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SPEC WATCH JULY 13, 2026
Featured Publishers: Marvel Comics (13), DC Comics (6), Image Comics (6), Dark Horse Comics (6), Boom! Studios (5), Titan Comics (3)
Four potential firsts carry Hot Spec into this FOC: Ordained #4, The Harrowers #1, Chachu #1, and Amazing Spider-Man #1000. The wider board runs 15 priority books, 44 confirmed calls, and 48 with intel attached. The confirmed firsts are where the signal sits this week, and all four close Monday.
Below the Hot Spec tier there's a Bat-Family debut in Batman #12, a Venom reveal that finally lands after months of teasing, and a couple of Marvel books introducing new teams. Rumor Watch stays short this week: one Supergirl arc riding unverified chatter. A Beauty relaunch with a confirmed FX adaptation behind it and an Overgeared volume with anime heat arriving in October sit on the radar instead. Read the data and decide for yourself which ones fit your order ladder before FOC closes.
PRIORITY PICKS
Ordained #4 (Bad Idea, $5.99, Robert Venditti/Trevor Hairsine): confirmed potential first of Julie Lorello, an ex-Army Ranger specialist court-martialed after uncertain killings in the fog of war, who lands on Father Roy's doorstep with Cormac Byrne dead and Saint Louis up for grabs. Venditti and Hairsine came back for a surprise continuation of the series to build her in. The 1:50 Jorge Fornes virgin incentive is the steepest cover on this book, so that's the ratio to note if you're chasing it.
Chachu #1 (Image Comics, $3.99, Iman Vellani/Marianna Ignazzi): the solo writing debut of Iman Vellani is the angle here, and it's confirmed. The book follows Leila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian in 1979 chasing Hollywood dreams to California to find her estranged uncle, a semi-retired PI whose wife goes missing again and sends the two on a road trip. Confirmed potential first for the cast. Incentives run 1:10 through 1:50 on this one.
Amazing Spider-Man #1000 (Marvel Comics): the milestone #1000 anthology brings a new villain, Ravage, and the confirmed Marvel Comics debut of writer Noah Hawley. The lineup also has Frank Miller and Peach Momoko collaborating for the first time, plus Stuart Immonen and Brian Michael Bendis back on Spider-Man together. Confirmed potential first on Ravage. Marvel says September's PREVIEWS carries more art and talent reveals.
The Harrowers #1 (Boom! Studios, $4.99, Clive Barker): a confirmed facsimile edition of the original series debut, scheduled for an August 2026 release, so read it as a reprint of the first issue, not new content. Six strangers gather at the abandoned Bleecker Street Hotel, hand-picked by the goddess Mortē Mammē to break into Hell and pull out trapped souls, with Pinhead determined to keep them. First-appearance signal lives in the original debut, and this facsimile is how you get the recognizable book at cover price.
Verity Pennyworth is the confirmed potential first in Batman #12 (DC Comics, $5.99, Matt Fraction/Jorge Jimenez), a new Bat-Family ally arriving as a gift from beyond the grave with a connection to Alfred, while six assassins descend on Gotham. There's a 1:25 incentive on this one. A named debut with a direct Alfred tie is the kind of hook that gives the character somewhere to go.
The Eventuality arc pays off in Venom #260 (Marvel Comics). Months back, Dylan Brock was granted an audience with the Eventuality, the ultimate iteration of his father, and walked away with five answers hinting at a dark future. That future arrives here, confirmed. This has been the through-line for the run, and it's landing now.
ON THE RADAR
Mask #3 (Image Comics, $3.99, Dan Watters/Pye Parr): confirmed introduction of the M.A.S.K. property into Kirkman's Energon Universe. Miles Mayhem and the question of what he's hiding from V.E.N.O.M. drives the issue. The Energon Universe tie is the reason to watch a mid-arc issue like this. Incentives run to 1:50.
Queen In Black: Thor #1 (Marvel Comics, $4.99, Al Ewing): Ewing on a first issue is the read. Confirmed appearance of Sigurd Jarlson as Thor's mortal identity, with Beta Ray Bill battling Hela at the edge of space and the Death Goddess making plans for the Mortal Thor. The Sigurd Jarlson angle is the collector detail worth tracking here.
Jeff The Land Shark: Superstar #2 (Marvel Comics, $4.99, Kelly Thompson): confirmed potential first of a new team of mash-up heroes led by Jeff, the Jeff Coast Avengers, with DazzleStorm and MagikHot alongside a man-shark attack courtesy of Mojo. Kelly Thompson writing a new team debut is the signal, and the mash-up designs are the wildcard.
Stuff Of Nightmares: The Cat In The Coffin #1 (Boom! Studios): R.L. Stine's confirmed return to the franchise for a one-and-done, with Matthew Dunn on interior art. Harvey Goodwin steals his late mother's stuffed black cat from her coffin, dumps her three real cats at the pound, and the haunting starts. Stine on a self-contained horror one-shot is the draw. There are 1:10 and 1:20 incentives.
Generation X-23 #7 (Marvel Comics, $3.99, Jody Houser): the confirmed appearance of the original Logan, described in the solicit as being in a bad way and needing the team's help after they cross paths with X-23. OG Wolverine turning up in a Gen book is the collector hook worth flagging.
The Beauty #8 (Ignition Press, $4.99, Jeremy Haun): the series' return is confirmed, timed alongside an FX television adaptation in development, though no direct comic tie-in has been announced. Calaveras is the latest guest on Perfection, held prisoner by Percival Abernathy, while Nox learns what infection with the Beauty really ends in. The adaptation is real; whether it moves this issue is the open question.
Overgeared #11 (Yen Press, $20.00): the anime adaptation is officially announced for an October 2026 premiere, with a first trailer and cast reveals already out. Grid goes incognito into the Saharan Empire with Randy to secure an artifact and confront Earl Zebra before a life-altering message lands. The spec question is whether a $20 manhwa volume moves on anime heat.
RUMOR WATCH
Supergirl: Survive #3 (rumor-based) (DC Comics, $5.99, Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan/Rod Reis): unverified online chatter puts a first appearance of Supergirl as a Blue Lantern in this issue. The solicit has Kara building a shimmering blue-construct Krypton to shelter from her loss until an interdimensional imp shows up. No solicit confirmation on the Blue Lantern angle, so treat this as the rumor it is.
More signal.
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