #1s and a single ratio cover across the whole list. Bad Seeds threads two connected books this week, one following Gotham City's officers and one following Gotham General's medical staff. Action Comics opens the Lex Luthor: Year One arc under Mark Waid and Patricio Delpeche. The incentive load is thin here, with just one 1:25 ratio on the entire DC slate.
Action Comics #1103 (DC Comics, $5.99, Mark Waid/Patricio Delpeche). This issue opens the Lex Luthor: Year One arc, one of DC's ongoing pushes on a light-launch week. Waid and Delpeche trace Luthor from Clark Kent's school-age contemporary to the world's most wanted super-villain, with 6 covers on the issue.
Batman: Bad Seeds - Gotham Central #2 (DC Comics, $5.99, Christopher Cantwell/Jacob Phillips). One half of DC's connected Bad Seeds pairing this week. Officers Gordon and Espinoza, Anarky, Dr. Annika Zeller, and Harvey Bullock are trapped on the last subway out of Gotham with Mr. Zsasz among them and flesh-eating plant monstrosities outside the train.
DC's only ratio this week: 1:25 Absolute Catwoman #4.
IMAGE THIS WEEK
42 titles | 4 new #1s | 7 variants | 0 reprints | 9 ratios | FOC: September 21 | On Sale: October 14-28
Image's 42-title slate carries 9 ratio covers, tying Marvel for the count behind Dynamite. Transformers #37 sits at the week's steepest 1:100 tier alongside Marvel's Predator Vs. Punisher #1. The Top Cow corner threads through the week, with The Darkness #8 running a Witchblade team-up variant that connects to the Witchblade #25 cover. The Karman Blade continues its dark-fantasy run with a 1:50 incentive attached to issue #2.
Transformers #37 (Image Comics, $3.99, Robert Kirkman/Karl Kerschl). This issue carries the week's steepest 1:100 tier, shared with Marvel's Predator Vs. Punisher #1, and 7 covers total. Kirkman and Kerschl ask how far Elita Prime will go to win the war on Cybertron.
Karman Blade #2 (Image Comics, $3.99, Darcy Van Poelgeest/Ian Bertram). One of Image's 9 ratio books, carrying a 1:50 incentive and 4 covers. From the team behind Little Bird and Precious Metal, Anatta comes before the False King and is sent on a journey to find passage into the Kingdom of Kalu.
The Darkness #8 (Image Comics, $3.99, Marc Silvestri/Raymond Gay). Part of Image's Top Cow slate this week, with a Witchblade team-up variant that connects to the Witchblade #25 cover. Jackie Estacado's life spirals as the Angelus' forces fall into disarray and Sonatine makes him one final offer.
Image's three highest ratios this week: 1:100 Transformers #37, 1:50 Chachu #3, 1:50 Karman Blade #2.
BEYOND THE BIG 3
Top 3 by volume:
Dynamite Entertainment: 44 titles, and the publisher carrying the week's highest incentive count at 14 ratio covers. Led by Firefly #2 (Mark Russell/Lorenzo Re), which carries the week's highest variant count at 19 covers. Mal has to make contact with an old acquaintance to fence some stolen goods, and things go less than smoothly.
IDW Publishing: 36 titles. Notable for Godzilla: Revenge Of The Deadzone [Kai-Sei Era] #1, the launch of a five-issue miniseries from Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan, and Pablo Tunica. The Wanderer is held captive by G-Force in New York City, far from his home in the Deadzone, as scientists probe his mysterious past.
Mad Cave Studios: 24 titles. Anchored by Hammer Head #1 (Ed Brisson/Damian Couceiro), a horror launch. Jules, the only survivor of the Hammer Head killing-spree, has hidden from her past for 20 years until she is thrown into prison and part of a dark ritual built to force her back into it.
Wildcard:
Rocketship Entertainment: 1 release, but it's Razor Gray #2 (Nir Levie), the most distinctive single-issue genre release outside the volume top three this week. Levie writes and draws as Geno learns more about the artifact and its impact on all of mankind.
57 ratio covers sit on this week's slate, with Dynamite's 14 the most of any publisher.
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